2006 World Grand Prix (darts)

2006 Sky Bet World Grand Prix 23–29 October 2006 Citywest Hotel Dublin, Ireland Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Sets"double in, double out" £130,000 £25,000 160 Ronnie Baxter Phil Taylor ENG 2005 2007 The 2006 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the ninth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, from 23 to 29 October 2006. The top 24 players in the PDC World Rankings were joined by four players from a field of 348 at the All Ireland Qualifiers and four players from a field of 127 at the PDPA Qualifiers. Phil Taylor won the event – his seventh Grand Prix title. How They Qualified Automatic Qualifiers The top 24 players in the PDC rankings secured their place at the 2006 World Grand Prix automatically. Colin Lloyd as world number one at the time of the cut-off date of 11 September took his place as top seed. All Ireland Qualifiers The Fairways Hotel in Dundalk played host to the All-Ireland qualifying event on 17 September. Out of a field of 348 players from Ireland, four qualified to play in the World Grand Prix. The top three ranked players - Jack McKenna, John MaGowan, John Elder, Tom Kirby, James Keogh and Mick McGowan all failed to reach the final stages. Three of the qualifiers will be making their Grand Prix debuts, with only Paul Watton having previously appeared. Anto McCracken, Dublin Garrett Gray, Dublin Geoffrey Matthews, Ballymena Paul Watton, Coleraine PDPA Qualifiers The Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying event was held at the Newport Centre on 22 September. Out of a field of 127 players, four players qualified to complete the line up for the Grand Prix. Raymond van Barneveld, Steve Beaton, Alan Green and Andy Callaby were the successful players. Prize fund Following the announcement in October 2006 of the extension of Skybet's sponsorship contract, the prize fund was increased to £130,000. Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £130,000)2006 World Grand Prix Player Prize Money http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=39 Darts Database 6 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20131231111250/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=39 31 December 2013 deadWinner (1) £25,000Runner-Up (1) £12,500Semi-finalists (2) £8,250Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000Second round losers (8) £3,000First round losers (16) £1,750 Seeds The event featured eight seeds.World Grand Prix 2006 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-grand-prix/2006 Mastercaller 6 February 2024 ENG Colin Lloyd ENG Phil Taylor ENG Ronnie Baxter ENG Wayne Mardle ENG Peter Manley ENG Dennis Priestley NED Roland Scholten ENG Kevin Painter Results Players in bold denote match winners.Results of World Grand Prix 2006 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-grand-prix/2006/results Mastercaller 6 February 2024World Grand Prix 2006 – Bracket https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-grand-prix/2006/bracket Mastercaller 6 February 20242006 World Grand Prix Results http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=39&showAverages=Y Darts Database 6 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002523/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=39&showAverages=Y 31 December 2013 dead First round (best of 3 sets)23–24 October Second round (best of 5 sets)25–26 October Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)27 October Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)28 October Final (best of 13 sets)29 October 200 1 ENG Colin Lloyd 92.89 1 ENG Bob Anderson 91.31 2   IRE Anto McCracken 62.83 2 ENG Mark Walsh 64.65 1 8 ENG Kevin Painter 82.48 0 ENG Andy Callaby 79.67 2   ENG Andy Jenkins 81.60 1 ENG Terry Jenkins 83.91 2 5 ENG Peter Manley 84.65 2 ENG Chris Mason 65.95 0   ENG Lionel Sams 84.10 2 CAN John Part 81.33 1 4 ENG Wayne Mardle 91.98 2 ENG Denis Ovens 78.14 0   IRE Garrett Gray 76.45 0 ENG Andy Smith 82.63 2 2 ENG Phil Taylor 82.57 2 ENG Wes Newton 86.18 0   ENG Alan Warriner-Little 75.60 1 NED Raymond van Barneveld 85.88 2 7 NED Roland Scholten 96.48 2 ENG Dave Askew 75.81 0   ENG Mark Dudbridge 80.92 0 ENG Steve Beaton 88.68 2 6 ENG Dennis Priestley 93.74 2 IRL Geoffrey Matthews 72.49 0   ENG Adrian Lewis 90.56 2 WAL Barrie Bates 68.89 0 3 ENG Ronnie Baxter 84.98 2 ENG Alan Green 74.21 0   NIR Paul Watton 80.42 0 ENG James Wade 82.44 2   ENG Bob Anderson 77.84 3 IRE Anto McCracken 59.44 1   ENG Andy Callaby 79.52 2 ENG Terry Jenkins 83.81 3 5 ENG Peter Manley 80.58 3 ENG Lionel Sams 73.50 1 4 ENG Wayne Mardle 78.39 0 ENG Andy Smith 81.62 3 2 ENG Phil Taylor 89.82 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 94.23 1 7 NED Roland Scholten 85.14 3 ENG Steve Beaton 81.97 1 6 ENG Dennis Priestley 92.54 3 ENG Adrian Lewis 88.60 2 3 ENG Ronnie Baxter 80.56 0 ENG James Wade 85.83 3   ENG Bob Anderson 77.87 1 ENG Terry Jenkins 82.88 4 5 ENG Peter Manley 85.61 4 ENG Andy Smith 84.19 1 2 ENG Phil Taylor 88.26 4 7 NED Roland Scholten 80.74 0 6 ENG Dennis Priestley 82.51 4 ENG James Wade 80.40 2   ENG Terry Jenkins 77.87 6 5 ENG Peter Manley 82.88 4 2 ENG Phil Taylor 95.39 6 6 ENG Dennis Priestley 87.66 3 ENG Terry Jenkins 82.51 4 2 ENG Phil Taylor 88.24 7 References External links Pictures from the 2006 World Grand Prix Darts tournament Category:World Grand Prix (darts) Category:2000s in Dublin (city) Category:International sports competitions in Dublin (city) World Grand Prix Darts Category:October 2006 sports events in Europe Category:October 2006 in Ireland Category:2006 in Irish sport