The 2006 Bavaria World Darts Trophy was the fifth edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.
| World Darts Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 2 September 2006 – 10 September 2006 | ||
| Venue | De Vechtsebanen | ||
| Location | Utrecht, Utrecht | ||
| Country | the Netherlands | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO / WDF / PDC | ||
| Format | Men Sets Final – Best of 13 Sets Junior Legs Final – Best of 11 Legs | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Phil Taylor (men) Ron Meulenkamp (junior) | |||
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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
editMen
edit| 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
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BDO / WDF / NDBedit
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Professional Darts CorporationeditFive 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
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Men's tournament
editJunior tournament
edit| 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
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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.