2006 PDC World Darts Championship

April 2023 May 2012 2006 PDC World Darts Championship 19 December 2005 – 2 January 2006 Circus Tavern Purfleet PDC SetsFinal – best of 13 £500,000 £100,000 170 Jimmy Mann Phil Taylor Phil Taylor 2005 2007 The 2006 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2006 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship) was the thirteenth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) since it separated from the British Darts Organisation (BDO). It was held from 19 December 2005 to 2 January 2006 at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, Essex. Format and qualifiers A record field of 64 finalists assembled to battle for Phil Taylor's world crown. Play was not held between 22 December and Christmas Day due to the Christmas break. Play resumed on Boxing Day in the lead-up to the final. A day's break was also held on New Year's Eve for the New Year. Record prize money of £100,000 for the winner was on offer. Despite the record field, there was a notable absentee. John Lowe's world ranking had fallen to a level which meant he was forced to qualify for the event – which he failed to do for the first time in his career. His run of 28 successive appearances (including the BDO World Championship) had come to an end. He was the last player to have appeared in a world championship each year since it began in 1978. Bob Anderson, who made his debut in 1984, now had the longest unbroken run – making his 23rd consecutive appearance for these championships. A major shock came in the first round when world number one and top seed Colin Lloyd lost to Gary Welding – it was only the second time in the history of the PDC World Championship that the top seed fell in the first round (Peter Manley being the first in 2001). Welding, who had recovered from two sets down in his best-of-five-sets match against Lloyd, went on to reach the quarter-finals. Phil Taylor became World Champion for the 13th time, this being his 11th PDC success. His toughest battle en route to the championship was a tight semi-final against Wayne Mardle which he managed to win by 6 sets to 5. The final was a more one-sided affair as Taylor overcame Peter Manley 7–0. It was Manley's third final defeat against Taylor and the second time he was whitewashed, mirroring the result of the 2002 final.No chance of a Power cut https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/arid-30237711.html Irish Examiner 3 January 2006 5 February 2024Phillips Michael Taylor storms to 13th world title https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jan/03/sport.gdnsport3 The Guardian 3 January 2006 5 February 2024 Order of Merit Order of Merit 24em ENG Colin Lloyd (first round) ENG Phil Taylor (champion) ENG Ronnie Baxter (first round) NED Roland Scholten (third round) ENG Peter Manley (runner-up) ENG Wayne Mardle (semi-finals) ENG Kevin Painter (quarter-finals) ENG Andy Jenkins (second round) ENG Denis Ovens (second round) ENG Mark Dudbridge (third round) CAN John Part (third round) ENG Mark Walsh (second round) ENG Dennis Priestley (second round) ENG Alan Warriner-Little (quarter-finals) ENG Terry Jenkins (second round) ENG Lionel Sams (first round) ENG Steve Beaton (first round) ENG Bob Anderson (first round) ENG Dave Askew (first round) ENG Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals) ENG Dennis Smith (third round) ENG