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2006 Premier League Snooker

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Betfred Premier League

|dates={{Start and end dates|2006|09|14|2006|12|3|df=y}}

|country=United Kingdom

|organisation=Matchroom Sport

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£250,000

|winners_share=£50,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} (124)

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|score=7–0

|previous=2005 (Dec)

|next=2007}}

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

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

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Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite web|title=The Betfred Premier Snooker League Is Back!|url=http://www.premierleaguesnooker.com/articleDetail.asp?articleID=2|work=premierleaguesnooker.com|publisher=Matchroom Sport|accessdate=25 February 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820183437/http://www.premierleaguesnooker.com/articleDetail.asp?articleID=2|archivedate=20 August 2006}}

  • Winner: £50,000
  • Runner-up: £25,000
  • Semi-final: £12,500
  • Frame-win: £1,000
  • Century break: £1,000
  • Total: £250,000

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League phase

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width=60 | Ranking

! class="unsortable" width=110|

! width=60| {{flagicon|ENG}}
OSU

width=60 |{{flagicon|CHN}}
DIN		width=60 | {{flagicon|SCO}}
DOT		width=60 | {{flagicon|ENG}}
WHI		width=60 | {{flagicon|ENG}}
DAV		width=60 |{{flagicon|SCO}}
HEN		width=60 |{{flagicon|IRL}}
DOH		width=60 | Frame
W-L		width=60 | Match
W-D-L		width=60 | Pld-Pts
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! 1

| align="left" | Ronnie O'Sullivan

| x

335445

| 24–12

4–2–06–10
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! 2

| align="left" | Ding JunhuiDing Junhui withdrew from Premier League play-offs due to clash of dates with the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.

| 3

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| 21–15

3–2–16–8
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! 3

| align="left" | Graeme Dott

| 3

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| 18–18

2–2–26–6
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! 4

| align="left" | Jimmy White

| 1

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| 18–18

2–1–36–5
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! 5

| align="left" | Steve DavisSteve Davis qualified for the play-offs due to the withdrawal of Ding.

| 2

023x55

| 17–19

2–1–36–5
6

| align="left" | Stephen Hendry

| 2 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 1 || x || 4

| 14–22 || 1–2–3|| 6–4

7

| align="left" | 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.){{cite web|title=2006 Results|url=http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2006_results.htm|work=premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com|publisher=Matchroom Sport|accessdate=5 January 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227195801/http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2006_results.htm|archivedate=27 February 2012}}{{cite web|title=2006–07 Betfred Premier League |url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/06-6PREM-League-results.htm |publisher=Global Snooker |accessdate=5 January 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122090425/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/06-6PREM-League-results.htm |archivedate=22 January 2008}}

  • 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

2–3 December – Forum Centre, Wythenshawe, England

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1 = Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames

| RD2 = Final
Best of 13 frames

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan*

| RD1-score1=5

| RD1-seed2=5

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD1-score2=2

| RD1-seed3=3

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott

| RD1-score3=4

| RD1-seed4=4

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White**

| RD1-score4=5

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan***

| RD2-score1=7

| RD2-seed2=4

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD2-score2=0

}}

* (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

Notes

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References

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{{Premier Snooker League}}

{{Snooker season 2006/2007}}

2006

Premier League

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