| Winmau World Masters | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 11–14 October | ||
| Venue | Costello Stadium andHull City Hall | ||
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format | Sets for men, Legs for women, boys and girls | ||
| Prize fund | £70,500 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 (men), £5,000 (women) | ||
| High checkout | £1,000 (non-televised), £2,000 (televised) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Stephen Bunting (men) Julie Gore (women) Jeffrey de Zwaan (boys)Fallon Sherrock (girls) | |||
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The2012Winmau World Masters was a major televised tournament on theBDO/WDF calendar for 2012. It took place from 11 to 14 October, with 11 October play at theCostello Stadium for the untelevised matches, and 12–14 October play at theHull City Hall, which hosted the televised element of the event for the second time, taking over from the nearbyHull Arena who hosted for one year in 2011
Scott Waites andLisa Ashton both attempted to defend their titles they won for the first time last year, howeverStephen Bunting andJulie Gore took the main titles after Waites and Ashton lost their opening matches. This tournament was known for beingPhill Nixon's last major tournament. Nixon died on 9 August 2013 from cancer.
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]
| 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.[2]
The defending championLisa Ashton was unseeded due to her relative inactivity on the Tour |
There are no seedings in the boys or girls events.
Last 32 onwards. All the below matches were played on stage, with a number televised.
Sets are best of 3 legs.
Last 8 onwards. The Semi-finals and final were played on stage, with the final televised.
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs Losers £500[5] | Semi-finals Best of 7 legs Losers £750[6] | Final Best of 7 legs Winner £5,000 Runner up £2,000 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Deta Hedman | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Dee Bateman | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Deta Hedman84.45 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lorraine Farlam74.73 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lorraine Farlam | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Mayumi Ōuchi | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Deta Hedman78.21 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Julie Gore78.24 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Julie Gore | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Claire Ball | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Julie Gore80.16 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Tamara Schuur67.26 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Tamara Schuur | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Rachel Brooks | 2 | |||||||||||||
Last 8 onwards. The final was played on stage however this was not televised.
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs[7] | Semi-finals Best of 7 legs | Final Best of 7 legs | ||||||||||||
 Kenny Neyens | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Zak Cross | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Neyens | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Dale | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Jason McConnell | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Dale | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Neyens | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Tweddell | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Rowby-John Rodriguez | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jake Patchett | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | 4 | |||||||||||||
Last 8 onwards. The final was played on stage however this was not televised.
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs[8] | Semi-finals Best of 7 legs | Final Best of 7 legs | ||||||||||||
 Anja Danielsson | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sandra Pettersson | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sandra Pettersson | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Ann-Kathrin Wigmann | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ann-Kathrin Wigmann | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Gemma Barrett | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ann-Kathrin Wigmann | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Fallon Sherrock | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sharon Jansen | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stacey Ellis | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stacey Ellis | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Fallon Sherrock | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Fallon Sherrock | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Natasha Eaves | 0 | |||||||||||||
The tournament was shown in the UK by sports subscription channelESPN 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.
