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

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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

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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)

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Numbers 33–64 of UK Open of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

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Remaining numbers of UK Open of Merit (starting in first and preliminary round)

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Greene King Qualifiers

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Friday 9 June

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Preliminary round, best of 11 legs

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Player Score Player
  Eddie Lovely 3–6   Norman Fletcher
  Mark Thomson 6–4   Kevin Spiolek
  Steve Evans 3–6   Jan van der Rassel
  Simon Craven 6–2   Guy Christyn
  Dave Jowett 6–4   Darren Webster
  John Quantock 5–6   Shaun McDonald
  Peter Locke 6–3   Dave Whitcombe
  Cliff Lazarenko 6–5   Al Hedman

1st Round, best of 11 legs

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2nd Round, best of 15 legs

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  1. ^ Steve Hine received a bye in his match versus Eric Clarys.

Saturday 10 June

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3rd Round, best of 15 legs

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4th Round, best of 21 legs

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Sunday 11 June

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Last 16 to Final

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[10]

5th Round
Best of 21 legs
Quarter-finals
Best of 21 legs
Semi-finals
Best of 21 legs
Final
Best of 25 legs
            
  Raymond van Barneveld 94.71 11
  Bob Anderson 84.93 3
  Raymond van Barneveld 97.53 11
  Phil Taylor 97.05 10
  Phil Taylor 99.72 11
  Colin Lloyd 93.00 2
  Raymond van Barneveld 96.45 11
  John MaGowan 86.22 7
  John MaGowan 11
  Adrian Lewis 6
  John MaGowan 11
  Robbie Green 8
  Robbie Green 11
  Terry Jenkins 6
  Raymond van Barneveld 91.50 13
  Barrie Bates 82.98 7
  Barrie Bates 11
  Roland Scholten 5
  Barrie Bates 11
  Alex Roy 10
  Alex Roy 11
  Ronnie Baxter 9
  Barrie Bates 82.80 11
  Alan Tabern 85.17 9
  Denis Ovens 10
  Alan Tabern 11
  Alan Tabern 11
  Andy Callaby 5
  John Part 9
  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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  1. ^ "UK Open Qualifier 1". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  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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