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2012 German Darts Championship

darts tournament

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ4626469
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The 2012 German Darts Championship was the second of five PDC European Tour events on the 2012 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany, from 22–24 June 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 for the winner.

Phil Taylor won the title, defeating Dave Chisnall 6–2 in the final. Colin Lloyd hit a nine-dart finish during his first round win over Alex Roy.

Prize money

Qualification

The top 32 players from the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Crawley on 25 May), eight from the European Qualifier (held in Cologne on 2 June), and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held in Cologne on 1 June).

Gary Anderson and Keegan Brown withdrew from the event, with their opponents (Kevin Painter and Michael Barnard) receiving byes to the second round.

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