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 FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan x 3 3 5 4 4 5 24–12 4–2–0 6–10 2 Ding JunhuiDing Junhui withdrew from Premier League play-offs due to clash of dates with the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. 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 DavisSteve Davis qualified for the play-offs due to the withdrawal of Ding. 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

* (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

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