Chris Mason (second round) ENG Alex Roy (first round) ENG Alan Caves (first round) ENG James Wade (first round) ENG Wes Newton (second round) BEL Erik Clarys (second round) ENG Steve Maish (first round) SCO Jamie Harvey (first round) ENG Colin Monk (first round) ENG Matt Clark (second round) ENG Darren Webster (first round) PDPA Qualifiers ENG Andy Smith (third round) ENG Steve Hine (first round) WAL Steve Alker (third round) AUS David Platt (first round) ENG Jimmy Mann (first round) NIR Geoff Wylie (first round) ENG Wayne Jones (semi-finals) ENG Dave Whitcombe (first round) ENG Gary Welding (quarter-finals) SCO Jason Clark (second round) ENG Alan Tabern (second round) ENG Dale Newton (first round) ENG Kevin Spiolek (first round) WAL Mark Salmon (first round) ENG Dave Honey (first round) ENG Andy Hamilton (third round) 2em International Qualifiers USA John Kuczynski (third round) USA Darin Young (first round) USA Ray Carver (second round) CAN Ken Woods (first round) CAN Gerry Convery (second round) AUS Brian Roach (first round) NZL Warren Parry (first round) NIR John MaGowan (first round) BAR Winston Cadogan (first round) JPN Yasuhiko Matsunaga (first round) CHN Chengan Liu (first round) NED Jan van der Rassel (second round) NED Erwin Extercatte (second round) BEL Patrick Bulen (first round) GER Tomas Seyler (second round) GER Andree Welge (first round) Prize money Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £500,000)2006 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=38 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701194148/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=38 1 July 2015 deadWinner (1) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £50,000Semi-finalists (2) £20,000Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500Third round losers (8) £8,500Second round losers (16) £5,000First round losers (32) £3,500 Results Finals Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)30 December Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)1 January Final (best of 13 sets)2 January 200   ENG Gary Welding 75.48 0 ENG Wayne Jones 86.67 5 5 ENG Peter Manley 91.92 5 20 ENG Adrian Lewis 90.90 3 2 ENG Phil Taylor 105.57 5 7 ENG Kevin Painter 89.13 1 6 ENG Wayne Mardle 94.80 5 14 ENG Alan Warriner-Little 83.37 0 ENG Wayne Jones 91.29 0 5 ENG Peter Manley 98.43 6 2 ENG Phil Taylor 97.14 6 6 ENG Wayne Mardle 95.46 5 5 ENG Peter Manley 91.72 0 2 ENG Phil Taylor 106.74 7 Rounds 1-4 4 First round (best of 5 sets)19–22 December Second round (best of 7 sets)26–28 December Third round (best of 7 sets)28–29 December Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)30 December Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)1 January Final (best of 13 sets)2 January 200 1 ENG Colin Lloyd 95.70 2 ENG Gary Welding 90.25 3 32 ENG Darren Webster 86.47 2 Q NED Erwin Extercatte 83.19 3 16 ENG Lionel Sams 72.47 0 Q USA John Kuczynski 81.98 3 17 ENG Steve Beaton 82.72 0 Q NED Jan van der Rassel 85.68 3 8 ENG Andy Jenkins 91.78 3 Q BEL Patrick Bulen 85.61 1 25 ENG James Wade 83.41 2 ENG Wayne Jones 85.11 3 9 ENG Denis Ovens 82.65 3 NIR Geoff Wylie 78.63 1 24 ENG Alan Caves 83.58 1 WAL Steve Alker 86.73 3 5 ENG Peter Manley 83.52 3 ENG Kevin Spiolek 70.44 0 28 ENG Steve Maish 87.77 2 SCO Jason Clark 88.36 3 12 ENG Mark Walsh 89.68 3 Q NZL Warren Parry 82.06 0 21 ENG Dennis Smith 87.29 3 WAL Mark Salmon 83.45 2 4 