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1993 European Challenge
Tournament information
DatesAugust 1993
CityEpernay
CountryFrance
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£50,000
Winner's share£20,000[1]
Final
ChampionScotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-upMalta Tony Drago
Score5–3
1992

The 1993 Canal Plus European Challenge was a non-ranking invitational snooker tournament held by the WPBSA, which took place in August 1993. The tournament was played in Epernay, France, and featured seven professional players alongside a French amateur, Luc Allain.

Stephen Hendry won the tournament, beating Tony Drago 5–3 in the final.[2] Allain, making his first appearance in a WPBSA-held tournament, lost his first-round match 1–4 to Hendry.

Main draw

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
Malta Tony Drago 4
England Jimmy White 2 Malta Tony Drago 4
Scotland Alan McManus 4 Scotland Alan McManus 1
England Peter Ebdon 3 Malta Tony Drago 3
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
England Willie Thorne 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0
Scotland Stephen Hendry 4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 4
France Luc Allain 1

References