2006 World Snooker Championship

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World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates15 April – 1 May 2006 (2006-04-15 – 2006-05-01)
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£896,240
Winner's share£200,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (140)
Final
Champion Graeme Dott (SCO)
Runner-up Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Score18–14
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The 2006 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2006 888.com World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that was held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 38th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was staged at the venue. It started on 15 April 2006 and was scheduled to finish on 1 May 2006, but continued into the early hours of 2 May. The sixth and final ranking tournament of the 2005–06 snooker season, it was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored for the first time by online casino 888.com. The total prize fund was £896,240, of which the winner received £200,000.

The qualifying rounds took place from 8 to 13 January and from 14 to 15 March 2006 at Pontin's, in Prestatyn, Wales. The top 16 players from the snooker world rankings and the 16 successful qualifiers reached the tournament's main stage at the Crucible. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, having defeated Matthew Stevens 18–16 in the 2005 final. He lost in the quarter-finals against eventual runner-up Peter Ebdon and became another world champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first world title.

Barry Hawkins featured at the main stage for the first time, meaning it was the first time there was only one debutant at the Crucible. Graeme Dott defeated Ebdon 18–14 in the final, which surpassed the 1985 final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis as the latest finish ending at 12:52 a.m. BST, although it was not the longest-lasting ever. A total of 46 century breaks were compiled during the event's main stage. Another 52 century breaks were made during the qualifying rounds.

Overview[edit]

The Crucible Theatre from outside
The main draw of the tournament is played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

The first World Snooker Championship final took place in 1927 at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England, and was won by Joe Davis.[1] Since 1977 the tournament has been held annually at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.[2] The 2006 event marked the 30th consecutive year that the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 38th successive year that the World Championship was contested through the modern knockout format.[3][4][5] Scottish player Stephen Hendry had been the most successful participant at the World Championship in the modern era, having won the title seven times.[6] English player Shaun Murphy won his first world title at the 2005 championship, defeating Welsh player Matthew Stevens 18–16 in the final, for which he received a £250,000 top prize from a total prize fund of £1,121,800.

Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, the 2006 tournament was sponsored by online casino 888.com. Following new EU and UK legislation banning tobacco advertising, it could not be sponsored by Embassy as had been the case for the previous three decades. In January 2006 World Snooker – the sport's governing body – announced that the online casino 888.com would be the new sponsors of the event in the next five years.[7][8] However, this decision led to conflict with some players who lost income from their own personal sponsors (seen on their waistcoats), who are rival firms of 888.com.[9] Concerns were expressed among the sport's elite at the decrease in prize money and also in the number of ranking events (down to six for the 2005/06 season) since the loss of tobacco sponsorship.[10] For the 2006 World Championship the winner's cheque was down 20% on what it was in 2005.[11]

Prize fund[edit]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[11][12]

Tournament summary[edit]

First round[edit]

Nigel Bond playing a shot with the rest
Nigel Bond (pictured in 2016) won his first-round match against seven-time champion Stephen Hendry on the re-spotted black of the deciding frame.

The first round was played between 15 and 20 April as the best of 19 frames. The defending champion, Shaun Murphy, was afflicted with a chest infection, but managed to defeat Thai player James Wattana 10–4.[13] Three former world champions lost their first round matches. In his match against seven-time champion Stephen Hendry, Nigel Bond potted the black ball for what would have been a win in the deciding frame, but the cue ball dropped in the right-hand middle pocket, which meant that the frame was tied at 48–48 due to the seven penalty points.[14] Bond still won the match on the re-spotted black.[14] This was the first time in the history of the World Championship that a match was decided on a re-spotted black.[15] John Parrott, the 1991 champion, faced Graeme Dott, 2004 runner-up.[16] Dott gained a 5–0 advantage, with breaks of 98, 50, 56, 80 and 57 giving him a 7–2 lead at the end of the first session, and Parrott only managed to put another one on the board after the ressumption, meaning that Dott advanced into the second round with a 10–3 result.[16] "These days I can't sustain my concentration for long periods and if I'm on a break of 40 or 50 I know a bad shot is coming up. I just throw people a lifeline", said Parrott afterwards.[16] John Higgins, winner in 1998 and champion of the 2005 Grand Prix and 2006 Masters during the season, lost 4–10 against qualifier Mark Selby, in a repeat of a previous year first-round match which had gone the other way.[17] Selby, playing at the Crucible only for the second time in his career, clinched victory with a 110, his second century break of the match.[17]

