1997 European League

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Doc Martens European League
Tournament information
Dates28 December 1996 – 18 May 1997 (1996-12-28 1997-05-18)
VenueDiamond Centre
City Irthlingborough
Country England
Organisation Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£60,000
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry
Score10–8
1996
1998

The 1997 Doc Martens European League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 28 December 1996 to 18 May 1997. All matches including the play-offs were played at the Diamond Centre at Irthlingborough. [1]

Contents

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 10–8 against Stephen Hendry. [2]

League phase

Ranking Flag of England.svg
EBD
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HEN
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DOH
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OSU
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DAV
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HIG
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PAR
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WHI
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
Pld-Pts
1 Peter Ebdon xx5 + 2x457528–204–1–16–9
2 Stephen Hendry xxx6 + 4724730–183–2–16–8
3 Ken Doherty 3 + 6xxx347629–193–1–26–7
4 Ronnie O'Sullivan x2 + 4xx744728–202–3–16–7
5 Steve Davis 4151x6 + 4xx21–272–2–26–6
6 John Higgins 36442 + 4xxx23–251–3–26–5
7 John Parrott 1414xxx7 + 421–271–3–26–5
8 Jimmy White 3121xx1 + 4x12–360–1–56–1

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]

Play-offs

17–18 May (Diamond Centre, Irthlingborough, England) [3]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
      
1 Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 2
4 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
4 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 8
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 6
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 3

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References

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  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. 1 2 Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 171.