1996 European League
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 December 1995–12 May 1996 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ken Doherty |
| Runner-up |  Steve Davis |
| Score | 10–5 |
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The 1996 Doc Martens European League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 28 December 1995 to 12 May 1996.[1]
Ken Doherty won in the final 10–5 against Steve Davis.[2]
League phase
| Ranking | EBD |
DOH |
 HEN |
DAV |
OSU |
PAR |
WHI |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Ebdon | x | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 30–18 | 4–0–2 | 6–4 |
| 2 | Ken Doherty | 0 | x | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22–26 | 3–1–2 | 6–3 |
| 3 | Stephen Hendry | 5 | 4 | x | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 25–23 | 2–3–1 | 6–2 |
| 4 | Steve Davis | 3 | 3 | 3 | x | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24–24 | 2–1–3 | 6–2 |
| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | x | 4 | 3 | 24–24 | 2–1–3 | 6–2 |
| 6 | John Parrott | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | x | 4 | 24–24 | 1–4–1 | 6–1 |
| 7 | Jimmy White | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | x | 19–29 | 1–2–3 | 6–1 |
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.[3]
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Play-offs
11–12 May (Diamond Centre, Irthlingborough, England)[3]
| Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | Peter Ebdon
| 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Steve Davis
| 6 | |||||||
| 4 | Steve Davis
| 5 | |||||||
| 2 | Ken Doherty
| 10 | |||||||
| 2 | Ken Doherty
| 6 | |||||||
| 3 | Stephen Hendry
| 0 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Dr Martens European League". Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ a b Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 169.