# 2006 Premier League Snooker

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:
* 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 | | OSU | DIN | DOT | WHI | DAV | HEN | DOH | Frame W-L | Match W-D-L | Pld-Pts |
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | x | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24–12 | 4–2–0 | 6–10 |
| 2 | Ding Junhui | 3 | x | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21–15 | 3–2–1 | 6–8 |
| 3 | Graeme Dott | 3 | 2 | x | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18–18 | 2–2–2 | 6–6 |
| 4 | Jimmy White | 1 | 5 | 2 | x | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18–18 | 2–1–3 | 6–5 |
| 5 | Steve Davis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | x | 5 | 5 | 17–19 | 2–1–3 | 6–5 |
| 6 | Stephen Hendry | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | x | 4 | 14–22 | 1–2–3 | 6–4 |
| 7 | Ken Doherty | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | x | 14–22 | 2–0–4 | 6–4 |
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.)
* 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
| Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | Final Best of 13 frames |
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan* | 5 | | | |
| 5 | Steve Davis | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Steve Davis | 2 | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan*** | 7 |
| | | | 4 | Jimmy White | 0 |
| 3 | Graeme Dott | 4 | 4 | Jimmy White | 0 |
| 4 | 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

* 124, 122, 113, 111, 108 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 120, 112, 108 – Ding Junhui
* 114, 101 – Steve Davis
* 107 – Graeme Dott
* 105 – Jimmy White
* 101 – Stephen Hendry