Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Van Barneveld bụ onye kachasị nwee nsogbu na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke PDC World Championship na
Afọ 2012. Ọ tụfuru 0<unk>3 na agba nke mbụ na nọmba ụwa 85, James Richardson, na-emeri naanị ụkwụ 4 n'oge egwuregwu ahụ. Ya na Vincent van der Voort jikọrọ aka maka asọmpi iko mba ụwa nke PDC nke afọ 2012 iji gbalịa ịgbachitere aha Van Barneveld meriri na Co Stompé na 2010. Ha jikọrọ aka merie Austria na Northern Ireland nke ọma wee guzobe asọmpi ọkara-ikpeazụ ha na Paul Nicholson na Simon Whitlock bụ ndị Australia. Van Barneveld meriri Nicholson 4 <unk> 0 n'egwuregwu ha, mana nke a bụ naanị isi ihe ndị Dutch meriri ka ha hapụrụ okpueze ha na mmeri 5 <unk> 1.