2006 PDC World Darts Championship

2006 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
2006 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	19 December 2005 – ; 2 January 2006
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets ; Final – best of 13
Prize fund	£500,000
Winner's share	£100,000
High checkout	170; Jimmy Mann ; Phil Taylor ;
Champion(s)
	Phil Taylor
«2005	2007»

Last updated June 02, 2024

The 2006 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 13th 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.^[1]^[2]

Order of Merit

Order of Merit

Colin Lloyd (first round)
Phil Taylor (champion)
Ronnie Baxter (first round)
Roland Scholten (third round)
Peter Manley (runner-up)
Wayne Mardle (semi-finals)
Kevin Painter (quarter-finals)
Andy Jenkins (second round)
Denis Ovens (second round)
Mark Dudbridge (third round)
John Part (third round)
Mark Walsh (second round)
Dennis Priestley (second round)
Alan Warriner-Little (quarter-finals)
Terry Jenkins (second round)
Lionel Sams (first round)
Steve Beaton (first round)
Bob Anderson (first round)
Dave Askew (first round)
Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
Dennis Smith (third round)
Chris Mason (second round)
Alex Roy (first round)
Alan Caves (first round)
James Wade (first round)
Wes Newton (second round)
Erik Clarys (second round)
Steve Maish (first round)
Jamie Harvey (first round)
Colin Monk (first round)
Matt Clark (second round)
Darren Webster (first round)

PDPA Qualifiers

Andy Smith (third round)
Steve Hine (first round)
Steve Alker (third round)
David Platt (first round)
Jimmy Mann (first round)
Geoff Wylie (first round)
Wayne Jones (semi-finals)
Dave Whitcombe (first round)
Gary Welding (quarter-finals)
Jason Clark (second round)
Alan Tabern (second round)
Dale Newton (first round)
Kevin Spiolek (first round)
Mark Salmon (first round)
Dave Honey (first round)
Andy Hamilton (third round)

International Qualifiers

John Kuczynski (third round)
Darin Young (first round)
Ray Carver (second round)
Ken Woods (first round)
Gerry Convery (second round)
Brian Roach (first round)
Warren Parry (first round)
John MaGowan (first round)
Winston Cadogan (first round)
Yasuhiko Matsunaga (first round)
Chengan Liu (first round)
Jan van der Rassel (second round)
Erwin Extercatte (second round)
Patrick Bulen (first round)
Tomas Seyler (second round)
Andree Welge (first round)

Prize money

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £500,000)^[3]
Winner	(1)	£100,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£20,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£12,500
Third round losers	(8)	£8,500
Second round losers	(16)	£5,000
First 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