NED Roland Scholten 84.97 3 ENG Dave Whitcombe 76.92 1 29 SCO Jamie Harvey 80.96 0 Q GER Tomas Seyler 87.79 3 13 ENG Dennis Priestley 95.69 3 Q NIR John MaGowan 86.78 1 20 ENG Adrian Lewis 90.50 3 ENG Dave Honey 83.20 0 2 ENG Phil Taylor 96.82 3 AUS David Platt 84.82 0 31 ENG Matt Clark 86.04 3 Q CAN Ken Woods 83.27 0 15 ENG Terry Jenkins 99.34 3 ENG Jimmy Mann 94.13 2 18 ENG Bob Anderson 87.74 2 ENG Andy Hamilton 88.48 3 7 ENG Kevin Painter 86.46 3 ENG Dale Newton 76.59 1 26 ENG Wes Newton 81.98 3 Q JPN Yasuhiko Matsunaga 74.55 0 10 ENG Mark Dudbridge 84.09 3 Q USA Darin Young 78.58 0 23 ENG Alex Roy 90.35 2 ENG Alan Tabern 87.97 3 6 ENG Wayne Mardle 85.93 3 Q AUS Brian Roach 74.00 1 27 BEL Erik Clarys 80.28 3 Q BAR Winston Cadogan 60.00 0 11 CAN John Part 93.38 3 Q CHN Chengan Liu 80.41 0 22 ENG Chris Mason 91.32 3 ENG Steve Hine 85.74 1 3 ENG Ronnie Baxter 89.91 2 Q USA Ray Carver 87.71 3 30 ENG Colin Monk 80.36 0 ENG Andy Smith 87.77 3 14 ENG Alan Warriner-Little 78.18 3 Q GER Andree Welge 74.16 0 19 ENG Dave Askew 82.33 0 Q CAN Gerry Convery 83.37 3   ENG Welding 85.56 4 Q NED Extercatte 80.22 1 Q USA Kuczynski 87.42 4 Q NED van der Rassel 84.18 3 8 ENG A. Jenkins 86.19 3 ENG Jones 88.62 4 9 ENG Ovens 86.91 1 WAL Alker 93.81 4 5 ENG Manley 84.24 4 SCO J. Clark 85.11 3 12 ENG Walsh 77.61 0 21 ENG D. Smith 87.99 4 4 NED Scholten 87.57 4 Q GER Seyler 84.87 2 13 ENG Priestley 87.57 2 20 ENG Lewis 92.79 4 2 ENG Taylor 102.39 4 31 ENG M. Clark 85.62 1 15 ENG T. Jenkins 93.03 1 ENG Hamilton 96.09 4 7 ENG Painter 86.67 4 26 ENG Newton 86.37 3 10 ENG Dudbridge 94.62 4 ENG Tabern 84.60 0 6 ENG Mardle 88.62 4 27 BEL Clarys 77.79 1 11 CAN Part 95.46 4 22 ENG Mason 95.49 3 Q USA Carver 87.78 3 ENG A. Smith 89.22 4 14 ENG Warriner-Little 87.63 4 Q CAN Convery 78.96 0   ENG Welding 83.31 4 Q USA Kuczynski 84.09 2   ENG Jones 91.26 4 WAL Alker 92.37 1 5 ENG Manley 88.74 4 21 ENG D. Smith 86.67 3 4 NED Scholten 92.28 3 20 ENG Lewis 95.13 4 2 ENG Taylor 108.30 4 ENG Hamilton 97.05 0 7 ENG Painter 95.73 4 10 ENG Dudbridge 91.98 1 6 ENG Mardle 92.19 4 11 CAN Part 93.39 2 ENG A. Smith 85.44 2 14 ENG Warriner-Little 86.34 4   ENG Welding 75.48 0 ENG Jones 86.67 5 5 ENG Manley 91.92 5 20 ENG Lewis 90.90 3 2 ENG Taylor 105.57 5 7 ENG Painter 89.13 1 6 ENG Mardle 94.80 5 14 ENG Warriner-Little 83.37 0 ENG Jones 91.29 0 5 ENG Manley 98.43 6 2 ENG Taylor 97.14 6 6 ENG Mardle 95.46 5 5 ENG Manley 91.72 0 2 ENG Taylor 106.74 7 Representation from different countries This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. ENG ENG NED NED SCO SCO WAL WAL BEL BEL AUS AUS NIR NIR GER GER USA USA CAN CAN CHN CHN JPN JPN NZL NZL BAR BAR Total Final 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Semis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Quarters 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Round 3 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 Round 2 21 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 32 Round 1 40 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 64 Total 40 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 64 References Category:PDC World Darts Championships Category:2000s in Essex PDC World Darts Championship 2006 PDC World Darts Championship 2006 PDC World Darts Championship PDC World Darts Championship PDC World Darts Championship Category:Purfleet Category:Sport in Essex Category:2005 in English sport