The 1996 Doc Martens European League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 27 December 1995 to 12 May 1996. All matches including the play-offs were played at the Diamond Centre at Irthlingborough.
Ken Doherty won in the final 10–5 against Steve Davis. __TOC__
League phase
Ranking EBD DOH HEN DAV OSU PAR WHI FrameW-L MatchW-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.
27 December Match Day 1 Peter Ebdon 8–0 Ken Doherty Steve Davis 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 28 December Match Day 2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Peter Ebdon Ken Doherty 5–3 Steve Davis Jimmy White 4–4 John Parrott 13 January Match Day 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Stephen Hendry Steve Davis 6–2 Jimmy White 14 January Match Day 4 John Parrott 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ken Doherty 4–4 Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon 7–1 Jimmy White 20 January Match Day 5 Jimmy White 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 4–4 John Parrott 21 January Match Day 6 John Parrott 5–3 Ken Doherty Peter Ebdon 5–3 Steve Davis Jimmy White 4–4 Stephen Hendry 13 April Match Day 7 Ken Doherty 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Steve Davis 4–4 John Parrott Stephen Hendry 5–3 Peter Ebdon 14 April Match Day 8 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)
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