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)
Netherlands 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. England Alan Green
  2. England Bob Crawley
  3. England Steve Coote
  4. England Cliff Lazarenko
  5. England Tony Smith
  6. England Darren Williams
  7. Wales Wayne Atwood
  8. England Steve Johnson
  9. England Rikki Blay
  10. England Graeme Stoddart
  11. England Paul Everson
  12. England Shayne Burgess
  13. England Darren Johnson
  14. Australia David Platt
  15. England Kevin Dowling
  16. England Tom Wilson
  17. Wales Sean Palfrey
  18. England Dave Honey
  19. England Paul Williams
  20. England Dave Johnson
  21. England Gary Noonan
  22. England Andy Hayfield
  23. Scotland Jamie Harvey
  24. Belgium Yves Cottenge
  25. England Alan Caves
  26. England Norman Fletcher
  27. England Simon Craven
  28. England Dave Jowett
  29. Belgium Rocco Maes
  30. Netherlands Jan van der Rassel
  31. England Chris Allen
  32. Belgium Guy Christyn
  33. England Eddie Lovely
  34. England Kevin Spiolek
  35. England Mark Thomson
  36. England Darren Webster
  37. Wales Steve Evans
  38. Scotland Shaun McDonald
  39. Jamaica Al Hedman

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

Friday 9 June

Preliminary round, best of 11 legs
Player Score Player
England Eddie Lovely3–6England Norman Fletcher
England Mark Thomson6–4England Kevin Spiolek
Wales Steve Evans3–6Netherlands Jan van der Rassel
England Simon Craven6–2Belgium Guy Christyn
England Dave Jowett6–4England Darren Webster
England John Quantock5–6Scotland Shaun McDonald
Wales Peter Locke6–3England Dave Whitcombe
England Cliff Lazarenko6–5Jamaica Al Hedman

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
            
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 11
England Bob Anderson 3
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 11
England Phil Taylor 10
England Phil Taylor 11
England Colin Lloyd 2
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (96.45) 11
Northern Ireland John MaGowan (86.22) 7
Northern Ireland John MaGowan 11
England Adrian Lewis 6
Northern Ireland John MaGowan 11
England Robbie Green 8
England Robbie Green 11
England Terry Jenkins 6
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (91.50) 13
Wales Barrie Bates (82.98) 7
Wales Barrie Bates 11
Netherlands Roland Scholten 5
Wales Barrie Bates 11
England Alex Roy 10
England Alex Roy 11
England Ronnie Baxter 9
Wales Barrie Bates (82.80) 11
England Alan Tabern (85.17) 9
England Denis Ovens 10
England Alan Tabern 11
England Alan Tabern 11
England Andy Callaby 5
Canada John Part 9
England 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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  2. "UK Open Qualifier 2". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  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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