The 2006 Budweiser UK Open was the fourth year of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, between 9âÂÂ11 June 2006.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion but got knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Raymond van Barneveld. Van Barneveld went on to win the title, winning 13âÂÂ7 against Barrie Bates in the final.
Qualifying events were held at Greene King pubs across the UK â winners from each pub event progressed to one of four Regional Finals, to be staged in their relevant area. Players who reach the final eight in the Regional Finals will qualify for the televised stages of the UK Open in Bolton.
In addition there were eight UK Open Regional Finals for the "professional" players. All events were open to all darts players on payment of an entry fee â which means that players from both the PDC and BDO were eligible to enter. Players who enter through the Greene King Qualifying Round were not eligible to play in the regional qualifying events and vice versa.
The results of the eight qualifiers were then collated into an Order of Merit table (Winner ã4000; Runner-up ã2000; 3âÂÂ4 ã1000; 5âÂÂ8 ã500; 9âÂÂ16 ã250; 17âÂÂ32 ã100; 33âÂÂ64 ã50). The top 96 players plus ties in this Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers at the televised stages in Bolton.
1st round<br> Players who were ranked between 65 and 96 in the UK Open Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers in the first round of the UK Open.
2nd round<br> Players ranked 33 to 64 join the first round winners.
3rd round<br> Players ranked in the top 32 join the second round winners.
25 September 2005 (Welsh) Mark Walsh 2âÂÂ1 Phil Taylor <br> 23 October 2005 (Irish) Colin Lloyd 2âÂÂ1 Andy Smith <br> 6 November 2005 (Scottish) Adrian Lewis 2âÂÂ0 Colin Lloyd <br> 8 January 2006 (North East) Kevin Painter 2âÂÂ0 Colin Lloyd <br> 12 February 2006 (South West) Mark Dudbridge 2âÂÂ0 Dennis Priestley <br> 5 March 2006 (Southern) Chris Mason 2âÂÂ1 Barrie Bates <br> 19 March 2006 (North West) Alan Tabern 2âÂÂ1 Steve Maish <br> 9 April 2006 (Midlands) Raymond van Barneveld 2âÂÂ0 Ronnie Baxter
Random draws were made after each round up to the quarter final stage. Draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.