Neil Robertson also won at the Crucible for the first time.[18] His rival, Paul Hunter, was playing in pain from chemotherapy treatment for a rare form of stomach cancer.[19] "I didn't think I would make it here because I was in a pretty bad way", said Hunter.[18] The first four frames were shared, but Robertson managed to put himself 7–2 ahead at the end of the first session.[18] The encounter, which ended with a 10–5 victory for him,[18] would turn out to be the last professional match for Hunter, who died later that year aged 27.[20] Six-time runner-up Jimmy White went into the second session with a three-frame deficit against David Gray, and lost two of the first three frames of the last session on the black ball.[21] Gray won the match 10–5,[21] and it was White's last appearance in the televised stage of the World Championship. Six-time champion Steve Davis, who was 48, built in the first session a four-frame cushion against qualifier and 1995 semi-finalist Andy Hicks.[22] Although Hicks managed to cut the deficit by half when the match resumed, Davis then won four frames on the trot to secure victory.[22] "I was even able to laugh at some of the shots I missed and the crowd were laughing too", he commented after the game.[22] Peter Ebdon, the 2002 champion, faced qualifier Michael Holt, who had made his debut at the Crucible the previous year. Breaks of 94, 87 and 66 helped Ebdon to a 4–0 lead, but Holt then reduced the disadvantage to only one frame with three on the trot, making a 102 century break in the process.[23] Ebdon, who complained about the table being "very heavy" and playing "like a club table", went on to win 10–8, with two breaks of 79 and others of 84 and 72 along the way.[23] Other players also made complaints about the tables, and organizers agreed to re-cloth them later on.[24]

Barry Hawkins playing a shot
Barry Hawkins (pictured in 2013) made his debut at the Crucible, but lost 1–10 to the 1997 champion Ken Doherty in the first round.

Barry Hawkins was the only player to make his debut at the main stage of the World Championship in this edition,[25][26] meaning it was the first time that just one player was new at the Crucible.[27] In his first-round match against Ken Doherty, the 1997 champion, he took the first frame with a 66 break, but then lost ten in a row, with Doherty compiling four half-centuries.[25] "Ken had nobody to beat and I'm gutted after such a good season to have played like that", regretted Hawkins, who had, nonetheless, secured a place amongst the top 10 for the following season.[25] In a repeat of one of the 2000 semi-finals, two-time runner-up Matthew Stevens compiled two century breaks in the first session against Joe Swail, who was "absolutely disgusted" with the table and fell 3–6 behind in the scoreboard.[28] In the last session, Stevens made another century, this time of 112, and clinched victory with a result of 10–5.[28] 1992 and 1993 semi-finalist Alan McManus faced Marco Fu, quarter-finalist in 2003. Fu went into the final session with a 4–3 lead and won six out of the six frames that were played to seal victory, leaving McManus out of the top 16 for the following season.[29] Stephen Maguire, who had not made it past the first round up to that point, defeated Mark King 10–6, producing breaks of 78 and 77 in the final session.[30]

