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2006 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year Template:Flagicon JPN Shota Yasooka
Rookie of the Year Template:Flagicon DEU Sebastian Thaler
World Champion Template:Flagicon JPN Makihito Mihara
Hall of Fame inductions Template:Flagicon USA Bob Maher, Jr.
Template:Flagicon USA David Humpherys
Template:Flagicon FRA Raphaël Lévy
Template:Flagicon CAN Gary Wise
Template:Flagicon USA Rob Dougherty
PTs 5
Grand Prix 22
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The 2006 Pro Tour season was the eleventh Pro Tour season. It started on 18 December 2005 with Grand Prix events in Lille and Charlotte, and ended on 3 December 2006 with the conclusion of the 2006 World Championships.

Grand Prix (December 2005–February 2006)

GP Lille GP Charlotte GP Hasselt
 Date: 18–19 December 2005  Date: 18–19 December 2005  Date: 28–29 January 2006
 Format: Legacy  Format: Extended  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 939  Attendance: 456  Attendance: 1070
 1. Template:Flagicon AUT Helmut Summersberger  1. Template:Flagicon USA Michael Krumb  1. Template:Flagicon ENG Sam Gomersall
 2. Template:Flagicon CZE Daniel Krutil  2. Template:Flagicon USA Alex Majlaton  2. Template:Flagicon FRA Julien Goron
 3. Template:Flagicon FRA Nicholas Labarre  3. Template:Flagicon USA Kyle Goodman  3. Template:Flagicon NLD Maurice Palijama
 4. Template:Flagicon ITA Luca Verdiani  4. Template:Flagicon USA Dave Shiels  4. Template:Flagicon SVN Ziga Fritz
 5. Template:Flagicon DEU Martin Brenner  5. Template:Flagicon USA Antonino De Rosa  5. Template:Flagicon DEU Helge Nelson
 6. Template:Flagicon FRA Loïc Le Briand  6. Template:Flagicon USA Alan Hubbard  6. Template:Flagicon NLD Dimitri Reinderman
 7. Template:Flagicon DEU Maximilian Bracht  7. Template:Flagicon USA Chris Boozer  7. Template:Flagicon ENG Quentin Martin
 8. Template:Flagicon FRA Nicolas Francois  8. Template:Flagicon USA Tom LaPille  8. Template:Flagicon FRA Francois Moreau
GP Richmond GP Dortmund
 Date: 4–5 February 2006  Date: 18–19 February 2006
 Format: Limited  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 558  Attendance: 1029
 1. Template:Flagicon CAN Rich Hoaen  1. Template:Flagicon DEU David Brucker
 2. Template:Flagicon USA Jon Sonne  2. Template:Flagicon FRA Julien Goron
 3. Template:Flagicon USA Adam Chambers  3. Template:Flagicon DEU Mathias Wigge
 4. Template:Flagicon USA John Fiorillo  4. Template:Flagicon DEU Marco Rothaupt
 5. Template:Flagicon USA Eugene Harvey  5. Template:Flagicon DEU Dennis Grudowski
 6. Template:Flagicon USA Taylor Webb  6. Template:Flagicon NLD Julien Nuijten
 7. Template:Flagicon USA Gerry Thompson  7. Template:Flagicon FRA Olivier Ruel
 8. Template:Flagicon USA Michael Pinnegar  8. Template:Flagicon DEU Stefan Rentzsch

Pro Tour Honolulu

Main article: Pro Tour Honolulu 2006

3–5 March 2006 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Template:Flagicon USA Mark Herberholz $40,000 25 Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 Template:Flagicon ENG Craig Jones $20,000 20
3 Template:Flagicon PRT Tiago Chan $15,000 16
4 Template:Flagicon FRA Olivier Ruel $14,000 16 Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
5 Template:Flagicon USA Osyp Lebedowicz $11,500 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
6 Template:Flagicon DEU Maximilian Bracht $11,000 12
7 Template:Flagicon NLD Ruud Warmenhoven $10,500 12
8 Template:Flagicon FRA Antoine Ruel $10,000 12 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8

Grand Prix (March–April 2006)

