2006 Malta Cup
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 January–5 February 2006 |
| Venue | Hilton Conference Center |
| City | Portomaso |
| Country | Malta |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Highest break | 142 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Ken Doherty |
| Runner-up |
 John Higgins |
| Score | 9-8 |
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The 2006 Malta Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 January and 5 February 2006 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta.[1]
Ken Doherty won in the final 9–8 against John Higgins. Higgins had recovered from 2–5 down to lead 8–5 but Doherty won the last four frames to win the title.
Wild-card round
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 |  Mark Allen |
5–1 |  Joe Grech |
| WC2 |  Robin Hull |
5–2 | Simon Zammit |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames Hilton Conference Centre, Malta, 5 February 2006.[1][2] | ||
| John Higgins (6) Scotland |
8–9 | Ken Doherty (11) Ireland |
| Afternoon: 8–86 (67), 69–49, 78–28, 53–71(65), 28–76(55), 27–105 (105), 56–75 (70) Evening: 67–53 (61), 89–8 (55), 90–22 (90), 75–50, 130–4 (114), 96–4 (96), 43–64 5–67 (61), 12–60, 12–69 (63) | ||
| 114 | Highest break | 105 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 7 and 10 November 2005.[2][3][4]
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Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- 1 2 3 4 "Malta Cup 2006". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2006 Malta Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 12 February 2006.
- 1 2 3 "2006 Malta Cup results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 February 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ↑ "2006 Malta Cup qualifying results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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