2006 UK Open
Tournament name2006 Budweiser UK Open
Dates9–11 June 2006
VenueReebok Stadium
LocationBolton
OrganisationPDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£124,000
Winners share£30,000
WinnerRaymond van Barneveld
Prev2005
Next2007

The 2006 Budweiser UK Open was the fourth year of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, between 9–11 June 2006.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion but got knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Raymond van Barneveld. Van Barneveld went on to win the title, winning 13–7 against Barrie Bates in the final.

Format

Qualifying events were held at Greene King pubs across the UK – winners from each pub event progressed to one of four Regional Finals, to be staged in their relevant area. Players who reach the final eight in the Regional Finals will qualify for the televised stages of the UK Open in Bolton.

In addition there were eight UK Open Regional Finals for the "professional" players. All events were open to all darts players on payment of an entry fee – which means that players from both the PDC and BDO were eligible to enter. Players who enter through the Greene King Qualifying Round were not eligible to play in the regional qualifying events and vice versa.

The results of the eight qualifiers were then collated into an Order of Merit table (Winner £4000; Runner-up £2000; 3–4 £1000; 5–8 £500; 9–16 £250; 17–32 £100; 33–64 £50). The top 96 players plus ties in this Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers at the televised stages in Bolton.

1st round
Players who were ranked between 65 and 96 in the UK Open Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers in the first round of the UK Open.

2nd round
Players ranked 33 to 64 join the first round winners.

3rd round
Players ranked in the top 32 join the second round winners.

2005/2006 UK Open Regional Finals

25 September 2005 (Welsh) Mark Walsh 2–1 Phil Taylor [1]
23 October 2005 (Irish) Colin Lloyd 2–1 Andy Smith [2]
6 November 2005 (Scottish) Adrian Lewis 2–0 Colin Lloyd [3]
8 January 2006 (North East) Kevin Painter 2–0 Colin Lloyd [4]
12 February 2006 (South West) Mark Dudbridge 2–0 Dennis Priestley [5]
5 March 2006 (Southern) Chris Mason 2–1 Barrie Bates [6]
19 March 2006 (North West) Alan Tabern 2–1 Steve Maish [7]
9 April 2006 (Midlands) Raymond van Barneveld 2–0 Ronnie Baxter [8]

UK Open Qualifiers

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Top 32 in UK Open Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

  1. Colin Lloyd
  2. Adrian Lewis
  3. Kevin Painter
  4. Mark Dudbridge
  5. Chris Mason
  6. Dennis Priestley
  7. Raymond van Barneveld
  8. Mark Walsh
  9. Alan Tabern
  10. Barrie Bates
  11. Ronnie Baxter
  12. Steve Maish
  13. Phil Taylor
  14. Andy Smith
  15. Andy Jenkins
  16. Alex Roy
  17. Colin Monk
  18. James Wade
  19. Terry Jenkins
  20. Peter Manley
  21. Denis Ovens
  22. Andy Hamilton
  23. Tom Kirby
  24. Alan Warriner-Little
  25. Lionel Sams
  26. Richie Burnett
  27. John Part
  28. Matt Clark
  29. Wayne Mardle
  30. Owen Caffrey
  31. Wayne Jones
  32. Bob Anderson

Numbers 33–64 of UK Open of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

  1. Peter Allen
  2. Darren Latham
  3. Wes Newton
  4. Steve Beaton
  5. Ian Whillis
  6. Jimmy Mann
  7. Dave Askew
  8. Robbie Widdows
  9. Mick McGowan
  10. John MaGowan
  11. Robbie Green
  12. Colin Osborne
  13. Roland Scholten
  14. Keith Deller
  15. Jason Roberts
  16. Kevin Pearson
  17. Mark Robinson
  18. Erik Clarys
  19. Steve Hine
  20. Alan Reynolds
  21. Jason Clark
  22. Michael Barnard
  23. Simon Whatley
  24. Gary Welding
  25. Lee Palfreyman
  26. Andy Callaby
  27. Dennis Smith
  28. Matt Chapman
  29. Adrian Gray
  30. Vic Hubbard
  31. Mark Frost
  32. Henry O'Neill

Remaining numbers of UK Open of Merit (starting in first and preliminary round)

  1. Alan Green
  2. Bob Crawley
  3. Steve Coote
  4. Cliff Lazarenko
  5. Tony Smith
  6. Darren Williams
  7. Wayne Atwood
  8. Steve Johnson
  9. Rikki Blay
  10. Graeme Stoddart
  11. Paul Everson
  12. Shayne Burgess
  13. Darren Johnson
  14. David Platt
  15. Kevin Dowling
  16. Tom Wilson
  17. Sean Palfrey
  18. Dave Honey
  19. Paul Williams
  20. Dave Johnson
  21. Gary Noonan
  22. Andy Hayfield
  23. Jamie Harvey
  24. Yves Cottenge
  25. Alan Caves
  26. Norman Fletcher
  27. Simon Craven
  28. Dave Jowett
  29. Rocco Maes
  30. Jan van der Rassel
  31. Chris Allen
  32. Guy Christyn
  33. Eddie Lovely
  34. Kevin Spiolek
  35. Mark Thomson
  36. Darren Webster
  37. Steve Evans
  38. Shaun McDonald
  39. Al Hedman

Greene King Qualifiers

Friday 9 June

Preliminary round, best of 11 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Eddie Lovely3–6Norman Fletcher
Mark Thomson6–4Kevin Spiolek
Steve Evans3–6Jan van der Rassel
Simon Craven6–2Guy Christyn
Dave Jowett6–4Darren Webster
John Quantock5–6Shaun McDonald
Peter Locke6–3Dave Whitcombe
Cliff Lazarenko6–5Al Hedman

