Tournament information | |
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Dates | 15 April – 1 May 2006 |
Venue | Crucible Theatre |
City | Sheffield |
Country | England |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £896,240 |
Winner's share | £200,000 |
Highest break | 140 |
Final | |
Champion | Graeme Dott |
Runner-up | Peter Ebdon |
Score | 18–14 |
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The 2006 888.com World Snooker Championship professional ranking snooker tournament was held at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, and was scheduled for 15 April through 1 May 2006, but continued into the early hours of 2 May 2006. Ending at 12:52 a.m. BST, this final broke the record at the time for the latest (though not longest) finish in a World Snooker Championship final, at over half an hour later than the 1985, which finished at 12:20 a.m.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals against eventual runner-up Peter Ebdon.
The final was contested between Ebdon and Graeme Dott, and the victor was Dott by 18 frames to 14, earning him his first professional title in his 12-year career, and a £200,000 cheque.
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Following new EU and UK legislation banning tobacco advertising, the 2006 World Snooker Championship could not be sponsored by Embassy as had been the case for the previous three decades. In January 2006 World Snooker – the sport's governing body – announced that the online casino 888.com would be the new sponsors.
However this decision has led to conflict with some players who will lose income from their own personal sponsors (seen on their waistcoats) who are rival firms of 888.com.[1]
There have also been concerns expressed among the sport's elite at the decrease in prize money and also in the number of ranking events (down to six for the 2005/06 season) since the loss of tobacco sponsorship.[2] For the 2006 World Championship the winner's cheque is down 20% on what it was in 2005.
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Shown below are the results for each round, the numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[3][4]
First Round | Second Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | |||||||||||
Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 33 frames | |||||||||||
15 April[5] | ||||||||||||||
Shaun Murphy (1) | 10 | |||||||||||||
20, 21 & 22 April[6] | ||||||||||||||
James Wattana | 4 | |||||||||||||
Shaun Murphy (1) | 13 | |||||||||||||
15 & 16 April[7] | ||||||||||||||
Steve Davis (16) | 7 | |||||||||||||
Steve Davis (16) | 10 | |||||||||||||
25 & 26 April[8] | ||||||||||||||
Andy Hicks | 4 | |||||||||||||
Shaun Murphy (1) | 7 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April[9] | ||||||||||||||
Peter Ebdon (8) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Jimmy White (9) | 5 | |||||||||||||
23 & 24 April[10] | ||||||||||||||
David Gray | 10 | |||||||||||||
David Gray | 2 | |||||||||||||
19 April[11] | ||||||||||||||
Peter Ebdon (8) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Peter Ebdon (8) | 10 | |||||||||||||
27, 28 & 29 April[12] | ||||||||||||||
Michael Holt | 8 | |||||||||||||
Peter Ebdon (8) | 17 | |||||||||||||
17 & 18 April[13] | ||||||||||||||
Marco Fu | 16 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens (5) | 10 | |||||||||||||
22, 23 & 24 April[14] | ||||||||||||||
Joe Swail | 5 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens (5) | 8 | |||||||||||||
16 & 17 April[15] | ||||||||||||||
Ken Doherty (12) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Ken Doherty (12) | 10 | |||||||||||||
25 & 26 April[16] | ||||||||||||||
Barry Hawkins | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ken Doherty (12) | 10 | |||||||||||||
