2012 Premier League Darts

2012 Premier League Darts
	Winner
	Phil Taylor
	Runner-up
	Simon Whitlock
	Score
	10–7
	Date
	9 February–17 May
	Edition
	8th
	Number of players
	8
	Venues
	15
	Premier League Darts
	< 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013 >

The 2012 McCoy's Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the eighth edition of the tournament. The event began at the Manchester Arena in Manchester on 9 February, and ended at The O₂ Arena in London on 17 May.

The format was a double round robin tournament with the top 4 finishers moving on to the play-offs. Each league match was played best of 14 legs. If a player won his eighth leg before the 14th leg, no further legs were played after this point. Two points were awarded for a win and one point awarded for a draw.

Phil Taylor won his sixth Premier League title by defeating Simon Whitlock 10–7 in the final.^[1] The two men who contested the final were also the players to throw nine-dart finishes during the tournament. Taylor's came in week 5 against Kevin Painter and Whitlock threw his during his semi-final win against Andy Hamilton.

The 2012 Premier League final between Phil Taylor and Simon Whitlock, which took place on the 17 May 2012, was the last darts match that Sid Waddell commentated on before his death of bowel cancer on 11 August 2012.

Qualification

The PDC's top four players following the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on 3 January qualified by right to compete in the Premier League Darts 2012, and were joined by four wild card selections. Two being chosen by the PDC and two being chosen by broadcasters Sky Sports. The line-up was confirmed on 3 January 2012. Andy Hamilton and Kevin Painter made their debut Premier League appearances as wildcard entries.^[2]

Player	Appearance in Premier League	Consecutive Streak	Previous best performance	Order of Merit Ranking
Phil Taylor	8th	8	Winner (2005 to 2008, 2010)	1
Adrian Lewis	5th	3	Runner-up (2011)	2
James Wade	5th	5	Winner (2009)	3
Gary Anderson	2nd	2	Winner (2011)	4
Simon Whitlock WC	3rd	3	Semi-finals (2010)	5
Raymond van Barneveld WC	7th	7	Semi-finals (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)	9
Andy Hamilton WC	1st	1	—	7
Kevin Painter WC	1st	1	—	10

WC = Wild Card

Venues

^[3]

Manchester	Aberdeen	Belfast	Exeter	Brighton
Manchester Arena 9 February	A.E.C.C. 16 February	Odyssey Arena 23 February	Westpoint Arena 1 March	The Brighton Centre 8 March
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Glasgow	Dublin	Cardiff	Nottingham	Sheffield
S.E.C.C. 15 March	The O₂ 22 March	Motorpoint Arena 29 March	Capital FM Arena 5 April	Motorpoint Arena 12 April
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Bournemouth	Liverpool	Birmingham	Newcastle	London
B.I.C. 19 April	Echo Arena 26 April	N.I.A. 3 May	Metro Radio Arena 10 May	The O₂ 17 May
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Prize money

The prize-money was increased to £450,000 from £410,000 in 2011.^[4]

Stage	Prize Money
Winner	£150,000
Runner Up	£70,000
Semi-finalists	£50,000
5th Place	£40,000
6th Place	£35,000
7th Place	£30,000
8th Place	£25,000

Results

League stage

The fixtures were announced on 16 January 2012.^[5]^[6]

9 February

MEN Arena, Manchester

Player	Legs	Player
^[7]
Andy Hamilton 98.90	8–5	James Wade 91.20
Simon Whitlock 95.80	7–7	Raymond van Barneveld 102.58
Kevin Painter 82.67	8–6	Gary Anderson 80.84
Adrian Lewis 104.05	7–7	Phil Taylor 112.79
High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 138

16 February

AECC, Aberdeen

Player	Legs	Player
^[8]
Adrian Lewis 99.32	7–7	Raymond van Barneveld 94.70
Gary Anderson 84.98	8–2	Andy Hamilton 84.28
Phil Taylor 108.27	8–5	Kevin Painter 97.00
Simon Whitlock 96.27	8–4	James Wade 96.08
High Checkout: Phil Taylor 147

23 February

Odyssey Arena, Belfast

Player	Legs	Player
^[9]
Kevin Painter 92.03	8–3	Simon Whitlock 91.63
Andy Hamilton 94.53	7–7	Adrian Lewis 92.29
Gary Anderson 102.20	8–5	James Wade 95.29
Raymond van Barneveld 105.93	4–8	Phil Taylor 112.91
High Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 145

1 March

Westpoint Arena, Exeter

Player	Legs	Player
^[10]
Kevin Painter 91.11	6–8	James Wade 89.47
Raymond van Barneveld 98.30	8–6	Andy Hamilton 91.25
Simon Whitlock 105.44	4–8	Phil Taylor 117.35
Gary Anderson 93.47	8–1	Adrian Lewis 86.23
High Checkout: Kevin Painter, James Wade 118

