2006 Malta Cup
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 January – 5 February 2006 |
| Venue | Hilton Conference Center |
| City | Portomaso |
| Country | Malta |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £118,500 |
| Winner's share | £18,000 |
| Highest break |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Runner-up | John Higgins (SCO) |
| Score | 9–8 |
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The 2006 Malta Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 January and 5 February 2006 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta.[1]
Ken Doherty won in the final 9–8 against John Higgins. Higgins had recovered from 2–5 down to lead 8–5 but Doherty won the last four frames to win the title.
This years tournament was also noteworthy for Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision not to compete, which cost him the World Number 1 ranking for the start of the following season and allowed Stephen Hendry to regain the number one position for the first time since 1999.
Wild-card round
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Mark Allen
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5–1 |  Joe Grech
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| WC2 |  Robin Hull
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5–2 | Simon Zammit
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames Hilton Conference Centre, Malta, 5 February 2006.[1][2] | ||
| John Higgins (6) Scotland
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8–9 | Ken Doherty (11) Ireland
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| Afternoon: 8–86 (67), 69–49, 78–28, 53–71 (65), 28–76 (55), 27–105 (105), 56–75 (70) Evening: 67–53 (61), 89–8 (55), 90–22 (90), 75–50, 130–4 (114), 96–4 (96), 43–64, 5–67 (61), 12–60, 12–69 (63) | ||
| 114 | Highest break | 105 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 7 and 10 November 2005.[2][3][4]
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Round 2 Best of 9 frames | Round 3 Best of 9 frames | Round 4 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
Moh Keen Ho | 2 | Hugh Abernethy | 0 | Jamie Burnett | 3 |  Stuart Bingham | 5 | |||||||
 Darren Morgan | 5 | David Roe | 5 | Tom Ford | 2 | Barry Hawkins | 5 | |||||||
| Gary Wilson | 4 | Darren Morgan | 2 | David Roe | 5 | David Roe | 4 | |||||||
| Adam Davies | Robin Hull | 5 | Adrian Gunnell | 4 | Andy Hicks | 3 | ||||||||
| Bye | Adam Davies | 3 | Robin Hull | 5 | Robin Hull | 5 | ||||||||
| David McDonnell | 3 | James Tatton | 1 | Patrick Wallace | 2 | John Parrott | 5 | |||||||
| Gary Wilkinson | 5 | Gary Wilkinson | 5 | Gary Wilkinson | 5 | Gary Wilkinson | 3 | |||||||
| Stuart Mann | 4 | Lee Walker | 2 | Rory McLeod | 1 | David Gray | 2 | |||||||
| Mark Allen | 5 | Mark Allen | 5 | Mark Allen | 5 | Mark Allen | 5 | |||||||
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ^ a b c d "Malta Cup 2006". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ a b c d e "2006 Malta Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 12 February 2006.
- ^ a b c "2006 Malta Cup results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 February 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "2006 Malta Cup qualifying results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.