The 2006 Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 14 September to 3 December 2006.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 September – 3 December 2006 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £50,000[1] |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (124)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up | Jimmy White |
| Score | 7–0 |
2007 → | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7–0 against Jimmy White.
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £25,000
- Semi-final: £12,500
- Frame-win: £1,000
- Century break: £1,000
- Total: £250,000
League phase
edit| Ranking | OSU |
 DIN |
 DOT |
WHI |
DAV |
HEN |
 DOH |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | x | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24–12 | 4–2–0 | 6–10 |
| 2 | Ding Junhui[n 1] | 3 | x | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21–15 | 3–2–1 | 6–8 |
| 3 | Graeme Dott | 3 | 2 | x | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18–18 | 2–2–2 | 6–6 |
| 4 | Jimmy White | 1 | 5 | 2 | x | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18–18 | 2–1–3 | 6–5 |
| 5 | Steve Davis[n 2] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | x | 5 | 5 | 17–19 | 2–1–3 | 6–5 |
| 6 | Stephen Hendry | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | x | 4 | 14–22 | 1–2–3 | 6–4 |
| 7 | Ken Doherty | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | x | 14–22 | 2–0–4 | 6–4 |
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks are indicated with bold.)[2][3]
- 14 September – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Ding Junhui → 8–79, (98)–4, (65)–(69), 0–(76), 86–16, (86)–0
- Graeme Dott 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 58–(59), (75)–15, 76–69 (53), (57) 74–21, 21–64, 50–63
- 21 September – GL1, Gloucester, England
- Jimmy White 2–4 Graeme Dott → (75) 80–0, 36–93, 34–(67), 64–55, 1–102 (96), 32–65 (61)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Ken Doherty → 69–9, (66) 78–28, (71) 75–0, (124)–6, (61) 87–0, 9–65
- 28 September – The Hawth, Crawley, England
- Steve Davis 0–6 Ding Junhui → 46–55, 29–78, 53–(57), 12–55, 39–54, 41–59
- Jimmy White 2–4 Ken Doherty → 0–68, 53–1, 1–92 (55), 15–44, 0–70 (51), 72–22
- 5 October – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
- Jimmy White 5–1 Ding Junhui → 65–36, 0–63, (51) 71–23, 55–9, 53–51, (63) 67–1
- Stephen Hendry 1–5 Steve Davis → 45–56, 26–91 (79), 0–(75), 9–67, 63–66, (71) 72–24
- 12 October – Guild Hall, Preston, England
- Ken Doherty 2–4 Ding Junhui → (84) 88–0, 0–80, 0–(73), 61–41, 4–67 (54), 4–(112)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Jimmy White → (54) 77–45, 35–69, (73) 114–0, (68) 80–16, 53–21, (51) 88–21
- 19 October – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
- Stephen Hendry 4–2 Ken Doherty → (60) 84–0, 70–7, 84–27, 1–80, (74) 81–0, 9–103
- Steve Davis 3–3 Jimmy White → 41–78 (55), 71–24, 16–87, 52–62, 59–52, 67–40
- 2 November – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Steve Davis → (88)–5, 72–48, 7–30, 82–5, 8–68, (108)–0
- Graeme Dott 2–4 Ding Junhui → 0–126 (71,55), 7–64, 42–(79), (107) 131–0, 12–93 (81), 68–63 (56)
- 9 November – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England
- Ken Doherty 4–2 Graeme Dott → 81–15, (65) 78–13, 59–44, 0–90 (68), 0–95 (88), (83)–0
- Stephen Hendry 1–5 Jimmy White → 51–48, 0–122 (105), 26–76 (75), 0–71, 45–49, 30–76
- 16 November – SECC, Glasgow, Scotland
- Graeme Dott 4–2 Steve Davis → (61) 73–44, 1–81 (57), 0–(101), (70) 90–40, (70)82–27, 76–5
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Stephen Hendry → (65) 82–7, 51–35, 68–3, 0–(87), 4–78 (72), (84)–5
- 23 November – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Steve Davis 5–1 Ken Doherty → (114) 139–7, 15–73 (69), (89) 90–4, 93–5, 93–24, (59) 78–6
- Stephen Hendry 3–3 Ding Junhui → 57–43, (101)–7, 9–113 (108), (78)–12, 9–121(120), 12–(82)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Graeme Dott → 47–91, 1–86 (79), 16–103 (67), 84–8, (88) 91–10, (64) 79–50
Play-offs
edit2–3 December – Forum Centre, Wythenshawe, England[2][3]
| Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan*
| 5 | |||||||
| 5 | Steve Davis
| 2 | |||||||
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan***
| 7 | |||||||
| 4 | Jimmy White
| 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Graeme Dott
| 4 | |||||||
| 4 | Jimmy White**
| 5 | |||||||
* (111)–18, (54) 100–16, (64) 74–1, 48–66, (86) 106–17, 28–64, (64) 71–14
** 50–67, 0–71 (64), 0–(94), 20–62, (87)–1, (51) 63–28, 57–9, (61) 90–16, 11–60
*** 77–7, 62–49, (122)–0, (93)–0, 46–13, (73) 98–1, (113)–9
Century breaks
edit- 124, 122, 113, 111, 108 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 120, 112, 108 – Ding Junhui
- 114, 101 – Steve Davis
- 107 – Graeme Dott
- 105 – Jimmy White
- 101 – Stephen Hendry
Notes
edit- ^ Ding Junhui withdrew from Premier League play-offs due to clash of dates with the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
- ^ Steve Davis qualified for the play-offs due to the withdrawal of Ding.
References
edit- ^ a b c "The Betfred Premier Snooker League Is Back!". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "2006 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "2006–07 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2011.