| Malta Open | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 25 November 2006 | ||
| Country | Malta | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO, WDF, MDA | ||
| Winner's share | Lm 500 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael Rosenauer | |||
| |||
2006 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 2006. [1]
| Malta Open | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 25 November 2006 | ||
| Country | Malta | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO, WDF, MDA | ||
| Winner's share | Lm 500 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Michael Rosenauer | |||
| |||
2006 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 2006. [1]
| Round | Player |
|---|---|
| Winner | Michael Rosenauer |
| Final |  Godfrey Abela |
| Semi-finals | Vincent Busuttil |
 Tony Eccles | |
| Quarter-finals |  John Michael |
| Joe Palmer | |
| Andy Keen | |
| Emmanuel Ciantar | |
| Last 16 | Charles Ghiller |
| David Davies | |
| Roy Brown | |
| Colin Rice | |
| Alan Yates | |
| Godwin Cesareo | |
 Pieter Otten | |
| Michael Lloyd | |
| Last 32 |  Ian Branks |
| Johnny Haines | |
| Dave Jowett | |
| Andy Callaby | |
| Andreas Krockel | |
| Mark Landers | |
| David Platt | |
| Alan Green | |
| Martin Burchell | |
| Andy Hayfield | |
| Kevin Edwards | |
 Jason Clark | |
 Richie Burnett | |
| Coen Wiekamp | |
| Gary Noonan | |
| Ian Whillis |
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