1997 European League

Doc Martens European League 1996 12 28 1997 05 18 y Diamond Centre Irthlingborough England Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £60,000 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan SCO Stephen Hendry 10–8 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.The 1996/97 Season http://www.snooker.org/trn/9697/#Pro snooker.org 18 January 2018 Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 10–8 against Stephen Hendry.Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/league.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216154905/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/league.html dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 18 January 2018 __TOC__ League phase Ranking ENG EBD SCO HEN IRL DOH ENG OSU ENG DAV SCO HIG ENG PAR ENG WHI FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts 1 Peter Ebdon x x 5 + 2 x 4 5 7 5 28–20 4–1–1 6–9 2 Stephen Hendry x x x 6 + 4 7 2 4 7 30–18 3–2–1 6–8 3 Ken Doherty 3 + 6 x x x 3 4 7 6 29–19 3–1–2 6–7 4 Ronnie O'Sullivan x 2 + 4 x x 7 4 4 7 28–20 2–3–1 6–7 5 Steve Davis 4 1 5 1 x 6 + 4 x x 21–27 2–2–2 6–6 6 John Higgins 3 6 4 4 2 + 4 x x x 23–25 1–3–2 6–5 7 John Parrott 1 4 1 4 x x x 7 + 4 21–27 1–3–2 6–5 8 Jimmy White 3 1 2 1 x x 1 + 4 x 12–36 0–1–5 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.Layton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 171 28 December Match Day 1 Ken Doherty 7–1 John Parrott Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–1 Steve Davis 29 December Match Day 2 Peter Ebdon 7–1 John Parrott Peter Ebdon 5–3 Ken Doherty Steve Davis 6–2 John Higgins 18 January Match Day 3 Stephen Hendry 6–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan John Parrott 7–1 Jimmy White John Higgins 6–2 Stephen Hendry 19 January Match Day 4 Ken Doherty 6–2 Jimmy White Peter Ebdon 5–3 Jimmy White Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–4 John Higgins Stephen Hendry 7–1 Steve Davis 12 April Match Day 5 John Higgins 4–4 Ken Doherty John Parrott 4–4 Stephen Hendry Steve Davis 4–4 Peter Ebdon 13 April Match Day 6 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–4 John Parrott Ken Doherty 6–2 Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry 7–1 Jimmy White 10 May Match Day 7 Peter Ebdon 5–3 John Higgins Steve Davis 5–3 Ken Doherty Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–1 Jimmy White 11 May Match Day 8 Steve Davis 4–4 John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–4 Stephen Hendry John Parrott 4–4 Jimmy White Play-offs 17–18 May (Diamond Centre, Irthlingborough, England) Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 19 frames 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 3 IRL Ken Doherty 3 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 10 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 8 References Category:Premier League Snooker Category:1997 in snooker Category:1997 in British sport