2006 Pro Tour Season | ||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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
3–5 March 2006 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
5–7 May 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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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 |
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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
16–18 June 2006 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Place | Team name | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
20–22 October 2006 in Kobe, Japan.
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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