1996 European League

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]

Doc Martens European League

Tournament information
Dates	28 December 1995–12 May 1996
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£50,000
Final
Champion	Ken Doherty
Runner-up	Steve Davis
Score	10–5
← 1995 1997 →

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]

Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Peter Ebdon Ken Doherty 5–3 Steve Davis Jimmy White 4–4 John Parrott Peter Ebdon 8–0 Ken Doherty Steve Davis 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ken Doherty 4–4 Stephen Hendry Steve Davis 6–2 Jimmy White

Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Stephen Hendry John Parrott 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan Peter Ebdon 7–1 Jimmy White Stephen Hendry 4–4 John Parrott Peter Ebdon 5–3 Steve Davis John Parrott 5–3 Ken Doherty Jimmy White 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Jimmy White 4–4 Stephen Hendry Ken Doherty 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 5–3 Peter Ebdon Steve Davis 4–4 John Parrott Peter Ebdon 5–3 John Parrott Ken Doherty 5–3 Jimmy White Stephen Hendry 5–3 Steve Davis

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

1. "Dr Martens European League". Retrieved 18 January 2018.
2. "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
3. Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 169.