18 April[17] | ||||||||||||||
Marco Fu | 13 | |||||||||||||
Alan McManus (13) | 3 | |||||||||||||
21 & 22 April[18] | ||||||||||||||
Marco Fu | 10 | |||||||||||||
Marco Fu | 13 | |||||||||||||
16 & 17 April[19] | ||||||||||||||
Stephen Maguire (4) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Stephen Maguire (4) | 10 | |||||||||||||
Mark King | 6 | |||||||||||||
18 & 19 April[20] | ||||||||||||||
Stephen Hendry (3) | 9 | |||||||||||||
22, 23 & 24 April[21] | ||||||||||||||
Nigel Bond | 10 | |||||||||||||
Nigel Bond | 9 | |||||||||||||
15 & 16 April[22] | ||||||||||||||
Graeme Dott (14) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Graeme Dott (14) | 10 | |||||||||||||
25 & 26 April[23] | ||||||||||||||
John Parrott | 3 | |||||||||||||
Graeme Dott (14) | 13 | |||||||||||||
15 & 16 April[24] | ||||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 12 | |||||||||||||
Stephen Lee (11) | 10 | |||||||||||||
20 & 21 April[25] | ||||||||||||||
Ali Carter | 8 | |||||||||||||
Stephen Lee (11) | 9 | |||||||||||||
17 April[26] | ||||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 13 | |||||||||||||
Paul Hunter (6) | 5 | |||||||||||||
27, 28 & 29 April[27] | ||||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 10 | |||||||||||||
Graeme Dott (14) | 17 | |||||||||||||
15 & 16 April[28] | ||||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 11 | |||||||||||||
John Higgins (7) | 4 | |||||||||||||
21 & 22 April[29] | ||||||||||||||
Mark Selby | 10 | |||||||||||||
Mark Selby | 8 | |||||||||||||
17 & 18 April[30] | ||||||||||||||
Mark Williams (10) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Mark Williams (10) | 10 | |||||||||||||
25 & 26 April[31] | ||||||||||||||
Anthony Hamilton | 1 | |||||||||||||
Mark Williams (10) | 11 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April[32] | ||||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Joe Perry (15) | 3 | |||||||||||||
23 & 24 April[33] | ||||||||||||||
Ryan Day | 10 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Day | 10 | |||||||||||||
18 & 19 April[34] | ||||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 13 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 10 | |||||||||||||
Dave Harold | 4 | |||||||||||||
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 30 April & 1 May (& 2 May), 2006. Referee: Jan Verhaas.[35] | ||
Peter Ebdon (8) England |
14–18 | Graeme Dott (14) Scotland |
79–12, 53–62, 1–91, 48–70, 9–71, 67–32, 6–78, 20–53, 20–53, 16–63, 66–25, 124–6, 47–72, 65–51, 5–61, 16–92, 0–75, 100–0, 67–44, 41–75, 31–90, 49–70, 117–22, 66–51, 67–29, 70–38, 66–59, 84–0, 16–78, 99–17, 61–69, 31–70 | 1 Century Break (Peter Ebdon).
Highest break Ebdon: 117 |
79–12, 53–62, 1–91, 48–70, 9–71, 67–32, 6–78, 20–53, 20–53, 16–63, 66–25, 124–6, 47–72, 65–51, 5–61, 16–92, 0–75, 100–0, 67–44, 41–75, 31–90, 49–70, 117–22, 66–51, 67–29, 70–38, 66–59, 84–0, 16–78, 99–17, 61–69, 31–70 |
Graeme Dott wins 2006 888.com World Snooker Championship |
The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place in Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales.[3][36]
David Singh | w/d–w/o | Ali Bassiri |
Del Smith | 4–5 | Garry Baldrey |
Phil Seaton | 5–2 | Dermot McGlinchey |
Les Dodd | 2–5 | Tony Knowles |
Neil Selman | 5–2 | Stephen Ormerod |
Ian Stark | 2–5 | Gerrit bij de Leij |
Stefan Mazrocis | 5–0 | Ali Bassiri |
Mehmet Husnu | 5–2 | Garry Baldrey |
Phil Seaton | 0–5 | Tony Knowles |
Neil Selman | 0–5 | Gerrit bij de Leij |
Stefan Mazrocis | 5–2 | Mehmet Husnu |
Tony Knowles | 3–5 | Gerrit bij de Leij |
Qualification for the 2006 World Snooker Championship was held between 6 to 13 January 2006 and 14 and 15 March 2006 at Pontin's, Prestatyn, Wales.[3][36]
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