GP Manila GP Cardiff GP Madison
 Date: 18–19 March 2006  Date: 25–26 March 2006  Date: 25–26 March 2006
 Format: Limited  Format: Limited  Format: Team Unified Standard
 Attendance: 368  Attendance: 370  Attendance: 456 (152 teams)
 1. Template:Flagicon PHL James Porter  1. Template:Flagicon ENG Martin Dingler  1. Template:Flagicon USA Brian Ziegler
 1. Template:Flagicon USA Tim Bulger
 1. Template:Flagicon USA Takanobu Sato
 2. Template:Flagicon PHL Jiro Francisco  2. Template:Flagicon DEU Wesimo Al-Bacha
 3. Template:Flagicon KOR Cynic Kim  3. Template:Flagicon NLD Roel van Heeswijk
 4. Template:Flagicon CHN Bo Sun  4. Template:Flagicon SCT Julian Jardine  2. Template:Flagicon USA Kyle Goodman
 2. Template:Flagicon USA Mark Ioli
 2. Template:Flagicon USA Ben Lundquist
 5. Template:Flagicon AUS Jake Hart  5. Template:Flagicon ENG Quentin Martin
 6. Template:Flagicon PHL Felix Gonzales  6. Template:Flagicon NLD Bram Snepvangers
 7. Template:Flagicon JPN Takuya Osawa  7. Template:Flagicon FRA Raphaël Lévy  3. Template:Flagicon CAN Rich Hoaen
 3. Template:Flagicon USA Eric Froehlich
 3. Template:Flagicon USA Bob Maher, Jr.
 8. Template:Flagicon PHL Dominic Ortega  8. Template:Flagicon FRA Antoine Ruel
   
     4. Template:Flagicon USA John Pelcak
 4. Template:Flagicon USA Chris McDaniel
 4. Template:Flagicon USA Jon Sonne
GP Hamamatsu GP Barcelona
 Date: 8–9 April 2006  Date: 8–9 April 2006
 Format: Team Unified Standard  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 495 (165 teams)  Attendance: 1208
 1. Template:Flagicon JPN Kotatsu Saitou
 1. Template:Flagicon JPN Takahiro Katayama
 1. Template:Flagicon JPN Yuusuke Tanii
 1. Template:Flagicon AUT Helmut Summersberger
 2. Template:Flagicon FRA Raphaël Lévy
 3. Template:Flagicon NLD Jelger Wiegersma
 2. Template:Flagicon JPN Akira Asahara
 2. Template:Flagicon JPN Masaya Kitayama
 2. Template:Flagicon JPN Shota Yasooka
 4. Template:Flagicon SWE Johan Sadeghpour
 5. Template:Flagicon FRA Olivier Ruel
 6. Template:Flagicon ESP Aniol Alcaraz
 3. Template:Flagicon JPN Takuya Osawa
 3. Template:Flagicon JPN Ryo Ogura
 3. Template:Flagicon JPN Itaru Ishida
 7. Template:Flagicon FRA Jean Charles Salvin
 8. Template:Flagicon DEU Sebastian Thaler
 
 4. Template:Flagicon JPN Takashi Ishihara
 4. Template:Flagicon JPN Shuhei Itou
 4. Template:Flagicon JPN Daisuke Saitou
 

Pro Tour Prague

Main article: Pro Tour Prague 2006

5–7 May 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Template:Flagicon JPN Takuya Osawa $40,000 25
2 Template:Flagicon DEU Aaron Brackmann $20,000 20
3 Template:Flagicon JPN Shuhei Nakamura $15,000 16 Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 Template:Flagicon DEU Christian Hüttenberger $14,000 16
5 Template:Flagicon DNK Rasmus Sibast $11,500 12
6 Template:Flagicon USA Antonino De Rosa $11,000 12
7 Template:Flagicon USA Joe Crosby $10,500 12
8 Template:Flagicon ENG Quentin Martin $10,000 12

Grand Prix (June 2006)

