2006 World Grand Prix (darts)

2006 Sky Bet World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	23–29 October 2006
Venue	Citywest Hotel
Location	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets "double in, double out"
Prize fund	£130,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	160 Ronnie Baxter
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2005 2007»

The 2006 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the ninth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, between 23–29 October 2006.

The top 24 players in the PDC world rankings were joined by four players from a field of 348 at the All Ireland Qualifiers and four players from a field of 127 at the PDPA Qualifiers. Phil Taylor won the event – his seventh Grand Prix title.

How They Qualified

Automatic Qualifiers

The top 24 players in the PDC rankings secured their place at the 2006 World Grand Prix automatically. Colin Lloyd as world number one at the time of the cut-off date of 11 September took his place as top seed.

All Ireland Qualifiers

The Fairways Hotel in Dundalk played host to the All-Ireland qualifying event on 17 September. Out of a field of 348 players from Ireland, four qualified to play in the World Grand Prix. The top three ranked players - John MaGowan, Tom Kirby and Mick McGowan all failed to reach the final stages. Three of the qualifiers will be making their Grand Prix debuts, with only Paul Watton having previously appeared.

Anto McCracken, Dublin
Garrett Gray, Dublin
Geoffrey Matthews, Ballymena
Paul Watton, Coleraine

PDPA Qualifiers

The Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying event was held at the Newport Centre on 22 September. Out of a field of 127 players, four players qualified to complete the line up for the Grand Prix. Raymond van Barneveld, Steve Beaton, Alan Green and Andy Callaby were the successful players.

Prize fund

Following the announcement in October 2006 of the extension of Skybet's sponsorship contract, the prize fund was increased to £130,000.

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £130,000)
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£12,500
Semi-finalists	(2)	£8,250
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£6,000
Second round losers	(8)	£3,000
First round losers	(16)	£1,750

Seeds

The event featured eight seeds.

1. Colin Lloyd
2. Phil Taylor
3. Ronnie Baxter
4. Wayne Mardle
5. Peter Manley
6. Dennis Priestley
7. Roland Scholten
8. Kevin Painter

Results

Players in bold denote match winners.

Last 32

	First round (best of 3 sets) 23–24 October					Second round (best of 5 sets) 25–26 October					Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 27 October					Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) 28 October					Final (best of 13 sets) 29 October
	1	Colin Lloyd 92.89	1
		Bob Anderson 91.31	2
							Bob Anderson 77.84	3
							Anto McCracken 59.44	1
		Anto McCracken 62.83	2
		Mark Walsh 64.65	1
												Bob Anderson 77.87	1
												Terry Jenkins 82.88	4
	8	Kevin Painter 82.48	0
		Andy Callaby 79.67	2
							Andy Callaby 79.52	2
							Terry Jenkins 83.81	3
		Andy Jenkins 81.60	1
		Terry Jenkins 83.91	2
																	Terry Jenkins 77.87	6
																5	Peter Manley 82.88	4
	5	Peter Manley 84.65	2
		Chris Mason 65.95	0
						5	Peter Manley 80.58	3
							Lionel Sams 73.50	1
		Lionel Sams 84.10	2
		John Part 81.33	1
											5	Peter Manley 85.61	4
												Andy Smith 84.19	1
	4	Wayne Mardle 91.98	2
		Denis Ovens 78.14	0
						4	Wayne Mardle 78.39	0
							Andy Smith 81.62	3
		Garrett Gray 76.45	0
		Andy Smith 82.63	2
																						Terry Jenkins 82.51	4
																					2	Phil Taylor 88.24	7
	2	Phil Taylor 82.57	2
		Wes Newton 86.18	0
						2	Phil Taylor 89.82	3
							Raymond van Barneveld 94.23	1
		Alan Warriner-Little 75.60	1
		Raymond van Barneveld 85.88	2
											2	Phil Taylor 88.26	4
											7	Roland Scholten 80.74	0
	7	Roland Scholten 96.48	2
		Dave Askew 75.81	0
						7	Roland Scholten 85.14	3
							Steve Beaton 81.97	1
		Mark Dudbridge 80.92	0
		Steve Beaton 88.68	2
																2	Phil Taylor 95.39	6
																6	Dennis Priestley 87.66	3
	6	Dennis Priestley 93.74	2
		Geoffrey Matthews 72.49	0
						6	Dennis Priestley 92.54	3
							Adrian Lewis 88.60	2
		Adrian Lewis 90.56	2
		Barrie Bates 68.89	0
											6	Dennis Priestley 82.51	4
												James Wade 80.40	2
	3	Ronnie Baxter 84.98	2
		Alan Green 74.21	0
						3	Ronnie Baxter 80.56	0
							James Wade 85.83	3
		Paul Watton 80.42	0
		James Wade 82.44	2

External links

• Pictures from the 2006 World Grand Prix Darts tournament