	Gary Welding 75.48	0

	Wayne Jones 86.67	5
				Wayne Jones 91.29	0

			5	Peter Manley 98.43	6
5	Peter Manley 91.92	5

20	Adrian Lewis 90.90	3
						5	Peter Manley 91.72	0

						2	Phil Taylor 106.74	7
2	Phil Taylor 105.57	5

7	Kevin Painter 89.13	1
			2	Phil Taylor 97.14	6

			6	Wayne Mardle 95.46	5
6	Wayne Mardle 94.80	5

14	Alan Warriner-Little 83.37	0

Rounds 1-4

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

1	Colin Lloyd 95.70	2

	Gary Welding 90.25	3
				Welding 85.56	4

			Q	Extercatte 80.22	1
32	Darren Webster 86.47	2

Q	Erwin Extercatte 83.19	3
							Welding 83.31	4

						Q	Kuczynski 84.09	2
16	Lionel Sams 72.47	0

Q	John Kuczynski 81.98	3
			Q	Kuczynski 87.42	4

			Q	van der Rassel 84.18	3
17	Steve Beaton 82.72	0

Q	Jan van der Rassel 85.68	3
										Welding 75.48	0

										Jones 86.67	5
8	Andy Jenkins 91.78	3

Q	Patrick Bulen 85.61	1
			8	A. Jenkins 86.19	3

				Jones 88.62	4
25	James Wade 83.41	2

	Wayne Jones 85.11	3
							Jones 91.26	4

							Alker 92.37	1
9	Denis Ovens 82.65	3

	Geoff Wylie 78.63	1
			9	Ovens 86.91	1

				Alker 93.81	4
24	Alan Caves 83.58	1

	Steve Alker 86.73	3



5	Peter Manley 83.52	3

	Kevin Spiolek 70.44	0
			5	Manley 84.24	4

				J. Clark 85.11	3
28	Steve Maish 87.77	2

	Jason Clark 88.36	3
						5	Manley 88.74	4

						21	D. Smith 86.67	3
12	Mark Walsh 89.68	3

Q	Warren Parry 82.06	0
			12	Walsh 77.61	0

			21	D. Smith 87.99	4
21	Dennis Smith 87.29	3

	Mark Salmon 83.45	2
									5	Manley 91.92	5

									20	Lewis 90.90	3
4	Roland Scholten 84.97	3

	Dave Whitcombe 76.92	1
			4	Scholten 87.57	4

			Q	Seyler 84.87	2
29	Jamie Harvey 80.96	0

Q	Tomas Seyler 87.79	3
						4	Scholten 92.28	3

						20	Lewis 95.13	4
13	Dennis Priestley 95.69	3

Q	John MaGowan 86.78	1
			13	Priestley 87.57	2

			20	Lewis 92.79	4
20	Adrian Lewis 90.50	3

	Dave Honey 83.20	0



2	Phil Taylor 96.82	3

	David Platt 84.82	0
			2	Taylor 102.39	4

			31	M. Clark 85.62	1
31	Matt Clark 86.04	3

Q	Ken Woods 83.27	0
						2	Taylor 108.30	4

							Hamilton 97.05	0
15	Terry Jenkins 99.34	3

	Jimmy Mann 94.13	2
			15	T. Jenkins 93.03	1

				Hamilton 96.09	4
18	Bob Anderson 87.74	2

	Andy Hamilton 88.48	3
									2	Taylor 105.57	5

									7	Painter 89.13	1
7	Kevin Painter 86.46	3

	Dale Newton 76.59	1
			7	Painter 86.67	4

			26	Newton 86.37	3
26	Wes Newton 81.98	3

Q	Yasuhiko Matsunaga 74.55	0
						7	Painter 95.73	4

						10	Dudbridge 91.98	1
10	Mark Dudbridge 84.09	3

Q	Darin Young 78.58	0
			10	Dudbridge 94.62	4

				Tabern 84.60	0
23	Alex Roy 90.35	2

	Alan Tabern 87.97	3



6	Wayne Mardle 85.93	3

Q	Brian Roach 74.00	1
			6	Mardle 88.62	4

			27	Clarys 77.79	1
27	Erik Clarys 80.28	3

Q	Winston Cadogan 60.00	0
						6	Mardle 92.19	4

						11	Part 93.39	2
11	John Part 93.38	3

Q	Chengan Liu 80.41	0
			11	Part 95.46	4

			22	Mason 95.49	3
22	Chris Mason 91.32	3

	Steve Hine 85.74	1
									6	Mardle 94.80	5

									14	Warriner-Little 83.37	0
3	Ronnie Baxter 89.91	2

Q	Ray Carver 87.71	3
			Q	Carver 87.78	3

				A. Smith 89.22	4
30	Colin Monk 80.36	0

	Andy Smith 87.77	3
							A. Smith 85.44	2

						14	Warriner-Little 86.34	4
14	Alan Warriner-Little 78.18	3

Q	Andree Welge 74.16	0
			14	Warriner-Little 87.63	4

			Q	Convery 78.96	0
19	Dave Askew 82.33	0

Q	Gerry Convery 83.37	3

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship.

	ENG	NED	SCO	WAL	BEL	AUS	NIR	GER	USA	CAN	CHN	JPN	NZL	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

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References

↑ "No chance of a Power cut". Irish Examiner . 3 January 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
↑ Phillips, Michael (3 January 2006). "Taylor storms to 13th world title". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 February 2024.
↑ "2006 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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[1] "No chance of a Power cut". Irish Examiner . 3 January 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[2] Phillips, Michael (3 January 2006). "Taylor storms to 13th world title". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[3] "2006 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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