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888.com World Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 15 Apr - 1 May 2006; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Shaun Murphy; Notes: See also results (107)
Final
Scotland Graeme Dott 18-14 England Peter Ebdon Head to head

79-12(63); 62(62)-53(52); 91(56)-9; 48-70; 71(56)-20; 67-31(61); 78(59)-6; 20-53
20-53; 16-63; 66-25; 124-6(89); 47-72; 65-51; 5-61; 16-92
75(56)-0; 100-0(78); 67-44; 75(62)-41; 90(65)-31; 49-70; 117-22(117); 51(51)-66
67-29; 70-38(66); 65-59; 84-0(84); 78(66)-16; 99-17; 69(68)-61(51); 31-70

Referee: Jan Verhaas
Semifinals
England Peter Ebdon 17-16 Hong Kong Marco Fu Head to head
Scotland Graeme Dott 17-11 England Ronnie O'Sullivan Head to head

O'Sullivan's tip came off during the 14th frame. After a 15-minute break for emergency repairs, O'Sullivan made a 124 break.
Quarterfinals
England Peter Ebdon 13-7 England Shaun Murphy Head to head
Hong Kong Marco Fu 13-10 Ireland Ken Doherty Head to head
Scotland Graeme Dott 13-12 Australia Neil Robertson Head to head
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-11 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head
Round 2
(Last 16)
1 England Shaun Murphy 13-7 England Steve Davis Head to head
2 England Peter Ebdon 13-2 England David Gray Head to head
3 Ireland Ken Doherty 13-8 Wales Matthew Stevens Head to head
4 Hong Kong Marco Fu 13-3 Scotland Stephen Maguire Head to head
5 Scotland Graeme Dott 13-9 England Nigel Bond Head to head
6 Australia Neil Robertson 13-9 England Stephen Lee Head to head
7 Wales Mark J Williams 13-8 England Mark Selby Head to head
8 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-10 Wales Ryan Day Head to head

140 by O'Sullivan was the highest break of the event.
Round 1
(Last 32)
1 England Shaun Murphy 10-4 Thailand James Wattana Head to head
2 England Steve Davis 10-4 England Andy Hicks Head to head
3 England David Gray 10-5 England Jimmy White  
4 England Peter Ebdon 10-8 England Michael Holt Head to head
5 Wales Matthew Stevens 10-5 Northern Ireland Joe Swail Head to head
6 Ireland Ken Doherty 10-1 England Barry Hawkins Head to head
7 Hong Kong Marco Fu 10-3 Scotland Alan McManus Head to head
8 Scotland Stephen Maguire 10-6 England Mark King Head to head
9 England Nigel Bond 10-9 Scotland Stephen Hendry Head to head
10 Scotland Graeme Dott 10-3 England John Parrott  
11 England Stephen Lee 10-8 England Ali Carter Head to head
12 Australia Neil Robertson 10-5 England Paul Hunter  
13 England Mark Selby 10-4 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
14 Wales Mark J Williams 10-1 England Anthony Hamilton Head to head
15 Wales Ryan Day 10-3 England Joe Perry Head to head
16 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-4 England Dave Harold Head to head

888.com World Championship Qualifier Round 7

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 14-15 Mar 2006; Venue: Pontins, Prestatyn, Wales; View on separate page; Notes: See also results (16)
Qual Round 7
(Last 48)
1 England Ali Carter 10-5 Ireland Michael Judge Head to head
2 England Barry Hawkins 10-6 China Ding Junhui Head to head
3 Hong Kong Marco Fu 10-7 Ireland Fergal O'Brien Head to head
4 England Dave Harold 10-9 England Ian McCulloch Head to head
5 England John Parrott 10-9 England Lee Spick  
6 England Mark Selby 10-4 England Robert Milkins Head to head
7 England Nigel Bond 10-0 England Mike Dunn Head to head
8 Wales Ryan Day 10-7 England Stuart Bingham Head to head
9 England Anthony Hamilton 10-8 England Rod Lawler Head to head
10 Thailand James Wattana 10-6 England David Gilbert Head to head
11 England David Gray 10-9 England Mark Davis Head to head
12 England Andy Hicks 10-7 Northern Ireland Mark Allen Head to head
13 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 10-8 England Barry Pinches  
14 Australia Neil Robertson 10-6 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene Head to head
15 England Mark King 10-5 England Adrian Gunnell Head to head
16 England Michael Holt 10-2 England Stuart Pettman  

