2006 BDO World Darts Championship

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates 715 January 2006
Venue Lakeside Country Club
Location Frimley Green, Surrey
Country England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s) BDO
Format Sets
Finals:
best of 13 (men's)
best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund £263,000
Winners share £60,000
High checkout England Martin Adams (161)
England Mervyn King (161)
Scotland Paul Hanvidge (161)
Champion(s)
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
England Trina Gulliver
«2005 2007»

The 2006 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 715 January 2006 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld was aiming to win a fifth BDO world title, equalling the record set by Eric Bristow. However, he was beaten 7-5 in the final by Dutch qualifier Jelle Klaasen. Klaasen became the youngest World Champion at aged 21 and became the first qualifier to win the World Championship since Keith Deller in 1983, who became the youngest World Champion himself, aged 23. This would eventually be Van Barneveld's last ever appearance at the Lakeside as he would switch to the rival Professional Darts Corporation the next month.

In the women's tournament, Trina Gulliver continued her domination of the women's game by winning her sixth successive title, defeating Francis Hoenselaar 2-0. It was the third successive year that Gulliver and Hoenselaar had met in the final and the fourth time in five years.

Seeds

Men

  1. England Mervyn King
  2. England Martin Adams
  3. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
  4. Australia Simon Whitlock
  5. England Tony Eccles
  6. England Tony O'Shea
  7. England John Walton
  8. England Ted Hankey

Women

  1. England Trina Gulliver
  2. Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar
  3. Netherlands Karin Krappen
  4. England Claire Bywaters

Changes

The 2006 championship was the last to be staged under the eight seeds format. For the 2007 event the number of seeded players for the Men's championship was increased to 16. 2006 would also see a new format for the tournament with second round matches extended to the best of seven sets, as had been requested by numerous players down the years. The Semi-finals were also extended to best of 11 sets and the final a best of 13 set affair.

Prize money

The prize money was £209,000 for the men's event and £11,000 for the women's event.

Men's Champion: £60,000
Runner-Up: £25,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £11,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £6,000
Last 16 (8): £4,250
Last 32 (16): £2,750
Women's Champion: £6,000
Runner-Up: £2,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £500

There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £2,000 per event. Source:[1][2]

Men's

First Round (best of 5 sets) Second round (best of 7) Quarter-Finals (best of 9) Semi-Finals (best of 11) Final (best of 13)
               
1 England Mervyn King (93.24) 3
England Brian Woods (89.04) 0
1 England Mervyn King (93.33) 2
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (90.36) 4
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (89.94) 3
England Dennis Harbour (85.32) 2
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (90.18) 5
England Paul Hogan (87.39) 4
8 England Ted Hankey (83.25) 1
Netherlands Albertino Essers (83.88) 3
Netherlands Albertino Essers (85.62) 2
England Paul Hogan (85.65) 4
England Paul Hogan (87.84) 3
Netherlands Mareno Michels (83.67) 0
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (89.49) 6
England Shaun Greatbatch (83.31) 3
5 England Tony Eccles (84.57) 2
Denmark Per Laursen (85.38) 3
Denmark Per Laursen (79.44) 2
England Shaun Greatbatch (79.83) 4
England Shaun Greatbatch (85.38) 3
Netherlands Niels de Ruiter (84.57) 2
England Shaun Greatbatch (87.09) 5
Scotland Paul Hanvidge (85.38) 3
4 Australia Simon Whitlock (92.13) 3
England Andy Fordham (87.27) 0
4 Australia Simon Whitlock (84.69) 2
Scotland Paul Hanvidge (87.99) 4
Scotland Paul Hanvidge (85.14) 3
Netherlands Co Stompé (81.87) 1
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (90.42) 7
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (93.06) 5
2 England Martin Adams (89.76) 3
England Darryl Fitton (90.48) 1
2 England Martin Adams (97.86) 4
England Martin Atkins (95.19) 3
England Martin Atkins (93.93) 3
Republic of Ireland Gerald Porter (77.55) 0
2 England Martin Adams (88.98) 5
Scotland Mike Veitch (88.89) 2
7 England John Walton (77.82) 0
England Stephen Roberts (86.19) 3
England Stephen Roberts (82.47) 3
Scotland Mike Veitch (87.39) 4
Scotland Mike Veitch (96.45) 3
Finland Ulf Ceder (93.24) 1
2 England Martin Adams (92.88) 2
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (96.21) 6
6 England Tony O'Shea (90.90) 3
England Tony West (84.15) 1
6 England Tony O'Shea (87.90) 4
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (84.27) 0
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (87.66) 3
Scotland Ross Montgomery (87.75) 1
6 England Tony O'Shea (89.25) 3
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (93.93) 5
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (85.83) 3
Denmark Brian Sørensen (77.64) 0
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (96.51) 4
Scotland Gary Anderson (93.84) 1
Scotland Gary Anderson (79.92) 3
England Gary Robson (80.94) 1

Women

[3][4]

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
         
England Trina Gulliver (85.89) 2
England Karen Littler (71.19) 0
England Trina Gulliver (95.97) 2
England Clare Bywaters (68.73) 0
England Clare Bywaters (71.01) 2
Switzerland Sabine Beutler (60.09) 0
England Trina Gulliver (73.08) 2
Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar (70.26) 0
Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar (74.09) 2
England Karen Lawman (71.67) 0
Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar (72.84) 2
Wales Jan Robbins (64.98) 0
Wales Jan Robbins (73.98) 2
Netherlands Karin Krappen (75.12) 0

References

  1. "Mens prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. "Womens prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. "Womens flag reference". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. "Womens averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

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