2006 World Darts Trophy


The 2006 Bavaria World Darts Trophy was the fifth edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the :nl:Vechtsebanen|De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.
Players from the Professional Darts Corporation competed for the first time, with five PDC players invited to the event. Gary Robson, the 2005 winner, and Jelle Klaasen, the BDO World Champion, were eliminated in the first round by Simon Whitlock and Tony Eccles, respectively. The final, featuring Phil Taylor, the PDC World Champion and in his first BDO major final for fourteen years, and Martin Adams, in his second straight World Darts Trophy final, was won by Taylor, 7–2 in sets. The women's event was replaced with a junior's event, with this being the only year a junior's event took place. Ron Meulenkamp won the junior's event.

Prize Money

Men

Qualifiers

BDO / WDF / NDB

  1. Gary Anderson
  2. Martin Adams
  3. Mervyn King
  4. Tony Eccles
  5. Martin Atkins
  6. Michael van Gerwen
  7. Niels de Ruiter
  8. John Walton
  9. Shaun Greatbatch
  10. Simon Whitlock
  11. Vincent van der Voort
  12. Paul Hanvidge
  13. Brian Sorensen
  14. Ted Hankey
  15. Paul Hogan
  16. Mike Veitch
  17. Gary Robson
  18. Co Stompé
  19. Tony O'Shea
  20. Göran Klemme
  21. Albertino Essers
  22. Tony Martin
  23. Jelle Klaasen
  24. Darryl Fitton
  25. Mareno Michels
  26. Dick van Dijk
  27. Dirk Hespeels

    Professional Darts Corporation

Five places were awarded to players from the PDC. Four places were awarded to the top four players in the PDC Order of Merit. A fifth place was awarded to Raymond van Barneveld, winner of the International Darts League.
PDC Order of Merit
  1. Colin Lloyd
  2. Phil Taylor
  3. Ronnie Baxter
  4. Peter Manley
IDL Winner
  1. Raymond van Barneveld

    Men's Tournament

Junior Tournament

Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available. However, this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.