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.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 10–8 against Stephen Hendry. __TOC__
League phase
Ranking EBD HEN DOH OSU DAV HIG PAR 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.
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)
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