Dimitri van den Bergh dominates to claim Players Championship 12 title

Jamie Shaw in Players Championship 12 Jun 2024

Van den Bergh celebrates (Photo by Kieran Cleeves/PDC)

Dimitri van den Bergh ended a three-year wait for a Players Championship title as he triumphed at Event 12 in Hildesheim with a crushing win over Matt Campbell in the final.

The Belgian ace followed up March’s UK Open success with a second title of 2024, rising to seventh in the PDC Order of Merit as a result.

Both of Van den Bergh’s two previous Players Championship titles had come in 2021, and the 29-year-old completed the hat-trick thanks to a series of fine displays at Halle 39.

“I’m delighted to be standing here as the winner, but I don’t know how I’ve done it,” admitted Van den Bergh.

“I’ve been hitting huge averages and losing, so to play nowhere near my best and win a title is something I just can’t explain.

“The whole day I’ve been battling, I never give up.

“It’s been a while since I won a Players Championship title so it’s a nice feeling to get that off my back.”

Van den Bergh began his route to glory with a 6-3 win over Martin Schindler, before edging out Maik Kuivenhoven in a deciding leg.

He then thrashed his fellow countryman and potential World Cup of Darts team-mate Mike De Decker 6-1 with a 99.2 average, before defeating Dom Taylor 6-3 in the Last 16.

Van den Bergh repeated that scoreline against Croatia’s Boris Krcmar – who had landed a nine-darter in Round Three – and the former World Matchplay champion safely saw off Madars Razma 7-3 in the semi-finals.

However, it was Campbell who started the brighter of the two in the final, establishing an early 3-1 lead, but only for Van den Bergh to dominate proceedings thereafter with a clinical burst of seven straight legs to clinch the title.

Campbell continued the form which led him to the North American Championship title as he reached a second career Players Championship final.

The Canadian had endured a tough start to the season, registering only two wins on the ProTour this year heading into Tuesday’s event.

However, he turned his fortunes around in style with wins over Darryl Pilgrim, Ross Smith, Wesley Plaisier, Gian van Veen, Richard Veenstra and Danny Noppert.

Elsewhere, Michael van Gerwen’s title challenge was halted by Razma in the quarter-finals, while Gerwyn Price suffered a shock 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Jitse Van der Wal in Round Two.

Dave Chisnall, Raymond van Barneveld, Stephen Bunting and James Wade were among the notable First Round casualties.

Players Championship 12 Results

Wednesday June 12

First Round
Jose De Sousa 6-2 Stefan Bellmont
Nathan Aspinall 6-2 Steve Lennon
Haupai Puha 6-3 Dave Chisnall
Ian White 6-4 Mickey Mansell
Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse
Boris Krcmar 6-3 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Robert Grundy 6-5 Raymond van Barneveld
Rhys Griffin 6-5 Danny Lauby
Mike De Decker 6-1 Graham Usher
Robbie Knops 6-4 Danny van Trijp
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-3 Martin Schindler
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-5 Paul Krohne
Callan Rydz 6-5 Owen Roelofs
Dom Taylor 6-1 Josh Payne
Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Ricardo Pietreczko
William O’Connor 6-2 Jules van Dongen
Franz Roetzsch 6-3 Scott Williams
Madars Razma 6-2 Owen Bates
Josh Rock 6-0 Dylan Slevin
Tim Wolters 6-5 Berry van Peer
Andy Baetens 6-3 Luke Woodhouse
Lukas Wenig 6-1 Geert Nentjes
Michael Smith 6-0 Joshua Richardson
George Killington 6-5 Simon Whitlock
Cameron Menzies 6-1 Patrick Geeraets
Daniel Klose 6-2 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Damon Heta 6-1 Martijn Dragt
Kai Gotthardt 6-4 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Wessel Nijman 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Karel Sedlacek 6-2 Brett Claydon
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Michele Turetta
Danny Jansen 6-5 Richie Burnett
Richard Veenstra 6-5 Keegan Brown
Connor Scutt 6-5 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Leighton Bennett
Jitse Van der Wal 6-5 Callum Goffin
Ricky Evans 6-3 James Wade
Cam Crabtree 6-3 Darren Beveridge
Brendan Dolan 6-2 Jeffrey De Graaf
Jim Williams 6-1 Jamie Atkins
Mervyn King 6-3 Gabriel Clemens
Wesley Plaisier 6-4 Rene Eidams
Ross Smith 6-3 William Borland
Matt Campbell 6-2 Darryl Pilgrim
Jurjen van der Velde 6-5 Kevin Doets
Martin Lukeman 6-2 Christian Perez
Gian van Veen 6-4 Graham Hall
Lee Evans 6-5 Robert Owen
Alan Soutar 6-4 Lee Cocks
Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Nick Kenny
Danny Noppert 6-3 Thibault Tricole
Jamie Hughes 6-3 Benjamin Reus
Peter Wright 6-5 James Hurrell
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Adam Gawlas
Andy Boulton 6-2 Joe Cullen
Chris Landman 6-2 Matthew Dennant
Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 Niels Zonneveld
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-4 Adam Hunt
Keane Barry 6-2 Stephen Bunting
Steve Beaton 6-3 Arron Monk
Florian Hempel 6-0 Andrew Gilding
Ryan Meikle 6-4 Ronny Huybrechts
Stephen Burton 6-2 Daryl Gurney
Radek Szaganski 6-4 Adam Warner