8 March

The Brighton Centre, Brighton

Player	Legs	Player
^[11]
Kevin Painter 93.00	8–5	Andy Hamilton 93.64
Phil Taylor 99.89	8–1	Gary Anderson 95.02
James Wade 96.71	8–6	Raymond van Barneveld 97.87
Simon Whitlock 96.05	8–4	Adrian Lewis 92.35
High Checkout: James Wade 154

15 March

SECC, Glasgow

Player	Legs	Player
^[12]
James Wade 96.70	8–5	Adrian Lewis 98.59
Gary Anderson 90.83	6–8	Simon Whitlock 97.49
Phil Taylor 106.05	8–3	Andy Hamilton 96.39
Raymond van Barneveld 95.37	8–5	Kevin Painter 92.45
High Checkout: Simon Whitlock 164

22 March

The O₂, Dublin

Player	Legs	Player
^[13]
Andy Hamilton 97.10	7–7	Simon Whitlock 96.74
Adrian Lewis 94.11	8–3	Kevin Painter 88.25
Raymond van Barneveld 107.22	8–5	Gary Anderson 105.40
Phil Taylor 107.25	8–2	James Wade 102.07
High Checkout: Simon Whitlock 152

29 March

C.I.A., Cardiff^{[n 1]}^[14]

Player	Legs	Player
^[15]
Adrian Lewis 98.03	4–8	Andy Hamilton 95.33
James Wade 96.97	8–0	Simon Whitlock 80.79
Kevin Painter 92.33	2–8	Phil Taylor 113.30
Raymond van Barneveld 92.98	2–8	Adrian Lewis 99.98
High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 160

5 April

Capital FM Arena, Nottingham

Player	Legs	Player
^[16]
Kevin Painter 100.08	6–8	Raymond van Barneveld 112.28
Adrian Lewis 104.70	8–5	James Wade 89.04
Andy Hamilton 97.43	6–8	Phil Taylor 103.68
Simon Whitlock 101.09	8–2	Gary Anderson 94.42
High Checkout: Gary Anderson 143

12 April

Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield^{[n 2]}^[14]

Player	Legs	Player
^[17]
James Wade 101.02	8–3	Gary Anderson 95.40
Simon Whitlock 103.43	8–5	Kevin Painter 94.22
Phil Taylor 105.02	8–3	Raymond van Barneveld 100.53
Gary Anderson 95.94	7–7	Andy Hamilton 92.36
High Checkout: Phil Taylor, Andy Hamilton 124

19 April

B.I.C., Bournemouth

Player	Legs	Player
^[18]
Raymond van Barneveld 88.77	4–8	Simon Whitlock 89.75
Gary Anderson 85.01	4–8	Kevin Painter 90.65
James Wade 99.30	7–7	Andy Hamilton 100.41
Phil Taylor 98.85	5–8	Adrian Lewis 101.90
High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 160

26 April

Echo Arena, Liverpool

Player	Legs	Player
^[19]
James Wade 97.07	7–7	Kevin Painter 99.14
Phil Taylor 104.41	8–3	Simon Whitlock 100.23
Andy Hamilton 95.71	7–7	Raymond van Barneveld 95.71
Adrian Lewis 98.15	7–7	Gary Anderson 99.26
High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 170

3 May

N.I.A., Birmingham

Player	Legs	Player
^[20]
Simon Whitlock 97.46	4–8	Andy Hamilton 95.43
Gary Anderson 98.40	7–7	Raymond van Barneveld 96.35
Kevin Painter 96.04	8–3	Adrian Lewis 96.47
James Wade 93.55	1–8	Phil Taylor 116.10
High Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 170

10 May

Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle

Player	Legs	Player
^[21]
Andy Hamilton 90.86	8–1	Kevin Painter 89.51
Gary Anderson 96.08	7–7	Phil Taylor 105.41
Raymond van Barneveld 94.86	7–7	James Wade 96.99
Adrian Lewis 94.70	6–8	Simon Whitlock 96.19
High Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld, Gary Anderson 161

↑ Gary Anderson did not compete because he was attending the funeral of his father. Adrian Lewis played twice this week.
↑ Gary Anderson competed twice this week because of his absence in week 8. Adrian Lewis did not play this week.

