2006 BDO World Darts Championship

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	7–15 January 2006
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Finals: best of 13 (men's) best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund	£263,000
Winner's share	£60,000
High checkout	Martin Adams (161) Mervyn King (161) Paul Hanvidge (161)
Champion(s)
Jelle Klaasen Trina Gulliver

The 2006 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 7–15 January 2006 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld was aiming to win a fifth BDO world title, equalling the record set by Eric Bristow. However, he was beaten 7-5 in the final by Dutch qualifier Jelle Klaasen. Klaasen became the youngest World Champion at aged 21 and became the first qualifier to win the World Championship since Keith Deller in 1983, who became the youngest World Champion himself, aged 23. This would eventually be Barneveld's last ever appearance at the Lakeside as he would switch to the rival Professional Darts Corporation the next month.

In the women's tournament, Trina Gulliver continued her domination of the women's game by winning her sixth successive title, defeating Francis Hoenselaar 2-0. It was the third successive year that Gulliver and Hoenselaar had met in the final and the fourth time in five years.

Seeds

Men

1. Mervyn King
2. Martin Adams
3. Raymond van Barneveld
4. Simon Whitlock
5. Tony Eccles
6. Tony O'Shea
7. John Walton
8. Ted Hankey

Changes

The 2006 championship was the last to be staged under the eight seeds format. For the 2007 event the number of seeded players for the Men's championship was increased to 16. 2006 would also see a new format for the tournament with second round matches extended to the best of seven sets, as had been requested by numerous players down the years. The Semi-finals were also extended to best of 11 sets and the final a best of 13 set affair.

The Results

Women

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Trina Gulliver		2
	Karen Littler		0
						Trina Gulliver		2
						Clare Bywaters		0
	Clare Bywaters		2
	Sabine Beutler		0
											Trina Gulliver		2
											Francis Hoenselaar		0
	Francis Hoenselaar		2
	Karen Lawman		0
						Francis Hoenselaar		2
						Jan Robbins		0
	Jan Robbins		2
	Karin Krappen		0

External links

• 2006 Lakeside World Championship tournament brochure