2012 Challenge Tour graduates
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2012. The top 21 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2012 earned their European Tour card for 2013.
| 2012 Challenge Tour | 2013 European Tour | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | |
 Espen Kofstad* | 1 | 131,099 | 30 | 12 | T8 | 135 | 155,440 | |
 Kristoffer Broberg* | 2 | 126,508 | 27 | 9 | 2nd | 103 | 258,105 | |
 Andreas Hartø | 3 | 121,999 | 30 | 15 | 7th | 119 | 199,447 | |
| JB Hansen* | 4 | 120,085 | 28 | 11 | T3 | 79 | 375,037 | |
 Gary Lockerbie | 5 | 117,482 | 27 | 9 | T15 | 141 | 131,615 | |
| Magnus A. Carlsson | 6 | 110,487 | 26 | 15 | T4 | 106 | 251,434 | |
| Simon Wakefield | 7 | 108,593 | 30 | 16 | T8 | 134 | 155,490 | |
 Alessandro Tadini | 8 | 101,428 | 27 | 14 | T20 | 148 | 113,905 | |
 Alexandre Kaleka | 9 | 95,944 | 29 | 12 | T2 | 116 | 209,866 | |
 Chris Doak | 10 | 92,730 | 27 | 16 | T8 | 101 | 261,507 | |
| Scott Henry* | 11 | 90,688 | 31 | 14 | T4 | 120 | 197,601 | |
| Chris Paisley* | 12 | 74,485 | 31 | 14 | T11 | 122 | 194,369 | |
| Eddie Pepperell* | 13 | 72,378 | 25 | 16 | T6 | 76 | 389,766 | |
 Maximilian Kieffer* | 14 | 70,243 | 29 | 17 | T2 | 73 | 416,910 | |
 Justin Walters* | 15 | 69,913 | 31 | 16 | 2nd | 64 | 512,158 | |
| James Busby* | 16 | 67,350 | 9 | 0 | CUT | n/a | 0 | |
| Gary Stal* | 17 | 66,580 | 11 | 6 | T33 | n/a | 36,836 | |
 Mark Tullo | 18 | 66,436 | 25 | 14 | T2 | 114 | 216,165 | |
| Morten Ørum Madsen* | 19 | 65,338 | 23 | 15 | T2 | 81 | 357,417 | |
| Seve Benson | 20 | 65,149 | 22 | 15 | 3rd | 97 | 297,959 | |
| Daniel Brooks | 21 | 64,776 | 15 | 4 | T22 | 216 | 23,550 | |
* European Tour rookie in 2013
T = Tied
Blue background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2014 and qualified for the Dubai World Championship (finished inside the top 60).
Green background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2014 (finished between 61–110).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2014, but retained conditional status (finished between 111–145).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour card for 2014 (finished outside the top 145).
Broberg earned a direct promotion to the European Tour after his third win of 2012 in August. Carlsson, who had conditional status on the European Tour in 2012, finished 93rd in the Race to Dubai and did not count against the 20 Challenge Tour graduates.
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2013
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Dec 2012 | Kristoffer Broberg |
Alfred Dunhill Championship | Charl Schwartzel |
−24 (67-64-64-69=264) | −12 (70-69-67-70=276) |
| 2 | 21 Apr 2013 | Maximilian Kieffer lost in three-man playoff |
Open de España | Raphaël Jacquelin |
−5 (75-68-69-71=283) | −5 (73-66-73-71=283) |
| 3 | 19 May 2013 | Morten Ørum Madsen |
Madeira Islands Open |  Peter Uihlein |
−15 (72-64-69-68=273) | −13 (72-69-67-67=275) |
| 4 | 19 May 2013 | Mark Tullo |
Madeira Islands Open | Peter Uihlein |
−15 (72-64-69-68=273) | −13 (67-69-68-71=275) |
| 5 | 28 Jul 2013 | Alexandre Kaleka |
M2M Russian Open |  Michael Hoey |
−16 (70-67-65-70=272) | −12 (70-67-71-68=276) |
| 6 | 13 Oct 2013 | Justin Walters |
Portugal Masters | David Lynn |
−18 (65-65-73-63=266) | −17 (69-63-69-66=267) |