The 2012 Winmau World Masters was a major televised tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2012.

It took place from 11 to 14 October, with 11 October play at the Costello Stadium for the untelevised matches, and 12–14 October play at the Hull City Hall, which hosted the televised element of the event for the second time, taking over from the nearby Hull Arena who hosted for one year in 2011 Scott Waites and Lisa Ashton both attempted to defend their titles they won for the first time last year, however Stephen Bunting and Julie Gore took the main titles after Waites and Ashton lost their opening matches.

The ladies seeds enter at the start of the competition however can not play each other until the quarter-final stage.

[2] The defending champion Lisa Ashton was unseeded due to her relative inactivity on the Tour

The tournament was shown in the UK by sports subscription channel ESPN for the second year.