PDC Europe 2012 EUROPEAN TOUR
The 2012 European Darts Tour is a series of 5 European events with a 64 player main draw comprising:
The top 32 entered players from the PDC Order of Merit on cut-off date, will be the 32 seeds for the event: The other 32 places will be available to all PDPA members in 3 qualifiers which will be a UK Qualifier for 20 places, a European Qualifier for 8 places and a further Host Nation Qualifier for the last 4 places.
All Qualifiers must enter the event before the cut-off date, all qualifiers played after cut-off date:
32 OoM entrants drawn in a seeded bracket against 32 qualifiers - All matches played best of 11 legs with no tie break
All players pay £100 or €120 to enter, regardless of whether they are in the main draw or qualifiers
Full or Associate PDPA members from the UK who are not in the top 32 entered players may enter the UK qualifier.
Full, Associate or Day PDPA Members who are not from the UK or the Host Nation and not in the top 32 entered players may enter the European qualifier.
Full, Associate or Day PDPA Members who are from the Host Nation and are not in the top 32 may enter the Host Nation qualifier.
Full, Associate or Day PDPA Members who are from outside Europe may choose whether to play in the UK or European qualifier – they cannot play in both.
“The schedule of play for each tournament will be announced following the draw.”
Last 64 played on one/two boards with matches as follows:
Friday 12pm – 5pm
Board One – 8x First Round Matches / Board Two – 8x First Round Matches
Friday 7pm-12am
Board One – 8x First Round Matches / Board Two – 8x First Round Matches
Saturday 12pm-5pm
8x Second Round Matches
Saturday 7pm-12am
8x Second Round Matches
Sunday 12pm-5pm
8x Third Round Matches
Sunday 7pm-12am
Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals & Final
Prize money: £82,100 per event (£410,500 total)
| POSITION | EACH | NO | ROUND TOTAL | € INDICATION |
| Winner: | £15,000 | 1 | £15,000 | € 18,000 |
| Runner-Up: | £7,500 | 1 | £7,500 | € 9,000 |
| Semi-Finalists: | £5,000 | 2 | £10,000 | € 6,000 |
| Quarter-Finalists: | £3,000 | 4 | £12,000 | € 3,600 |
| Last 16 losers: | £1,500 | 8 | £12,000 | € 1,800 |
| Last 32 losers: | £1,000 | 16 | £16,000 | € 1,200 |
| Last 64 losers: | £200 | 32 | £6,400 | € 240 |
| Last 128 losers: | £100 | 64 | £6,400 | € 120 |
| £82,100 | € 98,352 |
Schedule of Events:
EuroTour 1 Vienna
Cut-off date: Monday March 26 / UK qualifier: Friday April 13 Barnsley Metrodome
Host Nation qualifier: Saturday March 31 Eisenstadt
European qualifier: Saturday April 7 Huerth, Cologne
Draw: Friday April 13 (after UK qualifier)
Main Tournament: Friday April 27 – Sunday April 29 Vienna
EuroTour 2 Berlin
Cut-off date: Monday May 7 / UK qualifier: Friday May 25 K2 Centre, Crawley
Host Nation qualifier: Friday June 1 Bruehl, Cologne
European qualifier: Saturday June 2 Bruehl, Cologne
Draw: Monday June 4
Main tournament: Friday June 22 – Sunday June 24 Berlin
EuroTour 3 Duesseldorf
Cut-off date: Monday June 11 / UK qualifier: Friday June 15 Birmingham
Host Nation qualifier: Friday June 29 Duesseldorf
European qualifier: Saturday June 30 Duesseldorf
Draw: Monday July 2
Main tournament: Friday July 6 – Sunday July 8 Duesseldorf
EuroTour 4 Stuttgart
Cut-off date: Monday July 30 UK qualifier: Friday August 3 Derby
Host Nation qualifier: Friday August 3 Huerth, Cologne
European qualifier: Saturday August 4 Huerth, Cologne
Draw: Monday August 6
Main tournament: Friday September 7 – Sunday September 9 Stuttgart
EuroTour 5 Egmond-aan-Zee
Cut-off date: Monday September 24 UK qualifier: Friday October 5 Dublin
Host Nation qualifier: Saturday September 29 Rosmalen, Netherlands
European qualifier: Saturday October 13 Huerth, Cologne
Draw: Monday October 15
Main tournament: Friday October 26 – Sunday October 28 Zuiderduin, Egmond-aan-Zee