Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I eke ia ki te 16 whakamutunga o te PDC World Championship mō te wā tuatahi i te 2012
ko te putanga o te tau e whiua ana a Colin Osborne me Mervyn King. I ngaro a Van Gerwen i te iwa o nga waewae tuatahi tekau i roto i tana keemu 16 whakamutunga kia 0<unk>3 ki a Simon Whitlock, engari i whakaputa i tetahi hokinga mai maere kia rite ai te tukinga ki te 3<unk>3. Heoi, kaore i taea e ia te pupuri i tana ahua, i te mea i ngaro ia i nga waewae e toru i te huinga whakatau ki te wehe i te whakataetae 3 × 4.