2006 UK Open

The 2006 Budweiser UK Open was the fourth year of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, between 9–11 June 2006.

2006 Budweiser UK Open
Tournament information
Dates9–11 June 2006
VenueReebok Stadium
LocationBolton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£124,000
Winner's share£30,000
Champion(s)
Raymond van Barneveld
«2005 2007»

Phil Taylor was the defending champion but got knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Raymond van Barneveld. Van Barneveld went on to win the title, winning 13–7 against Barrie Bates in the final.

Format

Qualifying events were held at Greene King pubs across the UK – winners from each pub event progressed to one of four Regional Finals, to be staged in their relevant area. Players who reach the final eight in the Regional Finals will qualify for the televised stages of the UK Open in Bolton.

In addition there were eight UK Open Regional Finals for the "professional" players. All events were open to all darts players on payment of an entry fee – which means that players from both the PDC and BDO were eligible to enter. Players who enter through the Greene King Qualifying Round were not eligible to play in the regional qualifying events and vice versa.

The results of the eight qualifiers were then collated into an Order of Merit table (Winner £4000; Runner-up £2000; 3–4 £1000; 5–8 £500; 9–16 £250; 17–32 £100; 33–64 £50). The top 96 players plus ties in this Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers at the televised stages in Bolton.

1st round
Players who were ranked between 65 and 96 in the UK Open Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers in the first round of the UK Open.

2nd round
Players ranked 33 to 64 join the first round winners.

3rd round
Players ranked in the top 32 join the second round winners.

2005/2006 UK Open Regional Finals

25 September 2005 (Welsh) Mark Walsh 2–1 Phil Taylor [1]
23 October 2005 (Irish) Colin Lloyd 2–1 Andy Smith [2]
6 November 2005 (Scottish) Adrian Lewis 2–0 Colin Lloyd [3]
8 January 2006 (North East) Kevin Painter 2–0 Colin Lloyd [4]
12 February 2006 (South West) Mark Dudbridge 2–0 Dennis Priestly [5]
5 March 2006 (Southern) Chris Mason 2–1 Barrie Bates [6]
19 March 2006 (North West) Alan Tabern 2–1 Steve Maish [7]
9 April 2006 (Midlands) Raymond van Barneveld 2–0 Ronnie Baxter [8]

UK Open Qualifiers

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Top 32 in UK Open Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

Numbers 33–64 of UK Open of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

Remaining numbers of UK Open of Merit (starting in first and preliminary round)
  1. Alan Green
  2. Bob Crawley
  3. Steve Coote
  4. Cliff Lazarenko
  5. Tony Smith
  6. Darren Williams
  7. Wayne Atwood
  8. Steve Johnson
  9. Rikki Blay
  10. Graeme Stoddart
  11. Paul Everson
  12. Shayne Burgess
  13. Darren Johnson
  14. David Platt
  15. Kevin Dowling
  16. Tom Wilson
  17. Sean Palfrey
  18. Dave Honey
  19. Paul Williams
  20. Dave Johnson
  21. Gary Noonan
  22. Andy Hayfield
  23. Jamie Harvey
  24. Yves Cottenge
  25. Alan Caves
  26. Norman Fletcher
  27. Simon Craven
  28. Dave Jowett
  29. Rocco Maes
  30. Jan van der Rassel
  31. Chris Allen
  32. Guy Christyn
  33. Eddie Lovely
  34. Kevin Spiolek
  35. Mark Thomson
  36. Darren Webster
  37. Steve Evans

Greene King Qualifiers
  • Stuart Pickles
  • Nicky Turner
  • Geoff Harkup
  • Wayne Brown
  • Pip Brown
  • Ian McLean
  • David Fairbrass
  • Danny Pinhorne
  • Chris Hill
  • Johnny Haines
  • Jess Archer
  • Lee Rose
  • Peter Lock
  • Kevin Dalwood
  • John Harris
  • Peter Hall
  • Peter Dillingham
  • Mick Chambers
  • Perry Regan
  • Wayne Squirrell
  • Coen Wiekamp
  • Gary Miller
  • Lee Topper
  • Gary Barnett
  • Tom Murphy
  • Tom Allies
  • Nigel Langton
  • John Nesbitt
  • Glenn Baxter
  • James Dorenbos
  • Ian Haines

Friday 9 June

Preliminary Round, best of 11 legs
Player Score Player
Eddie Lovely3–6 Norman Fletcher
Mark Thomson6–4 Kevin Spiolek
Steve Evans3–6 Jan van der Rassel
Simon Craven6–2 Guy Christyn
Dave Jowett6–4 Darren Webster

1st Round, best of 11 legs

2nd Round, best of 15 legs
  1. Steve Hine received a bye in his match versus Eric Clary.

Saturday 10 June

3rd Round, best of 15 legs

4th Round, best of 21 legs

Sunday 11 June

Last 16 to Final

[10]

5th Round Best
of 21 legs 		Quarter-finals
Best of 21 legs 		Semi-finals
Best of 21 legs 		Final
Best of 25 legs
            
Raymond van Barneveld 11
Bob Anderson 3
Raymond van Barneveld 11
Phil Taylor 10
Phil Taylor 11
Colin Lloyd 2
Raymond van Barneveld (96.45) 11
John MaGowan (86.22) 7
John MaGowan 11
Adrian Lewis 6
John MaGowan 11
Robbie Green 8
Robbie Green 11
Terry Jenkins 6
Raymond van Barneveld (91.50) 13
Barrie Bates (82.98) 7
Barrie Bates 11
Roland Scholten 5
Barrie Bates 11
Alex Roy 10
Alex Roy 11
Ronnie Baxter 9
Barrie Bates (82.80) 11
Alan Tabern (85.17) 9
Denis Ovens 10
Alan Tabern 11
Alan Tabern 11
Andy Callaby 5
John Part 9
Andy Callaby 11

Random draws were made after each round up to the quarter final stage. Draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.

References
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  3. "UK Open Qualifier 3". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. "UK Open Qualifier 4". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. "UK Open Qualifier 5". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. "UK Open Qualifier 6". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. "UK Open Qualifier 7". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  8. "UK Open Qualifier 8". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. "2006 UK Open Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  10. "Averages + Flag reference". Master Caller. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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