The Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 12 (also known as the 2012 FFB Snooker Open and the 2012 Arcaden Shopping Open for sponsorship purposes.) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 16 December 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with the first three rounds and 6–8 January 2012 at the Event Forum in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany from the last 16 onwards.

Matthew Stevens made the 82nd official maximum break during his last 128 match against Michael Wasley. This was Stevens' first 147 break. On the same day Ding Junhui made the 83rd official maximum break during his last 128 match against Brandon Winstone. This was Ding's third 147 break. This was the first time that two official maximum breaks have been compiled on the same day.

Stephen Maguire won his seventh professional title by defeating Joe Perry 4–2 in the final.

Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: Prize fund Ranking points1 Winner €10,000 2,000 Runner-up €5,000 1,600 Semi-finalist €2,500 1,280 Quarter-finalist €1,500 1,000 Last 16 €1,000 760 Last 32 €600 560 Last 64 €200 360 Maximum break €606 – Total €50,606 – 1 Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

147, 133 Ding Junhui 147 Matthew Stevens 140, 101 David Gray 139 Xiao Guodong 137 Steve Davis 134 Ricky Walden 133, 127, 120, 113, 105, 105, 100 Mark Allen 132, 111, 104 David Gilbert 132 Stuart Bingham 129 Nigel Bond 123, 105, 101 Marco Fu 121, 105 Stephen Hendry 121 Mark Davis 120 Joe Swail 117, 102 Andrew Higginson 115, 114, 111, 105 Stephen Maguire 115, 106 Mike Dunn

115 Zhang Anda 114, 103 Jimmy White 110 Ken Doherty 108, 103 Ryan Day 108 Tony Drago 106 Barry Hawkins 105, 105 John Higgins 105 David Morris 105 David Grace 104 Ashley Wright 103 Liam Highfield 103 Paul Davison 102 Mark King 102 Michael Holt 101 Stephen Lee 100 Peter Ebdon

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