Two-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan made a century break of 106 in the first frame, in which he was helped by an "outrageous fluke", according to his rival Dave Harold, and took a 7–0 lead with further breaks of 67, 139 and 70.[31] Harold responded with an 80 break and won another one to edge closer and end the first session 2–7.[31] O'Sullivan won the match in the final session with a century of 100 and then half-centuries of 54 and 88 in the last two frames, for a 10–4 result.[31] Mark Williams, the 2000 and 2003 champion, won the first four frames of his match against Anthony Hamilton, who then replied with a 115, but who would end up losing 1–10.[32] "John Higgins has gone out, and now I hope Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and Matthew Stevens go out and Willie Thorne (now retired) comes in!", said Williams afterwards.[32] Stephen Lee, winner of the 2006 Welsh Open during the season, took a 6–3 lead against Ali Carter into the final session, but then fell one frame behind at 7–8 after Carter won five frames in a row, the last of them with a century of 135.[33] Lee then produced breaks of 61 and 62 to move to one away from victory and also took the final one after Carter failed to pot a long-distance red ball to win 10–8.[33] 2004 quarter-finalist Joe Perry won the first frame against Ryan Day with a break of 97, but then lost seven on the trot.[34] Going into the final session with a 7–2 lead, Day compiled breaks of 55 and 58 for a 10–3 victory.[34] "I don't know if you can practice too hard but I left all my form on the practice table", said Perry.[34]

Second round[edit]

Ken Doherty playing a shot with the rest
Ken Doherty (pictured in 2011) took the last five frames on the trot to win 13–8 over Matthew Stevens.

The second round of the event was played as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions, between 20 and 24 April. Robertson opened a three-frame gap against Lee with a 109 century and, although Lee replied with two centuries of his own, the Australian was 10–6 ahead going into the final session.[35] Robertson won 13–9 after the last six frames of the match were shared, with each player making another century.[35] Murphy began his match against Davis with a century of 106 and had an 8–3 lead[36] when the Crucible had to be evacuated due to a fire alarm.[37] On the other table, Selby was playing Williams and was on a break of 26 when they were required to leave.[38] Murphy edged out Davis with a 13–7 result.[36] Williams went into the final session with an 11–5 lead, then compiled an 85 break to put himself one away from victory and clinched a 13–8 win.[39] Maguire, playing in the second round for the first time, lost six of the eight frames of the second session against Fu, who compiled centuries of 125, 118 and 101 for a 13–4 victory.[40] Fu thanked Terry Griffiths, the 1979 champion and 1988 runner-up, for his coaching: "He's been helping me with a few things: cue action, the way I grip the cue, the approach to the shot, angles – and it all seems to be working quite well".[40]

In a repeat of the 2000 Masters final, Doherty and Stevens were tied at eight frames each, but Doherty won five on the trot, featuring breaks of 83, 63, 69 and 67 and a three-ball plant in the last one, to advance into the quarter-finals.[41] Dott had a four-frame lead going into the final session against Bond, whom he regarded as having a "similar style based on tactics rather than potting", and managed to preserve it and won 13–9.[42] 2004 quarter-finalist Gray took on Ebdon, who opened the match with a century of 107.[43] Ebdon won the last nine frames of the match to seal a 13–2 victory.[43] O'Sullivan, runner-up of the 2006 Masters during the season, faced Day, who had never made it to this stage of the World Championship before. O'Sullivan compiled in the sixth frame the highest break of the tournament with a 140,[12] but Day, who miscued on various occasions during the match, took a 9–7 lead into the final session.[44] O'Sullivan turned the match around with breaks of up to 68 and 75, and won over Day 13–10.[44]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Marco Fu playing a shot
Marco Fu (pictured in 2013) won three frames on the spin to see Ken Doherty off and become the first player from Asia since James Wattana in 1997 to reach the semi-finals.

