2006 Malta Cup

2006 Malta Cup 2006 01 30 2006 02 5 y Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Malta WPBSA Ranking event £118,500 £18,000 Stephen Hendry SCO (142) Ken Doherty IRL John Higgins SCO 9–8 2005 2007 The 2006 Malta Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 January and 5 February 2006 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta.http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/mc2006_res.shtml Malta Cup 2006 Snooker.org 2010-05-03 Ken Doherty won in the final 9–8 against John Higgins. Higgins had recovered from 2–5 down to lead 8–5 but Doherty won the last four frames to win the title. This years tournament was also noteworthy for Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision not to compete, which cost him the World Number 1 ranking for the start of the following season and allowed Stephen Hendry to regain the number one position for the first time since 1999. Wild-card round 2006 Malta Cup http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05Malta.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20060212095155/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05Malta.htm 12 February 20062006 Malta Cup results http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-50.htm worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20060207020254/http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-50.htm 7 February 2006 Match Score WC1 NIR Mark Allen 5–1 Malta Joe Grech WC2 FIN Robin Hull 5–2 Malta Simon Zammit Main draw Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 fames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 AUS Neil Robertson 1 10 ENG Stephen Lee 1 ENG Barry Pinches 5 12 SCO Alan McManus 5 ENG Ali Carter 2 6 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Robert Milkins 4 5 ENG Paul Hunter 3 WAL Dominic Dale 5 14 ENG Joe Perry 5 THA James Wattana 2 9 WAL Mark Williams 5 NIR Gerard Greene 3 4 WAL Matthew Stevens 2 ENG Nigel Bond 5 3 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 HKG Marco Fu 2 16 ENG Ian McCulloch 2 ENG Mark King 5 11 IRL Ken Doherty 5 NIR Joe Swail 3 7 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 8 ENG Jimmy White 2 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 15 ENG Steve Davis 4 FIN Robin Hull 5 13 SCO Graeme Dott 5 ENG John Parrott 2 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 NIR Mark Allen 2 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Barry Pinches 2 12 SCO Alan McManus 0 6 SCO John Higgins 5 WAL Dominic Dale 5 14 ENG Joe Perry 4 9 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Nigel Bond 1 3 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Mark King 3 11 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 ENG Barry Hawkins 3 FIN Robin Hull 5 13 SCO Graeme Dott 5 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 4 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 2 6 SCO John Higgins 5 WAL Dominic Dale 5 9 WAL Mark Williams 3 3 SCO Stephen Maguire 4 11 IRL Ken Doherty 5 RD3-seed07 FIN Robin Hull 0 13 SCO Graeme Dott 5 6 SCO John Higgins 6 WAL Dominic Dale 3 11 IRL Ken Doherty 6 13 SCO Graeme Dott 3 6 SCO John Higgins 8 11 IRL Ken Doherty 9 Final Final: Best of 17 framesHilton Conference Centre, Malta, 5 February 2006. John Higgins (6) 8–9 Ken Doherty (11) Afternoon: 8–86 (67), 69–49, 78–28, 53–71 (65), 28–76 (55), 27–105 (105), 56–75 (70) Evening: 67–53 (61), 89–8 (55), 90–22 (90), 75–50, 130–4 (114), 96–4 (96), 43–64, 5–67 (61), 12–60, 12–69 (63) 114 Highest break 105 1 Century breaks 1 5 50+ breaks 7 Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 7 and 10 November 2005.2006 Malta Cup qualifying results http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-51.htm worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20051125000946/http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-51.htm 25 November 2005 no Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames 200 IRL Leo Fernandez Bye IRL Joe Delaney 5 SCO James McBain 4 ENG Andrew Norman 5 CHN Jin Long 2 ENG Nick Dyson 5 Bahrain Habib Subah 4 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 3 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Simon Bedford Bye ENG Sean Storey 5 MLT Alex Borg 3 SCO Scott MacKenzie Bye WAL Paul Davies 5 CHN Liang Wenbo 3 ENG Joe Jogia Bye ENG Alfie Burden 2 ENG Judd Trump 5 SCO Hugh Abernethy 5 MAS Moh Keen Ho 2 WAL Darren Morgan 5 ENG Gary Wilson 4 ENG Adam Davies Bye IRL David McDonnell 3 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 ENG Stuart Mann 4 NIR Mark Allen 5 ENG Justin Astley 4 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 PAK Shokat Ali 5 IRL Joe Delaney 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Andrew Norman 3 ENG Jamie Cope 5 ENG Nick Dyson 2 CHN Ding Junhui 1 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Chris Norbury 5 ENG Simon Bedford 4 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Sean Storey 4 ENG Lee Spick 1 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 ENG Rod Lawler 5 WAL Paul Davies 2 ENG Matthew Couch 5 ENG Joe Jogia 0 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Judd Trump 2 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 SCO Hugh Abernethy 0 ENG David Roe 5 WAL Darren Morgan 2 FIN Robin Hull 5 ENG Adam Davies 3 ENG James Tatton 1 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 WAL Lee Walker 2 NIR Mark Allen 5 ENG Dave Harold 5 IRL Leo Fernandez 3 MLT Tony Drago 5 PAK Shokat Ali 2 ENG Mark Selby 3 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 0 ENG Jamie Cope 5 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG David Gilbert 1 IRL Michael Judge 5 ENG Chris Norbury 1 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG Mike Dunn 3 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 SCO Scott MacKenzie 4 ENG Mark Davis 5 ENG Rod Lawler 4 SCO Drew Henry 5 ENG Matthew Couch 4 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 3 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 ENG Tom Ford 2 ENG David Roe 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 4 FIN Robin Hull 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 2 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 ENG Rory McLeod 1 NIR Mark Allen 5 AUS Neil Robertson 5 ENG Dave Harold 4 ENG Barry Pinches 5 MLT Tony Drago 2 ENG Ali Carter 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 3 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Jamie Cope 3 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Ricky Walden 1 THA James Wattana 5 IRL Michael Judge 2 WAL Ryan Day 1 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG Nigel Bond 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 HKG Marco Fu 5 ENG Mark Davis 4 ENG Mark King 5 SCO Drew Henry 3 ENG Michael Holt 4 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 3 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG David Roe 4 ENG Andy Hicks 3 FIN Robin Hull 5 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 3 ENG David Gray 2 NIR Mark Allen 5 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries 137 Jamie Cope 135 Gary Wilkinson 129 Dave Harold 124 Jamie Burnett 120, 101 Robin Hull 116 Nick Dyson 107 Mark Allen 106 Mark Davis 105, 100 David Gilbert 105 Joe Swail 104 Rod Lawler 103 Ali Carter 102 Stuart Mann 101 Judd Trump 100 Liang Wenbo 100 James Wattana Televised stage centuries 142, 131, 104, 103 Stephen Hendry 135 Barry Hawkins 133, 127, 103 Stephen Maguire 133, 126, 104 Robin Hull 133, 119, 106, 105 Ken Doherty 132, 105 Graeme Dott 129 Stuart Bingham 114, 105, 102 John Higgins 114 Tony Drago 111 Mark King 104 Mark Allen 104 Steve Davis 104 Joe Swail 103 Stephen Lee 100 Alan McManus 100 Gerard Greene 100 Marco Fu References 2006 Malta Cup Cup Category:Snooker in Malta