GP Kuala Lumpur GP Turin GP Toronto
 Date: 3–4 June 2006  Date: 3–4 June 2006  Date: 3–4 June 2006
 Format: Limited  Format: Limited  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 316  Attendance: 656  Attendance: 504
 1. Template:Flagicon JPN Kenji Tsumura  1. Template:Flagicon CHE Nico Bohny  1. Template:Flagicon USA Antonino De Rosa
 2. Template:Flagicon JPN Osamu Fujita  2. Template:Flagicon FRA Antoine Ruel  2. Template:Flagicon USA Jon Sonne
 3. Template:Flagicon ENG Quentin Martin  3. Template:Flagicon NLD Bram Snepvangers  3. Template:Flagicon USA Kyle Sanchez
 4. Template:Flagicon NLD Ruud Warmenhoven  4. Template:Flagicon DEU Klaus Jöns  4. Template:Flagicon USA Mark Lovin
 5. Template:Flagicon MYS Terry Soh  5. Template:Flagicon ITA Marco Lombardi  5. Template:Flagicon USA John Fiorillo
 6. Template:Flagicon JPN Shota Yasooka  6. Template:Flagicon FRA Guillaume Wafo-Tapa  6. Template:Flagicon USA Brad Taulbee
 7. Template:Flagicon KOR Cynic Kim  7. Template:Flagicon ITA Giacomo Mallamaci  7. Template:Flagicon CAN Jay Jiang
 8. Template:Flagicon JPN Itaru Ishida  8. Template:Flagicon FRA Pierre Canali  8. Template:Flagicon NLD Jelger Wiegersma

Pro Tour Charleston

Main article: Pro Tour Charleston 2006

16–18 June 2006 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

Place Team name Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Kajiharu80 Template:Flagicon JPN Tomohiro Kaji $75,000 20 Third Pro Tour Top 8
Template:Flagicon JPN Shota Yasooka 20
Template:Flagicon JPN Tomoharu Saito 20 Second Pro Tour Top 8
2 Raaala Pumba Template:Flagicon BRA Celso Zampere, Jr. $36,000 16
Template:Flagicon BRA Willy Edel 16
Template:Flagicon BRA Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 16
3 D-25 Template:Flagicon JPN Chikara Nakajima $21,000 12
Template:Flagicon JPN Ryuichi Arita 12 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
Template:Flagicon JPN Kazuya Mitamura 12
4 Big Timing With Big Oots Template:Flagicon USA Chris McDaniel $18,000 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
Template:Flagicon USA Gadiel Szleifer 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
Template:Flagicon USA John Pelcak 12

Grand Prix (June–October 2006)

GP Toulouse GP Malmö GP St. Louis GP Hiroshima
 Date: 24–25 June 2006  Date: 22–23 July 2006  Date: 22–23 July 2006  Date: 19–20 August 2006
 Format: Limited  Format: Limited  Format: Limited  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 674  Attendance: 539  Attendance: 466  Attendance: 417
 1. Template:Flagicon JPN Kenji Tsumura  1. Template:Flagicon NLD Wessel Oomens  1. Template:Flagicon JPN Shuhei Nakamura  1. Template:Flagicon JPN Shuhei Nakamura
 2. Template:Flagicon BEL Marijn Lybaert  2. Template:Flagicon GRC Vasilis Fatouros  2. Template:Flagicon USA Zac Hill  2. Template:Flagicon PRT André Coimbra
 3. Template:Flagicon JPN Shuhei Nakamura  3. Template:Flagicon NLD Wilco Pinkster  3. Template:Flagicon JPN Kenji Tsumura  3. Template:Flagicon JPN Takahiro Suzuki
 4. Template:Flagicon ESP Adrian Olivera  4. Template:Flagicon SWE Axel Berglund  4. Template:Flagicon USA Chris Fennell  4. Template:Flagicon ENG Basam Tebet
 5. Template:Flagicon FRA Julien Soum  5. Template:Flagicon NLD Jelger Wiegersma  5. Template:Flagicon USA Alex Kim  5. Template:Flagicon NLD Julien Nuijten
 6. Template:Flagicon FRA Olivier Ruel  6. Template:Flagicon NLD Kamiel Cornelissen  6. Template:Flagicon USA Pierre Mondon  6. Template:Flagicon JPN Kentarou Nonaka
 7. Template:Flagicon JPN Shota Yasooka  7. Template:Flagicon PRT André Coimbra  7. Template:Flagicon USA Dalton King  7. Template:Flagicon JPN Ichirou Shimura
 8. Template:Flagicon FRA Thomas Didierjean  8. Template:Flagicon DNK Asbjørn Fallesen  8. Template:Flagicon CAN Jeremy Kunkel  8. Template:Flagicon JPN Yuusuke Wakisaka
GP Phoenix GP Sydney GP Athens
 Date: 2–3 September 2006  Date: 7–8 October 2006  Date: 14–15 October 2006
 Format: Limited  Format: Limited  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 387  Attendance: 213  Attendance: 469
 1. Template:Flagicon BRA Carlos Romão  1. Template:Flagicon AUS James Zhang  1. Template:Flagicon DEU Sebastian Thaler
 2. Template:Flagicon USA Sean Inoue  2. Template:Flagicon AUS Anatoli Lightfoot  2. Template:Flagicon BEL Vincent Lemoine
 3. Template:Flagicon FRA Raphaël Lévy  3. Template:Flagicon JPN Tomoharu Saito  3. Template:Flagicon PRT Marcio Carvalho
 4. Template:Flagicon USA Sam Stein  4. Template:Flagicon AUS Jeremy Neeman  4. Template:Flagicon FRA Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
 5. Template:Flagicon BEL Geoffrey Siron  5. Template:Flagicon AUS Steven Aplin  5. Template:Flagicon DEU David Brucker
 6. Template:Flagicon USA Gadiel Szleifer  6. Template:Flagicon JPN Takuya Osawa  6. Template:Flagicon FRA Antoine Ruel
 7. Template:Flagicon PRT André Coimbra  7. Template:Flagicon JPN Shota Yasooka  7. Template:Flagicon GRC Evangelos Papatsarouchas
 8. Template:Flagicon JPN Shu Kumuro  8. Template:Flagicon AUS Hugh Glanville  8. Template:Flagicon DEU Aaron Brackmann

