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The 2012 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 19th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event started on 15 December 2011 and finished on 2 January 2012, with two breaks for Christmas and New Year. The tournament was held for the fifth time at London's Alexandra Palace.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alexandrapalace.com/news/2012-ladbrokes-com-world-darts-championship/ )〕 Adrian Lewis was the defending champion having won the 2011 tournament. Phil Taylor became the only player to have played in every PDC World Championship, after Dennis Priestley failed to qualify.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentStats.aspx?tournKey=11 )〕 For the first time players from Malaysia, Portugal and Serbia qualified.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournKey=11 )〕 Lewis was able to defend his title against Andy Hamilton in the final with a 7–3 win. He became the third player to defend the world title following their first win, after Eric Bristow and Raymond Van Barneveld. Sid Waddell, having commentated on the BDO World Darts Championship from 1978 to 1994 for the BBC, and on the PDC World Darts Championship from 1995 to 2011 for Sky Sports, was forced to miss commentating on the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, having been diagnosed with bowel cancer in September 2011. ==Format and qualifiers== The televised stages features 72 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 28 November 2011 are seeded for the tournament. They will be joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the PDC Pro Tour. Sid Waddell, having commentated on the BDO World Darts Championship for the BBC from 1978 to 1994, and on the PDC World Darts Championship for Sky Sports from 1995 to 2011, was forced to miss his first world darts championship in 2012, after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in September 2011 and then undergoing treatment. These 48 players are joined by two PDPA qualifiers (to be determined at a PDPA Qualifying event to be held in Wigan on 28 November 2011), the winner of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA. Some of the international players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players are entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, are entered into the preliminary round. Order of Merit Pro Tour # Dave Chisnall # Mark Hylton # Scott Rand # Richie Burnett # Michael van Gerwen # John Henderson # Nigel Heydon # Roland Scholten # Steve Farmer # Magnus Caris # James Richardson # Dennis Smith # Jelle Klaasen # Michael Smith # Kim Huybrechts # Ian White European Order of Merit ''First Round Qualifiers'' * Antonio Alcinas * Mensur Suljović * Jyhan Artut * Kurt van de Rijck PDPA Qualifiers ''First Round Qualifier'' * Arron Monk ''Preliminary Round Qualifier'' * Joe Cullen PDC Youth Tour Qualifier ''Preliminary Round Qualifier''〔 * Paul Barham International Qualifiers ''First Round Qualifiers''〔 * Darin Young * Sean Reed * Geoff Kime ''Preliminary Round Qualifiers'' * Dietmar Burger * Oliver Ferenc * Connie Finnan * Warren French * Petri Korte * Per Laursen * Lee Choon Peng * Scott MacKenzie * Kevin Münch * Haruki Muramatsu * Dennis Nilsson * José Oliveira de Sousa * Christian Perez * Devon Petersen In case a player has to withdraw from the competition, the first reserve player that will take his spot is the third-place finisher in the PDPA qualifier, Chris Thompson. It is the first time a match for third place was held at the qualifier. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012 PDC World Darts Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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