2006 Premier League Snooker

The 2006 Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 14 September to 3 December 2006.

Betfred Premier League
Tournament information
Dates14 September – 3 December 2006 (2006-09-14 – 2006-12-03)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£250,000[1]
Winner's share£50,000[1]
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (124)[2]
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upEngland Jimmy White
Score7–0
2007

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7–0 against Jimmy White.

Prize fund

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The 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

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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

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2–3 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ding Junhui withdrew from Premier League play-offs due to clash of dates with the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
  2. ^ Steve Davis qualified for the play-offs due to the withdrawal of Ding.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "2006 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "2006–07 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2011.