Pro Tour Kobe

Main article: Pro Tour Kobe 2006

20–22 October 2006 in Kobe, Japan.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Template:Flagicon DEU Jan-Moritz Merkel $40,000 25 Pro Tour debut
2 Template:Flagicon BRA Willy Edel $20,000 20 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 Template:Flagicon FRA Bastien Perez $15,000 16
4 Template:Flagicon FRA Thomas Didierjean $14,000 16 Pro Tour debut
5 Template:Flagicon JPN Kenji Tsumura $11,500 12 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6 Template:Flagicon NLD Bram Snepvangers $11,000 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
7 Template:Flagicon JPN Tomoharu Saito $10,500 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
8 Template:Flagicon JPN Takahiro Suzuki $10,000 12

Grand Prix (November 2006)

GP New Jersey GP Yamagata
 Date: 11–12 November 2006  Date: 18–19 November 2006
 Format: Limited  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 913  Attendance: 359
 1. Template:Flagicon CAN Guillaume Cardin  1. Template:Flagicon JPN Takihiro Suzuki
 2. Template:Flagicon CAN Rich Hoaen  2. Template:Flagicon JPN Takeshi Ozawa
 3. Template:Flagicon USA Tim Aten  3. Template:Flagicon NLD Jelger Wiegersma
 4. Template:Flagicon USA Jason Imperiale  4. Template:Flagicon JPN Katsuhiro Mori
 5. Template:Flagicon USA Gerry Thompson  5. Template:Flagicon CAN Rich Hoaen
 6. Template:Flagicon USA John Pelcak  6. Template:Flagicon FRA Antoine Ruel
 7. Template:Flagicon USA Andrew Stokinger  7. Template:Flagicon JPN Ryo Ogura
 8. Template:Flagicon JPN Shota Yasooka  8. Template:Flagicon JPN Yuu Murakami

2006 World Championships

29 November–3 December 2006 in Paris, France.

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Template:Flagicon JPN Makihito Mihara $50,000 25
2 Template:Flagicon JPN Ryo Ogura $25,000 20 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 Template:Flagicon WAL Nick Lovett $16,000 16 First Welshman in a Pro Tour Top 8, Pro Tour debut
4 Template:Flagicon FRA Gabriel Nassif $15,000 16 Seventh Pro Tour Top 8
5 Template:Flagicon PRT Paulo Carvalho $11,500 12 Pro Tour debut
6 Template:Flagicon BRA Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $11,000 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 Template:Flagicon PRT Tiago Chan $10,500 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 Template:Flagicon JPN Katsuhiro Mori $10,000 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8

Team competition

Place Country Player Prize Pro Points
1 Template:Flagicon NLD Netherlands Julien Nuijten $10,000 6
Kamiel Cornelissen $10,000 6
Robert van Medevoort $10,000 6
2 Template:Flagicon JPN Japan Hidenori Katayama $5,000 5
Katsuhiro Mori $5,000 5
Shouhei Yamamoto $5,000 5

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