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.^[1]

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Doc Martens European League

Tournament information
Dates	27 December 1995 – 12 May 1996 (1995-12-27 – 1996-05-12)
Venue	Diamond Centre
City	Irthlingborough
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£50,000
Final
Champion	Ken Doherty
Runner-up	Steve Davis
Score	10–5
← 1995 1997 →

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Ken Doherty won in the final 10–5 against Steve Davis.^[2]

More information Ranking, EBD ...

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

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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]

• 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

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