Kammala wannan jumla: Van Barneveld ya kasance wanda aka azabtar da daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka faru a tarihin gasar zakarun duniya na PDC a
A shekara ta 2012. Ya rasa 0<unk>3 a zagaye na farko zuwa lambar duniya ta 85, James Richardson, yana cin nasara ne kawai a kafafu 4 a lokacin wasan. Ya haɗu da Vincent van der Voort don gasar cin kofin duniya ta Darts ta 2012 don ƙoƙarin kare taken Van Barneveld da ya lashe tare da Co Stompé a 2010. Tare sun sami nasarori masu kyau a kan Austria da Arewacin Ireland don kafa wasan kusa da na karshe tare da 'yan Australia Paul Nicholson da Simon Whitlock. Van Barneveld ya doke Nicholson 4<unk>0 a wasan su na mutum daya, amma wannan ita ce kawai ma'anar da Dutch ta samu yayin da suka yi watsi da kambi a cikin shan kashi 5<unk>1.