Second Round
Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Jose De Sousa
Haupai Puha 6-3 Ian White
Boris Krcmar 6-1 Kim Huybrechts
Robert Grundy 6-4 Rhys Griffin
Mike De Decker 6-5 Robbie Knops
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-5 Maik Kuivenhoven
Dom Taylor 6-2 Callan Rydz
Mensur Suljovic 6-3 William O’Connor
Madars Razma 6-1 Franz Roetzsch
Josh Rock 6-0 Tim Wolters
Andy Baetens 6-2 Lukas Wenig
George Killington 6-3 Michael Smith
Daniel Klose 6-5 Cameron Menzies
Kai Gotthardt 6-5 Damon Heta
Wessel Nijman 6-4 Karel Sedlacek
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Danny Jansen
Richard Veenstra 6-3 Connor Scutt
Jitse Van der Wal 6-1 Gerwyn Price
Ricky Evans 6-2 Cam Crabtree
Jim Williams 6-2 Brendan Dolan
Wesley Plaisier 6-4 Mervyn King
Matt Campbell 6-5 Ross Smith
Jurjen van der Velde 6-3 Martin Lukeman
Gian van Veen 6-5 Lee Evans
Alan Soutar 6-0 Vincent van der Voort
Danny Noppert 6-3 Jamie Hughes
Peter Wright 6-5 Jelle Klaasen
Andy Boulton 6-1 Chris Landman
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Keane Barry 6-3 Steve Beaton
Ryan Meikle 6-3 Florian Hempel
Stephen Burton 6-1 Radek Szaganski

Last 32
Haupai Puha 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
Boris Krcmar 6-3 Robert Grundy – *Krcmar hits a nine-darter*
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Mike De Decker
Dom Taylor 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
Madars Razma 6-4 Josh Rock
Andy Baetens 6-4 George Killington
Kai Gotthardt 6-4 Daniel Klose
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Wessel Nijman
Richard Veenstra 6-4 Jitse Van der Wal
Ricky Evans 6-5 Jim Williams
Matt Campbell 6-3 Wesley Plaisier
Gian van Veen 6-5 Jurjen van der Velde
Danny Noppert 6-2 Alan Soutar
Peter Wright 6-4 Andy Boulton
Keane Barry 6-5 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Ryan Meikle 6-1 Stephen Burton

Last 16
Boris Krcmar 6-2 Haupai Puha
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-3 Dom Taylor
Madars Razma 6-4 Andy Baetens
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Kai Gotthardt
Richard Veenstra 6-4 Ricky Evans
Matt Campbell 6-5 Gian van Veen
Danny Noppert 6-3 Peter Wright
Keane Barry 6-5 Ryan Meikle

Quarter-Finals
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-3 Boris Krcmar
Madars Razma 6-3 Michael van Gerwen
Matt Campbell 6-5 Richard Veenstra
Danny Noppert 6-4 Keane Barry

Semi-Finals
Dimitri van den Bergh 7-3 Madars Razma
Matt Campbell 7-4 Danny Noppert

Final
Dimitri van den Bergh 8-3 Matt Campbell

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