1991 European Masters League Explained

Tournament Name:	European Masters League
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£40,000
Winners Share:	£15,000
Winner:	Steve Davis
Runner Up:	James Wattana

The 1991 European Masters League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 30 May and 28 June 1991.^[1] Held on just one occasion, four players participated and it was won by Steve Davis, who claimed the first title of the 1991-92 snooker season.^{[2] [3] [4]} __TOC__

League phase

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width=20	POS	width=165	Player	width=20	MP	width=20	MW	width=20	FW	width=20	FL	width=20	FD	width=20	PTS
Winner	Steve Davis	3	3	17	7	+10	3
	James Wattana	3	2	15	9	+6	2
3	Tony Drago	3	1	10	14	−4	1
4	Jimmy White	3	0	6	18	−12	0

• 30 May – Antwerp, Belgium^[6]
  • Steve Davis 5–3 James Wattana
• 2 June – Waldorf Hotel, London, England^[7]
  • James Wattana 7–1 Jimmy White
• 5 June – Berlin, Germany^[8]
  • James Wattana 5–3 Tony Drago
• 12 June – Antwerp, Belgium^[9]
  • Tony Drago 5–3 Jimmy White
• 14 June – Rotterdam, Netherlands^[10]
  • Steve Davis 6–2 Tony Drago
• 28 June – Hamburg, Germany^[11]
  • Steve Davis 6–2 Jimmy White

Notes and References

1. News: The Daily Telegraph. London . Sports round-up: Snooker . 30 May 1991 . 28.
2. Snooker Scene, July 1991, page 6
3. Web site: Other tournaments. bgsnooker.com. 22 January 2018. 22 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180122125614/http://bgsnooker.com/%d1%82%d1%83%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b8/%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d1%82%d1%83%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b8/premier-league/. dead.
4. News: Leicester Mercury . Leicester . Davis pockets Masters crown . 29 June 1991 . 56.
5. Book: Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. 160.
6. News: Euro win. Edinburgh Evening News. 19. 31 May 1991.
7. News: Whirlwind blown away. Edinburgh Evening News. 18. 3 June 1991.
8. News: Watta Hero. Liverpool Echo. 78. 6 June 1991.
9. News: Dragoo through. Birmingham Mail. 66. 13 June 1991.
10. News: European Masters League. Coventry Evening Telegraph. 19. 15 June 1991.
11. News: Davis in a hurry. Dundee Courier. 14. 29 June 1991.