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 (an increase from 8 between 2007 and 2011) 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.

The defending champion Lisa Ashton was unseeded due to her relative inactivity on the Tour
 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Deta Hedman
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Anastasia Dobromyslova
 * 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Julie Gore
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Irina Armstrong
 * 5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lorraine Farlam
 * 6) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Trina Gulliver
 * 7)  Tamara Schuur
 * 8) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dee Bateman

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.