2012 World Masters (darts)
The 2012 Winmau World Masters was a major televised tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2012. It took place from 11–14 October, with 11 October play at the Costello Stadium for the untelevised matches, and 12–14 October play at the Hull City Hall, which hosted the televised element of the event for the second time, taking over from the nearby Hull Arena who hosted for one year in 2011
Winmau World Masters | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 11–14 October | ||
Venue | Costello Stadium and Hull City Hall | ||
Location | East Riding of Yorkshire | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
Format | Sets for men, Legs for women, boys and girls | ||
Prize fund | £70,500 | ||
Winner's share | £25,000 (men), £5,000 (women) | ||
High checkout | £1k (non-televised), £2k (televised) | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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Scott Waites and Lisa Ashton both attempted to defend their titles they won for the first time last year, however Stephen Bunting and Julie Gore took the main titles after Waites and Ashton lost their opening matches. This tournament was known for being Phill Nixon's last major tournament. Nixon died on August 9, 2013 from cancer.
Seeds
Men These were finalised on completion of the 2012 British Open on 31 August – 2 September. In a change to previous years, there are 32 seeds (an increase from 8 between 2007–2011) with the Top 16 exempt until the Last 32 stage, rather than 8 seeds being exempt until the last 16 stage.[1]
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Women These were finalised on completion of the 2012 British Open on 31 August – 2 September. The ladies seeds enter at the start of the competition however can not play each other until the quarter final stage.[2]
The defending champion Lisa Ashton was unseeded due to her relative inactivity on the Tour |
There are no seedings in the boys or girls events.
Men's Draw
Last 32 onwards. All the below matches were played on stage, with a number televised.
Sets are best of 3 legs.
Last 32 Best of 5 sets Losers £250 [3][4] | Last 16 Best of 5 sets Losers £1,000 | Quarter Finals Best of 5 sets Losers £1,500 | Semi Finals Best of 9 sets Losers £3,000 | Final Best of 13 sets Winner £25,000 Runner up £10,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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27 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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11 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ladies Draw
Last 8 onwards. The Semi Finals and Final were played on stage, with the Final televised.
Quarter Finals Best of 7 legs Losers £500 [5] | Semi Finals Best of 7 legs Losers £750 [6] | Final Best of 7 legs Winner £5,000 Runner up £2,000 | ||||||||||||
1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
8 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
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7 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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Boys Draw
Last 8 onwards. The final was played on stage however this was not televised.
Quarter Finals Best of 7 legs [7] | Semi Finals Best of 7 legs | Final Best of 7 legs | ||||||||||||
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Girls Draw
Last 8 onwards. The final was played on stage however this was not televised.
Quarter Finals Best of 7 legs [8] | Semi Finals Best of 7 legs | Final Best of 7 legs | ||||||||||||
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Television coverage
The tournament was shown in the UK by sports subscription channel ESPN for the second year. ESPN broadcast the last three days of the tournament, and televised the Last 8 of the Men's stage matches, the majority of the Last 32 and Last 16 of the Men's stage matches, and the Final of the Ladies event.
References
- "Winmau World Masters Mens and Womens Seeds". BDO. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- "Winmau World Masters Mens and Womens Seeds". BDO. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- "Mens Averages All Rounds". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- "Mens Prize money All Rounds". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- "Womens Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- "Womens Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- "Boys Results" (PDF). Darts for Windows. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- "Girls Results All rounds" (PDF). Darts for Windows. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.