Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Nuwambar 2012, Van Barneveld ya lashe gasar farko a cikin shekaru biyar a gasar da ba ta da daraja
Babban Gwanin Darts. Ya doke Mark Walsh 5<unk>0 a wasan farko na rukuni, kafin ya rasa 5<unk>4 ga BDO World Champion Christian Kist a karo na biyu. Koyaya, nasara 5<unk>2 a kan Wayne Jones daga 2<unk>0 ya isa ya gan shi ya cancanci zuwa matakin fitarwa, inda ya doke ɗan Holland Wesley Harms 10<unk>4 a cikin 16 na ƙarshe, ya rama rashin nasarar da ya yi a baya ga Kist a wasan kusa da na karshe ta hanyar cin 16<unk>10, kuma ya doke Andy Hamilton 16<unk>10 a wasan kusa da na karshe don kafa gwagwarmayar duk-Dutch tare da zakaran Grand Prix Michael van Gerwen. Van Barneveld bai taɓa kasancewa a baya ba a wasan karshe kuma duk da cewa ya rasa dama uku don cin nasara 16<unk>13, ya rufe taken a mataki na gaba tare da 11-darter a kan jefawa. Daga bisani an kira shi mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayon PDC na shekarar.