2006 Sky Bet World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates23–29 October 2006
VenueCitywest Hotel
LocationDublin
Country Ireland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"double in, double out"
Prize fund£130,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout160 England Ronnie Baxter
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2005 2007»

The 2006 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the ninth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, between 23–29 October 2006.

The top 24 players in the PDC world rankings were joined by four players from a field of 348 at the All Ireland Qualifiers and four players from a field of 127 at the PDPA Qualifiers. Phil Taylor won the event – his seventh Grand Prix title.

How They Qualified

Automatic Qualifiers

The top 24 players in the PDC rankings secured their place at the 2006 World Grand Prix automatically. Colin Lloyd as world number one at the time of the cut-off date of 11 September took his place as top seed.

All Ireland Qualifiers

The Fairways Hotel in Dundalk played host to the All-Ireland qualifying event on 17 September. Out of a field of 348 players from Ireland, four qualified to play in the World Grand Prix. The top three ranked players - John MaGowan, Tom Kirby and Mick McGowan all failed to reach the final stages. Three of the qualifiers will be making their Grand Prix debuts, with only Paul Watton having previously appeared.

Anto McCracken, Dublin
Garrett Gray, Dublin
Geoffrey Matthews, Ballymena
Paul Watton, Coleraine

PDPA Qualifiers

The Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying event was held at the Newport Centre on 22 September. Out of a field of 127 players, four players qualified to complete the line up for the Grand Prix. Raymond van Barneveld, Steve Beaton, Alan Green and Andy Callaby were the successful players.

Prize fund

Following the announcement in October 2006 of the extension of Skybet's sponsorship contract, the prize fund was increased to £130,000.

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £130,000)
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-Up (1) £12,500
Semi-finalists (2) £8,250
Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000
Second round losers (8) £3,000
First round losers (16) £1,750

Seeds

Draw

First round (best of 3 sets)
23–24 October
Second round (best of 5 sets)
25–26 October
Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
27 October
Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
28 October
Final (best of 13 sets)
29 October
               
1 England Colin Lloyd 92.89 1
England Bob Anderson 91.31 2
  England Bob Anderson 77.84 3
Republic of Ireland Anto McCracken 59.44 1
  Republic of Ireland Anto McCracken 62.83 2
England Mark Walsh 64.65 1
  England Bob Anderson 77.87 1
England Terry Jenkins 82.88 4
8 England Kevin Painter 82.48 0
England Andy Callaby 79.67 2
  England Andy Callaby 79.52 2
England Terry Jenkins 83.81 3
  England Andy Jenkins 81.60 1
England Terry Jenkins 83.91 2
  England Terry Jenkins 77.87 6
5 England Peter Manley 82.88 4
5 England Peter Manley 84.65 2
England Chris Mason 65.95 0
5 England Peter Manley 80.58 3
England Lionel Sams 73.50 1
  England Lionel Sams 84.10 2
Canada John Part 81.33 1
5 England Peter Manley 85.61 4
England Andy Smith 84.19 1
4 England Wayne Mardle 91.98 2
England Denis Ovens 78.14 0
4 England Wayne Mardle 78.39 0
England Andy Smith 81.62 3
  Republic of Ireland Garrett Gray 76.45 0
England Andy Smith 82.63 2
England Terry Jenkins 82.51 4
2 England Phil Taylor 88.24 7
2 England Phil Taylor 82.57 2
England Wes Newton 86.18 0
2 England Phil Taylor 89.82 3
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.23 1
  England Alan Warriner-Little 75.60 1
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 85.88 2
2 England Phil Taylor 88.26 4
7 Netherlands Roland Scholten 80.74 0
7 Netherlands Roland Scholten 96.48 2
England Dave Askew 75.81 0
7 Netherlands Roland Scholten 85.14 3
England Steve Beaton 81.97 1
  England Mark Dudbridge 80.92 0
England Steve Beaton 88.68 2
2 England Phil Taylor 95.39 6
6 England Dennis Priestley 87.66 3
6 England Dennis Priestley 93.74 2
Northern Ireland Geoffrey Matthews 72.49 0
6 England Dennis Priestley 92.54 3
England Adrian Lewis 88.60 2
  England Adrian Lewis 90.56 2
Wales Barrie Bates 68.89 0
6 England Dennis Priestley 82.51 4
England James Wade 80.40 2
3 England Ronnie Baxter 84.98 2
England Alan Green 74.21 0
3 England Ronnie Baxter 80.56 0
England James Wade 85.83 3
  Northern Ireland Paul Watton 80.42 0
England James Wade 82.44 2

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