2006 World Darts Trophy

Players from the Professional Darts Corporation competed for the first time, with five PDC players invited to the event. Gary Robson, the 2005 winner, and Jelle Klaasen, the BDO World Champion, were eliminated in the first round by Simon Whitlock and Tony Eccles, respectively. The final, featuring Phil Taylor, the PDC World Champion and in his first BDO major final for fourteen years, and Martin Adams, in his second straight World Darts Trophy final, was won by Taylor, 7–2 in sets. The women's event was replaced with a junior's event, with this being the only year a junior's event took place. Ron Meulenkamp won the junior's event.

Prize money

Men

Pos^[1]	Money (Euros)
Winner	45,000
Runner-up	22,500
Semi-Finals	11,250
Quarter-Finals	6,000
Last 16	3,000
Last 32	2,000
Highes Checkout	2,000

Qualifiers

BDO / WDF / NDB

Professional Darts Corporation

Five places were awarded to players from the PDC. Four places were awarded to the top four players in the PDC Order of Merit. A fifth place was awarded to Raymond van Barneveld, winner of the International Darts League.^[2]^[3]

PDC Order of Merit

IDL Winner

Raymond van Barneveld

Men's tournament

First round Best of 5 sets^[4]^[5]^[6]		Second round Best of 7 sets^[7]^[8]		Quarter-Finals Best of 9 sets^[9]^[10]		Semi-Finals Best of 11 sets^[11]		Final Best of 13 sets^[12]

Colin Lloyd	3

Peter Manley	1
		Colin Lloyd	4

		Gary Anderson	2
Gary Anderson	3

Ted Hankey	0
				Colin Lloyd	1

				Phil Taylor	5
Phil Taylor	3

Brian Sorensen	0
		Phil Taylor	4

		John Walton	1
John Walton	3

Shaun Greatbatch	2
						Phil Taylor	6

						Ronnie Baxter	0
Ronnie Baxter	3

Paul Hogan	1
		Ronnie Baxter	4

		Martin Atkins	0
Martin Atkins	3

Paul Hanvidge	0
				Ronnie Baxter	5

				Mike Veitch	3
Mike Veitch	3

Dirk Hespeels	0
		Mike Veitch	4

		Tony Eccles	1
Tony Eccles	3

Jelle Klaasen	0
								Phil Taylor (102.21)	7

								Martin Adams (94.77)	2
Martin Adams	3

Albertino Essers	0
		Martin Adams	4

		Tony O'Shea	3
Tony O'Shea	3

Dick van Dijk	1
				Martin Adams	5

				Niels de Ruiter	0
Niels de Ruiter	3

Mareno Michels	2
		Niels de Ruiter	4

		Vincent van der Voort	2
Vincent van der Voort	3

Göran Klemme	2
						Martin Adams	6

						Michael van Gerwen	4
Michael van Gerwen	3

Raymond van Barneveld	2
		Michael van Gerwen	4

		Simon Whitlock	3
Simon Whitlock	3

Gary Robson	1
				Michael van Gerwen	5

				Mervyn King	4
Mervyn King	3

Tony Martin	0
		Mervyn King	4

		Darryl Fitton	1
Darryl Fitton	3

Co Stompé	0

Junior tournament

Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs^[1]		Semi-finals Best of 9 legs^[9]^[10]		Final Best of 11 legs^[11]

Ron Meulenkamp	4
Oskar Lukasiak	2	Ron Meulenkamp	5
Jan Dekker	4	Jan Dekker	0
Jeffrey Vanbergen	2			Ron Meulenkamp	6
Pieter Collijn	3			Sven van Dun	1
Richie George	4	Richie George	2
Vladimir Andersen	1	Sven van Dun	5
Sven van Dun	4

Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available. However, this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.

References

^ ^a ^b "World Darts Trophy Draw and Information". PDC. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "Quarter Given World Darts Trophy Places". PDC. 5 June 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "Manley handed World Darts Trophy Spot". PDC. 5 June 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "World Darts Trophy Day One". PDC. 2 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "World Darts Trophy Day Two". PDC. 3 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "World Darts Trophy Day Three". PDC. 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "World Darts Trophy Day Four". PDC. 5 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "World Darts Trophy Day Five". PDC. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Clinical Taylor Punishes Lloyd". PDC. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Baxter Sets Up Taylor Semi". PDC. 8 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Amazing Taylor Storms in to Final". PDC. 10 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "Taylor Powers to World Darts Trophy Title". PDC. 10 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

External links

2006 results Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Darts Database.
2006 results Darts Mad.
2006 results^{[permanent dead link]} Master Caller.
2006 results PDC.

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