The quarter-finals of the event were played as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions, between 25 and 26 April. Ebdon took a 7–0 lead against Murphy with breaks of 116, 64, 52 and 96, although Murphy managed to put one on the board before the end of the first session.[45] The next morning, aided by breaks of 77, twice of 83 and of 113, Murphy managed to pull back to 10–6.[45] Each player went on to make a century[45] as, for the second year in a row, Ebdon ousted the defending champion in the quarter-finals,[46] having won over O'Sullivan in the previous edition. This also made Murphy the 13th first-time champion who failed to defend his title since the tournament moved to the Crucible in 1977, succumbing to what has become known as the 'Crucible curse'.[47][48] Fu, who compiled two centuries, and Doherty were tied at 8–8 at the beginning of the last session.[49] The first four frames of the final session were shared, with Fu making a further century of 135, but the Hongkongese player won the last three on the spin, including breaks of 60 and 75, to clinch victory.[49] "I blew it. I can't grumble because I had my chances", said Doherty afterwards.[49] In winning, Fu became the first player from Asia since Wattana in 1997 to reach the semi-finals.[50]

Dott was 10–6 and also 12–8 ahead of Robertson, with only one more frame required to reach the semi-final.[51] However, first time quarter-finalist Robertson then won the next four frames, including a 103 century, to level the match at 12–12 and take it to a deciding frame,[52][53] which Dott won, after Robertson was left needing a snooker with only the pink and black remaining on the table and ended up accidentally potting the pink instead of laying a snooker.[51][54] Robertson said afterwards that he thought he was "one of the best players in the world" at the moment: "Obviously I have to start winning tournaments to prove that, but I don't think anyone can out-play me long-potting wise".[51] Going into the evening session, O'Sullivan had a four-frame lead at 10–6 against Williams, who then took five of the next six frames, until O'Sullivan stopped the rot with a 90 break and put himself only one away from victory, which he clinched in the following one.[55] Williams foresaw that O'Sullivan would go on to win the tournament, pointing out he looked "so confident".[55]

Semi-finals[edit]

Peter Ebdon playing a shot
Peter Ebdon (pictured in 2014), the 2002 champion, took the deciding frame against first-time semi-finalist Marco Fu to book a place in the final.

The semi-finals were played as the best of 33 frames, held over four sessions, between 27 and 29 April. Fu, playing in his first ever World Championship semi-final, faced Ebdon.[56] The first session, which at the end was shared between the players at four frames each,[56] took over four hours of playing time.[57] Members of the audience even complained and shouted it was "like watching paint dry".[57] Clive Everton, writing for The Guardian, predicted "TV viewing figures would soon slump dramatically" if the same "funereal pace" were to affect every game, with one frame lasting 52 minutes and another one 46.[57] Century breaks of 107, 101 and 122 put Ebdon 15–9 ahead, only two frames away from a place in the final.[56] Fu, however, produced two centuries and further breaks of 68, 52 and 75 as he took six frames on the trot to level the match at 15–15.[56] The match went into a decider, which Ebdon won for a 17–16 result,[56] playing the final balls with tears in his eyes.[58] "In all honesty, Marco deserved to win – it was such a gutsy comeback from him", he said afterwards.[56]

Dott kicked off his semi-final against O'Sullivan with a 121 century break, but fell 3–5 behind at the conclusion of the first session.[59] During the second session, with the scores tied at seven frames each, there was an incident with O'Sullivan's tip, which he seemed to take off himself.[59] Despite this, he was awarded a 15-minute break for emergency repairs, after which he compiled a 124 break.[59][60] Dott won all eight frames of the third session, including half-centuries of 92, 86 and 53, and went from 8–8 to 16–8.[59][61] O'Sullivan narrowed the deficit winning three frames on the trot and making two 60 breaks along the way, but in the 28th frame, he left the final black hanging close to the pocket and Dott potted it to clinch the frame by one point and the match 17–11 to advance into the final.[59][62]

Final[edit]

Graeme Dott playing a shot
Graeme Dott (pictured in 2014) won 18–14 over Peter Ebdon in the final to claim his first ranking event.

