Betfred Premier League
Tournament information
Dates14 September – 3 December 2006 (2006-09-14 2006-12-03)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£250,000[1]
Winner's share£50,000[1]
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (124)[2]
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upEngland Jimmy White
Score7–0
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

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

Ranking England
OSU
China
DIN
Scotland
DOT
England
WHI
England
DAV
Scotland
HEN
Republic of Ireland
DOH
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
Pld-Pts
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan x335445 24–124–2–06–10
2 Ding Junhui[n 1] 3x41634 21–153–2–16–8
3 Graeme Dott 32x4432 18–182–2–26–6
4 Jimmy White 152x352 18–182–1–36–5
5 Steve Davis[n 2] 2023x55 17–192–1–36–5
6 Stephen Hendry 23311x4 14–221–2–36–4
7 Ken Doherty 124412x 14–222–0–46–4

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

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

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 13 frames
      
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan* 5
5 England Steve Davis 2
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan*** 7
4 England Jimmy White 0
3 Scotland Graeme Dott 4
4 England 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

[3]

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Betfred Premier Snooker League Is Back!". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "2006 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "2006–07 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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