888.com World Championship Qualifier Rounds 4-6

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 8-13 Jan 2006; Venue: Pontins, Prestatyn, Wales; View on separate page; Notes: See also results (48)
Qual Round 6
(Last 64)
1 Ireland Michael Judge 10-4 England Jamie Cope Head to head
2 China Ding Junhui 10-9 Scotland Drew Henry  
3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien 10-4 England Matthew Couch Head to head
4 England Dave Harold 10-8 England Tom Ford  
5 England Lee Spick 10-8 England Ricky Walden  
6 England Mark Selby 10-4 Malta Alex Borg Head to head
7 England Mike Dunn 10-8 Jamaica Rory McLeod Head to head
8 England Stuart Bingham 10-7 Scotland Marcus Campbell Head to head
9 England Rod Lawler 10-6 Wales Dominic Dale Head to head
10 England David Gilbert 10-7 Malta Tony Drago Head to head
11 England Mark Davis 10-7 Finland Robin Hull Head to head
12 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 10-6 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace  
13 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 10-5 Pakistan Shokat Ali  
14 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 10-4 England James Tatton  
15 England Adrian Gunnell 10-3 England Paul Wykes  
16 England Stuart Pettman 10-8 Ireland Joe Delaney Head to head
Qual Round 5
(Last 80)
1 England Jamie Cope 10-7 England Joe Jogia Head to head
2 China Ding Junhui 10-7 England Brian Morgan  
3 England Matthew Couch 10-6 Scotland James McBain  
4 England Tom Ford 10-3 Ireland David McDonnell  
5 England Lee Spick 10-6 England David Roe Head to head
6 Malta Alex Borg 10-8 England Jimmy Michie  
7 England Mike Dunn 10-7 England Judd Trump Head to head
8 Scotland Marcus Campbell 10-3 Scotland Scott Mackenzie Head to head
9 England Rod Lawler 10-7 England Alfie Burden Head to head
10 England David Gilbert 10-8 Scotland Jamie Burnett Head to head
11 Finland Robin Hull 10-6 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij (a)  
12 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 10-3 England Justin Astley  
13 Pakistan Shokat Ali 10-6 Wales Paul Davies  
14 England James Tatton 10-8 England Gary Wilson  
15 England Paul Wykes 10-2 Wales Lee Walker  
16 Ireland Joe Delaney 10-6 England Chris Norbury  
Qual Round 4
(Last 96)
1 England Joe Jogia 10-3 Scotland Hugh Abernethy Head to head
2 China Ding Junhui 10-1 England Stuart Mann  
3 Scotland James McBain 10-1 England Nick Dyson  
4 Ireland David McDonnell w/o Malaysia Moh Keen Ho  
5 England David Roe 10-9 England Gary Wilkinson Head to head
6 Malta Alex Borg 10-6 England Simon Bedford  
7 England Judd Trump 10-8 Ireland Leo Fernandez  
8 Scotland Scott Mackenzie 10-3 Bahrain Habib Subah  
9 England Alfie Burden 10-9 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer Head to head
10 England David Gilbert 10-8 Wales Darren Morgan  
11 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij (a) 10-4 England Sean Storey  
12 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 10-7 England Adam Davies  
13 Wales Paul Davies 10-9 China Jin Long  
14 England Gary Wilson 10-9 England Andrew Norman  
15 England Paul Wykes 10-8 England Stefan Mazrocis (a) Head to head
16 Ireland Joe Delaney 10-5 China Liang Wenbo Head to head

World Championship Qualifier Preliminary Rounds

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 6-7 Jan 2006; Venue: Pontins, Prestatyn, Wales; View on separate page; Notes: See also results (12)
Qual Round 3
(Last 98)
1 England Stefan Mazrocis (a) 5-2 Cyprus Mehmet Husnu (a) Head to head
2 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Qual Round 2
(Last 102)
1 England Stefan Mazrocis (a) 5-0 England Ali Bassiri (a)  
2 Cyprus Mehmet Husnu (a) 5-2 England Garry Baldrey (a)  
3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 England Phil Seaton (a) Head to head
4 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij (a) 5-0 England Neil Selman (a)  
Qual Round 1
(Last 108)
1 England Ali Bassiri (a) w/o India David Singh (a) Head to head
2 England Garry Baldrey (a) 5-4 England Del Smith (a)  
3 England Phil Seaton (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey (a)  
4 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Les Dodd (a) Head to head
5 England Neil Selman (a) 5-2 England Stephen Ormerod (a)  
6 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij (a) 5-2 England Ian Barry Stark (a)  

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