The final was played as a best-of-35-frames, held over four sessions on 30 April and 1 and 2 May, between Ebdon and Dott. Ebdon, competing in his third World Championship final, having lost one and won the other one, became the first player to reach the final without meeting a top 16 player, given that Murphy, albeit the top seed as the reigning champion, was not within the top 16.[63] Meanwhile, it was Dott's second appearance in the final, after being runner-up to O'Sullivan in 2004. Jan Verhaas, who had officiated the 2003 final between Williams and Doherty, took charge of his second world final.[64] Ebdon took the first frame despite suffering a kick,[65] and Dott's 62 break in the second was enough to beat the 53 made by Ebdon.[66] With intense tactical play from both players, the first session saw only six frames played, with a 4–2 lead for Dott.[66] After the break, Dott increased his lead with four consecutive frames, but Ebdon stopped the rot by taking the fifth of the second session and also compiled a 89 break in the following one to narrow the deficit to four at 4–8.[66] The first day's play continued until 12:45 am, and Dott, whose highest break of the first two sessions was of 62, had an 11–5 lead at the end of it.[65]

A break of 56 at the beginning of the third session put Dott seven frames clear of his rival.[65] Ebdon replied with a break of 78, but Dott took the following one for a 13–6 lead.[65] In the twentieth frame, Dott compiled a break of 62, but Ebdon then managed to snooker him.[65] Although Dott could not escape at first, he fluked the snooker back and took the frame.[65] In the following frame, Ebdon missed a black ball that allowed Dott to make a 65-point clearance.[66] Dott also took the last frame of the third session for a 15–7 lead, three away from the title.[65][66] The third session on the second day also finished after only six frames.[66]

The fourth and final session of the final began with a century of 117—the first and only one of the final—for Ebdon, who started it with a plant to pot the first red.[65] In the 24th frame, Dott missed the black off its spot when he was on a 51 break trying to counteract Ebdon's 34, and allowed him to get back to the table.[65] When clearing up the colours, Ebdon was attempting to pot the green ball and got a kick.[65] The green, however, potted after hitting the jaws of the pocket.[65] Ebdon reacted by doing a little pirouette movement[65] and said jokingly to the Crucible crowd "Now you know why I get them wiped so often!"[citation needed] The 27th frame was the longest in Crucible history and the longest televised frame on record, lasting 74 minutes.[66] It was won by Ebdon 66–59, reducing his deficit to 12–15.[66] The following frame was won by Ebdon with a break of 84 in 11 minutes, the quickest of the final, which allowed him to move to only two frames away from Dott.[66] Dott then took his first frame of the final session with a break of 66, but Ebdon replied and reduced the deficit to two once again at 14–16.[66] The 31st frame featured breaks of 51 by Ebdon and 68 by Dott, who took it with a clearance to move to one away from victory and celebrated loudly.[66] The score became 17–14 at 12:22 am, thus surpassing by fifty minutes the 1985 final between Davis and Dennis Taylor as the latest finish for a final at the Crucible.[65][67]

Both players had chances to take the 32nd frame, but Dott, who went over to kiss the trophy before potting his last ball, clinched victory.[66][65] It was the first time he won a ranking event, having already been a runner-up on four occasions.[68] Dott said afterwards that he "kept twitching" when Ebdon was coming back at him.[67] "I knew I was playing too slowly and too negatively, so I decided to change something. I washed my face. I sped up my play. I was doing anything to give myself a chance", he added.[67]

Main draw[edit]

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[12][69][70]

