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2006 Premier League Darts

The 2006 Holsten Premier League the second year of the Professional Darts Corporation's popular darts league. The 2006 league was launched with the top six players in the PDC world rankings and the addition of a wildcard player, Raymond van Barneveld who decided to switch from the British Darts Organisation just weeks after reaching their 2006 World Championship final.

2006 Holsten Premier League Darts
Winner
England Phil Taylor
Runner-up
Netherlands Roland Scholten
Score
16–6
Date
16 February–29 May 2006
Edition
2nd
Number of players
7
Venues
11
Nine Dart Finish
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Premier League Darts
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Barneveld, a four-times BDO World Champion went on to achieve the perfect nine-dart finish on 23 March against Peter Manley, on the fifth night of the 2006 Premier League at the Bournemouth International Centre. It was the same night that he faced Phil Taylor for the first time since his switch, the match ended in a 7–7 draw.

Taylor and Barneveld dominated the league stages, with both players winning every match in the league phase against the other 5 players in the league. Taylor came out on top 8–6 in their other meeting in Doncaster.

Given the form of Taylor and Barneveld in the group matches, there was much anticipation of a clash between the two in the final. However, it failed to materialise as Roland Scholten averaged 104.13 in the semi-final to hammer Barneveld (average 91.79) by 11 legs to 3. Phil Taylor averaged 105.03 in his 11–3 semi-final win over Colin Lloyd (average 99.42).

Phil Taylor successfully defended his title by seeing off Scholten in the final by 16 legs to 6. Taylor's average in the final was 101.41 to Scholten's 92.01.

Barneveld and Taylor would ultimately have their next meeting in the finals of the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, with Barneveld ending Taylor's three-year reign as champion.

Format edit

The format had a slight change from 2005. Previously, all twelve legs of a match had to be completed – regardless of whether a winner had already been determined. From 2006, a match would finish when a player reached the 8 legs victory target, unless the match reached 7–7 when the points would be shared and the match drawn.

Venues edit

Like the inaugural Premier League Darts event, all 11 venues were used, but this time venues in Scotland (Aberdeen) and Wales (Newport) were also used.

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Locations of the 2006 Premier League venues in the United Kingdom.

Results edit

[1][2]

Play-offs – 29 May edit

  Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth

Score
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
Roland Scholten  
104.13		 11 – 3   Raymond van Barneveld
91.79
Phil Taylor  
105.03		 11 – 3   Colin Lloyd
99.42
Final (best of 31 legs)
Phil Taylor  
101.41		 16 – 6   Roland Scholten
92.01

Table and streaks edit

Table edit

Pos[1] Name Pld W D L Pts LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A HC
1   Phil Taylor W 12 11 1 0 23 95 45 +50 35 173 113 44 100.31 148
2   Raymond van Barneveld 12 10 1 1 21 93 49 +44 37 190 114 45 98.50 164
3   Roland Scholten RU 12 4 2 6 10 71 78 −7 25 178 98 40 88.84 137
4   Colin Lloyd 12 4 1 7 9 67 83 −16 20 174 96 29 92.15 161
5   Ronnie Baxter 12 3 2 7 8 63 79 −16 21 174 85 26 92.68 158
6   Peter Manley 12 4 0 8 8 58 84 −26 19 214 112 13 89.48 160
7   Wayne Mardle 12 1 3 8 5 61 90 −29 16 201 98 24 89.65 140

NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks edit

Player Week Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SF F
  Phil Taylor W W W W W D W W W W W W W W
  Raymond van Barneveld W W W — W D W W L W W W W L —
  Roland Scholten W W L L W D D W L L L L W L
  Colin Lloyd L W L L D W L L W L L W L —
  Ronnie Baxter L L W L W D L D L L W L —
  Peter Manley L L W W L L L L L W W L
  Wayne Mardle L L L L L D D D L W L L

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost N/A = Did not play

Player statistics edit

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 12
  • Most consecutive wins: 6
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 0
  • Longest without a win: 1
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Colin Lloyd and v. Peter Manley)
  • Biggest defeat: Player Undefeated

Raymond van Barneveld edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 7
  • Most consecutive wins: 4
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 1
  • Longest without a win: 1
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Ronnie Baxter)
  • Biggest defeat: 6–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Roland Scholten edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 4
  • Most consecutive wins: 2
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 4
  • Longest without a win: 4
  • Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Wayne Mardle)
  • Biggest defeat: 3–8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld (twice) and v. Phil Taylor)

Colin Lloyd edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–4 (v. Ronnie Baxter and v. Wayne Mardle)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Ronnie Baxter edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 5
  • Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Colin Lloyd and v. Peter Manley)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld)

Peter Manley edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 2
  • Most consecutive draws: 0
  • Most consecutive losses: 5
  • Longest without a win: 5
  • Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Wayne Mardle)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Wayne Mardle edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 3
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 3
  • Most consecutive losses: 5
  • Longest without a win: 9
  • Biggest victory: 8–5 (v. Ronnie Baxter)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Top match Averages edit

Darts averages are based on the total number of points scored divided number of darts thrown (multiplied by 3 in this case to give a "3 dart average"). There were 16 matches where a player managed an average in excess of 100 per visit to the board. Phil Taylor achieved this during seven matches, Raymond van Barneveld six times. Roland Scholten, Ronnie Baxter and Peter Manley each averaged over 100 during one match in the competition.[1]

  • 107.75 – Phil Taylor v Peter Manley (week 6)
  • 106.79 – Phil Taylor v Colin Lloyd (week 1)
  • 105.03 – Phil Taylor v Roland Scholten (final)
  • 104.75 – Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld (week 8)
  • 104.35 – Raymond van Barneveld v Ronnie Baxter (week 10)
  • 104.13 – Roland Scholten v Raymond van Barneveld (semi-final)
  • 103.44 – Raymond van Barneveld v Wayne Mardle (week 10)
  • 102.19 – Phil Taylor v Peter Manley (week 7)
  • 101.33 – Ronnie Baxter v Raymond van Barneveld (week 10, Baxter lost match 2–8)
  • 101.72 – Raymond van Barneveld v Colin Lloyd (week 7)
  • 101.05 – Phil Taylor v Ronnie Baxter (week 3)
  • 101.04 – Raymond van Barneveld v Phil Taylor (week 8, Barneveld lost match 6–8)
  • 100.88 – Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld (week 5)
  • 100.69 – Raymond van Barneveld v Peter Manley (week 5)
  • 100.55 – Raymond van Barneveld v Wayne Mardle (week 2)
  • 100.35 – Peter Manley v Phil Taylor (week 6, Manley lost match 1–8)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Holsten Premier League Scores & Stats". Planet Dats. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Results of Premier League 2006". Mastercaller. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Holsten Premier League Darts - Night Five". Planet Darts. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links edit

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