The 2005–06 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 17 May 2005 and 10 May 2006. There were six ranking tournaments, and the British Open and Irish Masters tournaments were removed from calendar. The Northern Ireland Trophy was held for the first time as non-ranking tournament, and the Pot Black was held again after a 12-year hiatus.

New professional players Countries

Note: new in this case means that these players were not on the 2004/2005 professional Main Tour.

International champions

WPBSA Wildcard

From Challenge Tour

Calendar The following table outlines the results and dates for the ranking and major invitational events that took place.

World Snooker Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 17 Aug 21 Aug Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Matthew Stevens Stephen Hendry 9–7 Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–2 29 Oct Pot Black Royal Automobile Club London Matthew Stevens Shaun Murphy 1–0 20 Nov 23 Nov Masters Qualifying Event Pontin's Prestatyn Stuart Bingham Ali Carter 6–3 15 Sep 4 Dec Premier League G-Mex Centre Manchester Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 6–0 5 Dec 18 Dec UK Championship Barbican Centre York Ding Junhui Steve Davis 10–6 15 Jan 22 Jan Masters Wembley Conference Centre London John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 30 Jan 5 Feb Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Ken Doherty John Higgins 9–8 27 Feb 5 Mar Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Stephen Lee Shaun Murphy 9–4 20 Mar 26 Mar China Open Beijing Mark Williams John Higgins 9–8 15 Apr 1 May Crucible Theatre Sheffield Graeme Dott Peter Ebdon

Ranking event Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 24 Sep 25 Sep British Open Savoy Snooker Centre Snodland June Banks Reanne Evans 4–0 29 Oct 29 Oct UK Ladies Championship Landywood Snooker Hall Walsall Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 4–0 26 Nov 26 Nov East Anglian Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge June Banks Reanne Evans 4–3 4 Feb 4 Feb Northern Championship Regal Snooker Centre Preston Maria Catalano June Banks 4–1 25 Feb 25 Feb Connie Gough Memorial Rileys Snooker Club Luton Maria Catalano Reanne Evans 4–3 1 Apr 6 Apr World Women's Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Emma Bonney 5–3

Pontin's International Open Series Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 17 May 21 May PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Tian Pengfei Martin Gould 6–3 17 Jun 21 Jun PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Mark Joyce James Leadbetter 6–3 2 Sep 7 Sep PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Liu Song Stephen Rowlings 6–1 14 Oct 19 Oct PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Colm Gilcreest Mark Joyce 6–3 28 Nov 1 Dec PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Chris Melling Paul Davison 6–5 17 Feb 20 Feb PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Liu Song Paul Davison 6–3 6 Mar 9 Mar PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Tian Pengfei Liu Song 6–3 8 May 10 May PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn Andrew Higginson Jamie O'Neill 6–3

Other events Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 20 Jul 24 Jul World Games Saalbau Bottrop Duisburg Gerard Greene Ding Junhui 4–3 1 Oct 3 Oct Fürth German Open Stadthalle Fürth Mark King Michael Holt 4–2 22 Oct 26 Oct Irish Professional Championship Templeogue Joe Swail Ken Doherty 9–7 25 Nov 27 Nov Swiss Open Billiard Center Im Funken Zofingen Ricky Walden Ken Doherty 5–3 17 Dec 18 Dec Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch Bjorn Haneveer Michael Holt 6–1

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.

No. Ch. Player Points 2003/04 Points 2004/05 Total 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 26650 23162 49812 2 Stephen Hendry 20800 21337 42137 3 Stephen Maguire 14025 19725 33750 4 Matthew Stevens 18450 19725 33712 5 Paul Hunter 18925 13200 32125 6 John Higgins 16212 15812 32024 7 Peter Ebdon 15525 15650 31175 8 Jimmy White 18175 12787 30962 9 Mark Williams 16912 12837 29749 10 Stephen Lee 14025 15625 29650 11 Ken Doherty 13237 15887 29124 12 Alan McManus 12825 15975 28800 13 Graeme Dott 14812 13500 28312 14 Joe Perry 15900 11250 27150 15 Steve Davis 11212 15775 26987 16 Ian McCulloch 12075 14537 26612

World ranking points

The rankings for the 2006–07 season were based on the total points from the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. There were 6 ranking events during the 2005–06 season.

Points distribution 2005/2006 Points distribution for world ranking events:

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F WGrand Prix Unseeded loser 400 – 900 – 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 250 – 450 – – – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500 Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –Malta Cup Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –Welsh Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –China Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000 Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –

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