1st Round, best of 11 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Steve Coote6–3Kevin Dalwood
Paul Williams3–6Gary Noonan
Alan Caves5–6Sean Palfrey
Cliff Lazarenko3–6Shayne Burgess
Bob Crawley6–2Alan Green
Jamie Harvey6–2Wayne Squirrell
Tom Wilson5–6Kevin Dowling
Steve Johnson6–3Pip Brown
Perry Regan6–5James Dorenbos
Danny Pinhorne4–6Rocco Maes
Ian Haines6–2Andy Hayfield
Darren Williams6–5Wayne Brown
Chris Hill3–6Geoff Harkup
John Harris1–6Jess Archer
Chris Allen6–3Paul Everson
Norman Fletcher6–3Peter Locke
PlayerScorePlayer
Yves Cottenge6–2Lee Rose
Darren Johnson6–4Rikki Blay
Glen Baxter1–6Graeme Stoddart
Gary Barnett6–1Peter Dillingham
David Fairbrass6–1Tony Smith
Tom Murphy1–6Wayne Atwood
Peter Hall1–6Lee Topper
Mark Thomson2–6Nigel Langton
David Platt6–4Mick Chambers
Jan van der Rassel6–2Coen Wiekamp
Stuart Pickles6–2Gary Miller
Darren Webster6–0Ian McLean
Nicky Turner6–1Tom Allies
Shaun McDonald6–0John Nesbitt
Johnny Haines6–3Dave Johnson
Dave Honey6–1Simon Craven

2nd Round, best of 15 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Kevin Dowling8–3Shayne Burgess
Jess Archer4–8Jason Roberts
Bob Crawley3–8Ian Whillis
John MaGowan8–6Rocco Maes
Geoff Harkup8–5Steve Johnson
Michael Barnard8–1Nigel Langton
Mick McGowan8–6Yves Cottenjé
Lee Topper8–4Stuart Pickles
Simon Whatley8–1Dave Honey
Mark Robinson8–3David Fairbrass
Gary Barnett6–8Gary Welding
Darren Latham8–7Peter Allen
Robbie Widdows8–4Andy Hayfield
Graeme Stoddart8–2Nicky Turner
Darren Webster6–8Darren Johnson
Mark Frost1–8Alan Reynolds
PlayerScorePlayer
Dennis Smith5–8Adrian Gray
Robbie Green8–7Jamie Harvey
Keith Deller8–6Steve Beaton
Roland Scholten8–3Vic Hubbard
Colin Osborne8–5Jason Clark
Henry O'Neill5–8Wesley Newton
Matt Chapman4–8Jimmy Mann
David Platt6–8Andy Callaby
Sean Palfrey7–8Kevin Pearson
Wayne Atwood8–6Johnny Haines
Steve Coote8–3Shaun McDonald
Chris Allen8–6Perry Regan
Jan van der Rassel3–8Lee Palfreyman
Gary Noonan8–4Darren Williams
Dave Askew8–0Norman Fletcher
Steve Hine[note 1]Erik Clarys
  1. ^ Steve Hine received a bye in his match versus Eric Clarys.

Saturday 10 June

3rd Round, best of 15 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Matt Clark8–6Steve Coote
Jason Roberts7–8Alan Tabern
Darren Johnson5–8Graeme Stoddart
Adrian Lewis8–1Kevin Dowling
Geoff Harkup (Q)1–8Terry Jenkins
Jimmy Mann8–2Colin Monk
Owen Caffrey3–8Denis Ovens
Gary Welding3–8John Part
Chris Allen5–8Dennis Priestley
Gary Noonan4–8Phil Taylor
Barrie Bates8–6Wayne Atwood
Kevin Pearson1–8Alex Roy
Robbie Green8–4Chris Mason
Roland Scholten8–5Peter Manley
Simon Whatley0–8Raymond van Barneveld
Mark Robinson3–8Adrian Gray
PlayerScorePlayer
Robbie Widdows2–8Keith Deller
Mick McGowan7–8Mark Walsh
Steve Maish8–6Colin Osborne
Andy Jenkins8–7Alan Reynolds
Wayne Jones8–3Steve Hine
John MaGowan8–5Kevin Painter
Andy Hamilton8–4Lee Topper (Q)
Richie Burnett5–8Bob Anderson
Wesley Newton8–7Darren Latham
Dave Askew8–3Mark Dudbridge
Ian Whillis4–8Wayne Mardle
Michael Barnard8–4Lee Palfreyman
Tom Kirby7–8Andy Callaby
Andy Smith8–6James Wade
Colin Lloyd8–2Alan Warriner – Little
Lionel Sams3–8Ronnie Baxter

4th Round, best of 21 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Adrian Lewis11–10Wayne Mardle
Dave Askew3–11Phil Taylor
Steve Maish3–11Colin Lloyd
Jimmy Mann4–11Raymond van Barneveld
Bob Anderson11–4Dennis Priestley
Graeme Stoddart5–11Alex Roy
Keith Deller7–11Terry Jenkins
Andy Smith7–11Alan Tabern
PlayerScorePlayer
Wesley Newton5–11Denis Ovens
Michael Barnard7–11Ronnie Baxter
Wayne Jones8–11Barrie Bates
Andy Hamilton6–11John Part
Mark Walsh6–11Robbie Green
Matt Clark4–11John MaGowan
Roland Scholten11–5Andy Jenkins
Andy Callaby11–6Adrian Gray

Sunday 11 June

Last 16 to Final

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Random draws were made after each round up to the quarter final stage. Draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.

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