Play-Offs (17 May)

The O₂ Arena, London

	Score
^[1]
Semi-Finals (best of 15 legs)
Phil Taylor 99.32	8–6	James Wade 97.23
Simon Whitlock 96.59	8–6	Andy Hamilton 95.62
Final (best of 19 legs)
Phil Taylor 97.08	10–7	Simon Whitlock 95.32
High Checkout: Phil Taylor 149 (semi-final)

Table and streaks

Table

^[6]

Pos	Name	Pld	W	D	L	LF	LA	+/-	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	A^[22]	HC	Pts
1	Phil Taylor	14	11	2	1	107	56	+51	39	193	145	52	107.95	147	24
2	Simon Whitlock	14	7	2	5	84	85	–1	28	201	132	48	96.31	164	16
3	Andy Hamilton	14	4	5	5	89	89	0	27	194	100	43	94.54	152	13
4	James Wade	14	5	3	6	83	89	–6	26	220	132	41	95.82	154	13
5	Raymond van Barneveld	14	4	5	5	86	97	−11	29	246	140	48	98.82	170	13
6	Adrian Lewis	14	4	4	6	83	91	–8	26	207	104	58	97.21	170	12
7	Kevin Painter	14	5	1	8	80	92	–12	29	216	119	34	92.75	157	11
8	Gary Anderson	14	3	4	7	79	92	–13	34	224	136	31	94.09	161	10

Last updated: 11 May 2012
Source: Match reports from the results section

Top four qualified for the Play-Offs after Week 14.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average HC = High checkout. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. If leg difference is equal the table is sorted by the player's LWAT.^[23]

Streaks

Player	League Stage																Play-Offs
Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9	10		11	12	13	14	SF	F
Phil Taylor	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W		L	W	W	D	W	W
Simon Whitlock	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	L		W	W		W	L	L	W	W	L
Andy Hamilton	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W		L	D		D	D	W	W	L	DNP
James Wade	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W		L	W		D	D	L	D	L	DNP
Raymond van Barneveld	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L		W	L		L	D	D	D	DNP
Adrian Lewis	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	DNP		W	D	L	L
Kevin Painter	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L		L	L		W	D	W	L
Gary Anderson	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	DNP		L	L	D	L	D	D	D

Last updated: 11 May 2012

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost DNP = Did not play

Player Statistics

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor

Longest unbeaten run: 10
Most consecutive wins: 9
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 1
Longest without a win: 1
Biggest victory: 8-1 (v. Gary Anderson and v. James Wade)
Biggest defeat: 5-8 (v. Adrian Lewis)

Simon Whitlock

Longest unbeaten run: 3
Most consecutive wins: 3
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 2
Longest without a win: 2
Biggest victory: 8-2 (v. Gary Anderson)
Biggest defeat: 0-8 (v. James Wade)

Andy Hamilton

Longest unbeaten run: 5
Most consecutive wins: 2
Most consecutive draws: 3
Most consecutive losses: 3
Longest without a win: 6
Biggest victory: 8-1 (v. Kevin Painter)
Biggest defeat: 2-8 (v. Gary Anderson)

James Wade

Longest unbeaten run: 3
Most consecutive wins: 3
Most consecutive draws: 2
Most consecutive losses: 3
Longest without a win: 4
Biggest victory: 8-0 (v. Simon Whitlock)
Biggest defeat: 1-8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Raymond van Barneveld

Longest unbeaten run: 3
Most consecutive wins: 2
Most consecutive draws: 3
Most consecutive losses: 2
Longest without a win: 5
Biggest victory: 8-5 (v. Gary Anderson and v. Kevin Painter)
Biggest defeat: 2-8 (v. Adrian Lewis)

Adrian Lewis

Longest unbeaten run: 4
Most consecutive wins: 3
Most consecutive draws: 3
Most consecutive losses: 3
Longest without a win: 6
Biggest victory: 8-2 (v. Raymond van Barneveld)
Biggest defeat: 1-8 (v. Gary Anderson)

Kevin Painter

Longest unbeaten run: 3
Most consecutive wins: 1
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 5
Longest without a win: 5
Biggest victory: 8-3 (v. Simon Whitlock and v. Adrian Lewis)
Biggest defeat: 1-8 (v. Andy Hamilton)

Gary Anderson

Longest unbeaten run: 3
Most consecutive wins: 3
Most consecutive draws: 3
Most consecutive losses: 5
Longest without a win: 10
Biggest victory: 8-1 (v. Adrian Lewis)
Biggest defeat: 1-8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Charity single

The 2012 Premier League Darts players teamed up with the singer Chas Hodges and his band to record a charity single written by Chas called "Got My Tickets For The Darts". The video features Chas, his band, the 2012 Premier League Darts players and walk-on girl Jacqui Adams. The song was released exclusively on iTunes on Friday 18 May, the night after the play-offs at the O2 in London, where it was premiered. Proceeds from the single will be donated to the Haven House Children's Hospice.^[24]

References

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External links

Official website

[GA-14] Gary Anderson did not compete because he was attending the funeral of his father. Adrian Lewis played twice this week.

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