2006_Premier_League_Snooker Knowpia

Betfred Premier League
Tournament information
Dates	14 September – 3 December 2006
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£250,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (124)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Jimmy White
Score	7–0
	← 2005 (Dec) 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.

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]

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

League phase edit

Ranking		OSU	DIN	DOT	WHI	DAV	HEN	DOH	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	x	3	3	5	4	4	5	24–12	4–2–0	6–10
2	Ding Junhui^{[n 1]}	3	x	4	1	6	3	4	21–15	3–2–1	6–8
3	Graeme Dott	3	2	x	4	4	3	2	18–18	2–2–2	6–6
4	Jimmy White	1	5	2	x	3	5	2	18–18	2–1–3	6–5
5	Steve Davis^{[n 2]}	2	0	2	3	x	5	5	17–19	2–1–3	6–5
6	Stephen Hendry	2	3	3	1	1	x	4	14–22	1–2–3	6–4
7	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.)^[2]^[3]

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 edit

2–3 December – Forum Centre, Wythenshawe, England^[2]^[3]

Semi-finals Best of 9 frames			Final Best of 13 frames

1	Ronnie O'Sullivan*	5

5	Steve Davis	2
			1	Ronnie O'Sullivan***	7

			4	Jimmy White	0
3	Graeme Dott	4

4	Jimmy White**	5

* (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 edit

^[3]

124, 122, 113, 111, 108 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
120, 112, 108 – Ding Junhui
114, 101 – Steve Davis
107 – Graeme Dott
105 – Jimmy White
101 – Stephen Hendry

Notes edit

^ Ding Junhui withdrew from Premier League play-offs due to clash of dates with the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
^ Steve Davis qualified for the play-offs due to the withdrawal of Ding.

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Betfred Premier Snooker League Is Back!". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2006 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2006–07 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

[3] Ding Junhui withdrew from Premier League play-offs due to clash of dates with the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.

[4] Steve Davis qualified for the play-offs due to the withdrawal of Ding.

[prize-1] "The Betfred Premier Snooker League Is Back!". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[MSR-2] "2006 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

[GSR-5] "2006–07 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

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