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 to 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
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 9 August 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 with the Top 16 exempt until the Last 32 stage, rather than 8 seeds being exempt until the last 16 stage.
  1. Stephen Bunting
  2. Martin Adams
  3. Scott Waites
  4. Robbie Green
  5. Wesley Harms
  6. Alan Norris
  7. Tony O'Shea
  8. Ross Montgomery
  9. Jan Dekker
  10. Gary Robson
  11. Scott Mitchell
  12. Martin Atkins
  13. Geert De Vos
  14. Steve Douglas
  15. Richie George
  16. Benito van de Pas
  17. Garry Thompson
  18. Paul Jennings
  19. John Walton
  20. Tony Eccles
  21. Darryl Fitton
  22. Martin Phillips
  23. Willy van de Wiel
  24. Christian Kist
  25. Mark Barilli
  26. Jimmy Hendriks
  27. James Wilson
  28. Jeffrey de Graaf
  29. Wayne Warren
  30. Gary Stone
  31. Ewan Hyslop
  32. Daryl Gurney
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.
  1. Deta Hedman
  2. Anastasia Dobromyslova
  3. Julie Gore
  4. Irina Armstrong
  5. Lorraine Farlam
  6. Trina Gulliver
  7. Tamara Schuur
  8. Dee Bateman
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.

Ladies Draw

Last 8 onwards. The Semi-finals and final were played on stage, with the final televised.

Boys Draw

Last 8 onwards. The final was played on stage however this was not televised.

Girls Draw

Last 8 onwards. The final was played on stage however this was not televised.

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.