2006 BDO World Darts Championship

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	7–15 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	Martin Adams (161) Mervyn King (161) Paul Hanvidge (161)
Champion(s)
Jelle Klaasen Trina Gulliver
«2005 2007»

The 2006 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 7–15 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. Mervyn King
2. Martin Adams
3. Raymond van Barneveld
4. Simon Whitlock
5. Tony Eccles
6. Tony O'Shea
7. John Walton
8. Ted Hankey

Women

1. Trina Gulliver
2. Francis Hoenselaar
3. Karin Krappen
4. 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

• Match distances in sets are quoted in brackets at the top of each round. All sets best of five legs, unless there is a final set tie-break

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

Women

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

References

External links

• 2006 Lakeside World Championship tournament brochure