Snooker season 2005/2006

The snooker season 2005/06 was a series of snooker tournaments played during 2005 and 2006. The following table outlines the results and dates for the ranking and major invitational events that took place.

Contents

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1] References
05-17 05-21 OS PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Tian Pengfei Martin Gould 6–3 [2]
06-17 06-21 OS PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Mark Joyce James Leadbetter 6–3 [3]
07–20 07–24 World Games Saalbau Bottrop Duisburg Gerard Greene Ding Junhui 4–3 [4]
08-17 08–21 Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Matthew Stevens Stephen Hendry 9–7 [5]
09-02 09-07 OS PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Liu Song Stephen Rowlings 6–1 [6]
10–01 10–03 Fürth German Open Stadthalle Fürth Mark King Michael Holt 4–2 [7]
10–08 10–16 WR Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–2 [8]
10–14 10–19 OS PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Colm Gilcreest Mark Joyce 6–3 [9]
10–20 10–23 Masters Qualifying Event Pontin's Prestatyn Stuart Bingham Ali Carter 6–3 [10]
10–29 Pot Black Royal Automobile Club London Matthew Stevens Shaun Murphy 1–0 [11]
11–28 12–01 OS PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Chris Melling Paul Davison 6–5 [12]
09-15 12-04 MS Premier League Snooker GMex Centre Manchester Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 6–0 [13]
12–05 12–18 WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York Ding Junhui Steve Davis 10–6 [14]
01-15 01-22 Masters Wembley Conference Centre London John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 [15]
01-30 02-05 WR Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Ken Doherty John Higgins 9–8 [16]
02-17 02-20 OS PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Liu Song Paul Davison 6–3 [17]
02-27 03-05 WR Welsh Open The Centre Newport Stephen Lee Shaun Murphy 9–4 [18]
03-06 03-09 OS PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Tian Pengfei Liu Song 6–3 [19]
03-19 03-26 WR China Open University Students Gymnasium Beijing Mark Williams John Higgins 9–8 [20]
04-15 05-01 WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Graeme Dott Peter Ebdon 18–14 [21]
05-08 05-10 OS PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn Andrew Higginson Jamie O'Neill 6–3 [22]
WR = World ranking event
OS = [Pontin's] International Open Series
Other, non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2005/2006

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.

No.[23] Player Points 2003/04 Points 2004/05 Total[24]
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 26650 23162 49812
2 Stephen Hendry 20800 21337 42137
3 Stephen Maguire 14025 19725 33750
4 Matthew Stevens 18450 19725 33712
5 Paul Hunter 18925 13200 32125
6 John Higgins 16212 15812 32024
7 Peter Ebdon 15525 15650 31175
8 Jimmy White 18175 12787 30962
9 Mark Williams 16912 12837 29749
10 Stephen Lee 14025 15625 29650
11 Ken Doherty 13237 15887 29124
12 Alan McManus 12825 15975 28800
13 Graeme Dott 14812 13500 28312
14 Joe Perry 15900 11250 27150
15 Steve Davis 11212 15775 26987
16 Ian McCulloch 12075 14537 26612

World ranking points

Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2005/2006

Points distribution

2005/2006 Points distribution for world ranking events:

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Grand Prix[25] Unseeded loser 400 – 900 – 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 250 – 450 – – – – – – –
UK Championship[26][27] Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500
Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –
Malta Cup[28][29] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
Welsh Open[30] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
China Open[31][32] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
World Championship[33][34] Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000
Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –

Notes

  1. ^ Dates use the month day format

References

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  2. ^ "PIOS I". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070815005615/www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/05-6/05-6PIOS1.htm. 
  3. ^ "PIOS II". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070815154615/www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/05-6/05-6PIOS2.htm. 
  4. ^ "Greene vs. Ding". Worldgames Duisburg 2005. http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/infosystem/showresults1b66.html?lang=de&sport_id=8&event_id=185&comp_id=649. Retrieved 23 December 2010. 
  5. ^ "Northern Ireland Trophy 2005". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/nit2005_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
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  7. ^ "Fürth German Open 2005". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 21 April 2006. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20060421061822/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/EBSA/05-6/German_Open.htm. 
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  9. ^ "PIOS IV". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070815174043/www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/05-6/05-6PIOS4.htm. 
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  11. ^ "2005 Pot Black Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070815153532/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05POTBLACK.htm. 
  12. ^ "PIOS V". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070815005401/www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/05-6/05-6PIOS5.htm. 
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  14. ^ "Travis Perkins UK Championship 2005". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/uk2005_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  15. ^ "SAGA Insurance Masters 2006". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/m2006_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  16. ^ "Malta Cup 2005". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/mc2006_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  17. ^ "PIOS VI". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070815192717/www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/05-6/05-6PIOS6.htm. 
  18. ^ "Welsh Open 2006". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/wo2006_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  19. ^ "PIOS VII". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070815102150/www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/05-6/05-6PIOS7.htm. 
  20. ^ "Star Dragon Woods Villa Cup China Open 2006". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/co2006_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  21. ^ "888.Com World Championship 2006". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/wc2006_res.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  22. ^ "PIOS VIII". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070814221831/www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Pontins/05-6/05-6PIOS8.htm. 
  23. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Rankings (2005/06 to 2009/10)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank3.html. Retrieved 27 April 2011. 
  24. ^ "Embassy World Rankings 2005/2006". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/0506/ranking.asp. Retrieved 26 February 2011. 
  25. ^ "2005 Grand Prix Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060426101135/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/2005GrandPrixInfo.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  26. ^ "2005 Travis Perkins UK Championship Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 20 June 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060620090958/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05UKInfo.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
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  28. ^ "2006 Malta Cup Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060206204722/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05MaltaInfo.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
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  30. ^ "Weltranglistenpunkte Welsh Open 2006". brownball.de. http://www.brownball.de/welshopen06/punkte_welshopen06.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  31. ^ "2006 China Open Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070815103432/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05ChinaInfo.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
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  34. ^ "Weltranglistenpunkte Weltmeisterschaft 2006". brownball.de. http://www.brownball.de/weltmeisterschaft06/punkte_wm06.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 

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