First round
Best of 19 frames		Second round
Best of 25 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 25 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 33 frames		Final
Best of 35 frames
15 April[13]
England Shaun Murphy (1)10
20, 21 & 22 April[36]
Thailand James Wattana4
England Shaun Murphy (1)13
15 & 16 April[22]
England Steve Davis (16)7
England Steve Davis (16)10
25 & 26 April[45]
England Andy Hicks4
England Shaun Murphy (1)7
19 & 20 April[21]
England Peter Ebdon (8)13
England Jimmy White (9)5
23 & 24 April[43]
England David Gray10
England David Gray2
19 April[23]
England Peter Ebdon (8)13
England Peter Ebdon (8)10
27, 28 & 29 April[56]
England Michael Holt8
England Peter Ebdon (8)17
17 & 18 April[28]
Hong Kong Marco Fu16
Wales Matthew Stevens (5)10
22, 23 & 24 April[41]
Northern Ireland Joe Swail5
Wales Matthew Stevens (5)8
16 & 17 April[25]
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (12)13
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (12)10
25 & 26 April[49]
England Barry Hawkins1
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (12)10
18 April[29]
Hong Kong Marco Fu13
Scotland Alan McManus (13)3
21 & 22 April[40]
Hong Kong Marco Fu10
Hong Kong Marco Fu13
16 & 17 April[30]
Scotland Stephen Maguire (4)4
Scotland Stephen Maguire (4)10
30 April 1 & 2 May
England Mark King6
England Peter Ebdon (8)14
18 & 19 April[14]
Scotland Graeme Dott (14) 18
Scotland Stephen Hendry (3)9
22, 23 & 24 April[42]
England Nigel Bond10
England Nigel Bond9
15 & 16 April[16]
Scotland Graeme Dott (14)13
Scotland Graeme Dott (14)10
25 & 26 April[51]
England John Parrott3
Scotland Graeme Dott (14)13
15 & 16 April[33]
Australia Neil Robertson12
England Stephen Lee (11)10
20 & 21 April[35]
England Ali Carter8
England Stephen Lee (11)9
17 April[18]
Australia Neil Robertson13
England Paul Hunter (6)5
27, 28 & 29 April[59]
Australia Neil Robertson10
Scotland Graeme Dott (14)17
15 & 16 April[17]
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)11
Scotland John Higgins (7)4
21 & 22 April[39]
England Mark Selby10
England Mark Selby8
17 & 18 April[32]
Wales Mark Williams (10)13
Wales Mark Williams (10)10
25 & 26 April[55]
England Anthony Hamilton1
Wales Mark Williams (10)11
19 & 20 April[34]
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)13
England Joe Perry (15)3
23 & 24 April[44]
Wales Ryan Day10
Wales Ryan Day10
18 & 19 April[31]
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)13
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)10
England Dave Harold4
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 30 April 1 & 2 May 2006.[66] Referee: Jan Verhaas.[71]
Peter Ebdon (8)
 England 		14–18 Graeme Dott (14)
 Scotland
79–12, 53–62, 1–91, 48–70, 20–71, 67–31, 6–78, 20–53, 20–53, 16–63, 66–25, 124–6, 47–72, 65–51, 5–61, 16–92, 0–75, 100–0, 67–44, 41–75, 31–90, 49–70, 117–22, 66–51, 67–29, 70–38, 66–59, 84–0, 16–78, 99–17, 61–69, 31–70 Century breaks: 1 (Ebdon 1)

Highest break Ebdon: 117
Highest break Dott: 68

79–12, 53–62, 1–91, 48–70, 20–71, 67–31, 6–78, 20–53, 20–53, 16–63, 66–25, 124–6, 47–72, 65–51, 5–61, 16–92, 0–75, 100–0, 67–44, 41–75, 31–90, 49–70, 117–22, 66–51, 67–29, 70–38, 66–59, 84–0, 16–78, 99–17, 61–69, 31–70
Scotland Graeme Dott wins the 2006 888.com World Snooker Championship

Preliminary qualifying[edit]

The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament were for WPBSA members not on the Main Tour and took place on 6 and 7 January 2006 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.[12][72][73]

Round 1

India David Singh w/d–w/o England Ali Bassiri
England Del Smith 4–5 England Garry Baldrey
England Phil Seaton 5–2 Northern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey
England Les Dodd 2–5 England Tony Knowles
England Neil Selman 5–2 England Stephen Ormerod
England Ian Stark 2–5 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij

Round 2

Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis 5–0 England Ali Bassiri
Cyprus Mehmet Husnu 5–2 England Garry Baldrey
England Phil Seaton 0–5 England Tony Knowles
England Neil Selman 0–5 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij

Round 3

Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis 5–2 Cyprus Mehmet Husnu
England Tony Knowles 3–5 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij

Qualifying[edit]

The qualifying rounds 1–3 for the tournament took place between 8 and 13 January 2006 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.[72][74] The final round of qualifying took place between 14 and 15 March 2006 at the same venue.[12][73][75]

Round 1
Best of 19 frames		Round 2
Best of 19 frames		Round 3
Best of 19 frames		Round 4
Best of 19 frames
England Joe Jogia10England Jamie Cope10Republic of Ireland Michael Judge10England Ali Carter10
Scotland Hugh Abernethy3England Joe Jogia7England Jamie Cope4Republic of Ireland Michael Judge5
China Ding Junhui10England Brian Morgan7Scotland Drew Henry9England Barry Hawkins10
England Stuart Mann1China Ding Junhui10China Ding Junhui10China Ding Junhui6
England Nick Dyson10England Matthew Couch10Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien10Hong Kong Marco Fu10
Scotland James McBain8England Nick Dyson6England Matthew Couch4Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien7
Republic of Ireland David McDonnellw/oEngland Tom Ford10England Dave Harold10England Ian McCulloch9
Malaysia Moh Keen How/dRepublic of Ireland David McDonnell3England Tom Ford8England Dave Harold10
England David Roe10England Lee Spick10England Ricky Walden8England John Parrott10
England Gary Wilkinson9England David Roe6England Lee Spick10England Lee Spick9
England Simon Bedford6England Jimmy Michie8England Mark Selby10England Robert Milkins4
Malta Alex Borg10Malta Alex Borg10Malta Alex Borg4England Mark Selby10
Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez8England Mike Dunn10England Rory McLeod8England Nigel Bond10
England Judd Trump10England Judd Trump7England Mike Dunn10England Mike Dunn0
Scotland Scott MacKenzie10Scotland Marcus Campbell10England Stuart Bingham10Wales Ryan Day10
Bahrain Habib Subah3Scotland Scott MacKenzie3Scotland Marcus Campbell7England Stuart Bingham7
England Alfie Burden10England Rod Lawler10Wales Dominic Dale6England Anthony Hamilton10
Belgium Bjorn Haneveer9England Alfie Burden7England Rod Lawler10England Rod Lawler8
Wales Darren Morgan8Scotland Jamie Burnett8Malta Tony Drago7Thailand James Wattana10
England David Gilbert10England David Gilbert10England David Gilbert10England David Gilbert6
England Sean Storey4Finland Robin Hull10England Mark Davis10England David Gray10
Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij10Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij6Finland Robin Hull7England Mark Davis9
England Adam Davies7England Justin Astley3Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace6England Andy Hicks10
Northern Ireland Mark Allen10Northern Ireland Mark Allen10Northern Ireland Mark Allen10Northern Ireland Mark Allen7
Wales Paul Davies10Pakistan Shokat Ali10Northern Ireland Joe Swail10England Barry Pinches8
China Jin Long9Wales Paul Davies6Pakistan Shokat Ali5Northern Ireland Joe Swail10
England Andrew Norman9England James Tatton10Northern Ireland Gerard Greene10Australia Neil Robertson10
England Gary Wilson10England Gary Wilson8England James Tatton4Northern Ireland Gerard Greene6
England Paul Wykes10Wales Lee Walker2England Adrian Gunnell10England Mark King10
Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis8England Paul Wykes10England Paul Wykes3England Adrian Gunnell5
Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney10England Chris Norbury6England Stuart Pettman10England Michael Holt10
China Liang Wenbo5Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney10Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney8England Stuart Pettman2

Century breaks[edit]

Televised stage centuries[edit]

There were 46 century breaks in the televised stage of the World Championship.[12][76][77][78]

Qualifying stage centuries[edit]

There were 52 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship:[73]

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