| Tournament Name: | 2011 Cash Converters Players Championship Finals |
| Dates: | 8–11 December 2011 |
| Venue: | Doncaster Dome |
| Location: | Doncaster |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £250,000 |
| Winners Share: | £60,000 |
| High Checkout: | 170 Wes Newton (2x) Colin Lloyd Mervyn King Scott Rand Co Stompé |
| Winner: | Kevin Painter |
| Prev: | February 2011 |
| Next: | 2012 |
The December 2011 Cash Converters Players Championship Finals[1] was the fourth edition of the PDC tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2011 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place between 8–11 December 2011 and was held at the Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England. This was also the first Players Championship Final to be held before the PDC World Championship.[2]
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he was defeated in the second round by Mervyn King. Kevin Painter came through the field with increasingly impressive performances to secure his first televised major title, defeating Mark Webster 13–9 in the final.
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £250,000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £60,000 | |
| Runner-Up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £24,000 | |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £15,000 | |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £10,000 | |
| Last 16 (second round) | align=center | (8) | align=center | £6,000 | |
| Last 32 (first round) | align=center | (16) | align=center | £3,000 | |
The top 32 players from the PDC Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Players Championship events, which was held in Wigan on 27 November, qualified for the event.
A notable absentee was world champion Adrian Lewis. Simon Whitlock withdrew from the tournament due to a broken ankle, and he was replaced by John Henderson.[3]
| Player | Eliminated | Played | Legs Won | Legs Lost | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High checkout | 3-dart average[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Painter | Winner | 5 | 130 | 93.39 | |||||||
| Mark Webster | Runner-up | 5 | 100 | 92.66 | |||||||
| Scott Rand | Semi-finals | 4 | 170 | 98.01 | |||||||
| Wes Newton | Semi-finals | 4 | 170 | 96.10 | |||||||
| Mark Walsh | Quarter-finals | 3 | 121 | 92.00 | |||||||
| James Wade | Quarter-finals | 3 | 142 | 91.86 | |||||||
| Dave Chisnall | Quarter-finals | 3 | 108 | 93.55 | |||||||
| Mervyn King | Quarter-finals | 3 | 170 | 93.42 | |||||||
| Peter Wright | Second round | 2 | 130 | 101.54 | |||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld | Second round | 2 | 112 | 100.24 | |||||||
| Gary Anderson | Second round | 2 | 161 | 96.30 | |||||||
| Phil Taylor | Second round | 2 | 83 | 96.26 | |||||||
| Justin Pipe | Second round | 2 | 136 | 93.25 | |||||||
| Wayne Jones | Second round | 2 | 121 | 91.21 | |||||||
| Steve Brown | Second round | 2 | 92 | 91.20 | |||||||
| Co Stompé | Second round | 2 | 170 | 92.65 | |||||||
| Alan Tabern | First round | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 90.77 | |
| Colin Lloyd | First round | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 170 | 93.42 | |
| Steve Beaton | First round | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 89.68 | |
| Mark Hylton | First round | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 89.40 | |
 John Part | First round | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87.52 | |
| Vincent van der Voort | First round | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 86.89 | |
| Colin Osborne | First round | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 86.56 | |
| Terry Jenkins | First round | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 89 | 100.64 | |
| Michael van Gerwen | First round | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 97.12 | |
| Denis Ovens | First round | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 120 | 96.56 | |
| Richie Burnett | First round | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 101 | 92.59 | |
| Ronnie Baxter | First round | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 92.18 | |
| Jamie Caven | First round | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 95.26 | |
 Paul Nicholson | First round | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 101 | 95.21 | |
| Andy Smith | First round | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 94.28 | |
| John Henderson | First round | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 72.74 |
The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4 who return to televising the tournament after the last edition was streamed through the PDC website.[5] The tournament was also broadcast in Australia for the first time with Fox Sports showing it.[6] In the Netherlands, the tournament was broadcast on TV (highlights) and internet (livestream) by RTL7.