| Venue: | Diamond Centre |
| Location: | Irthlingborough |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | Matchroom Sport |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Winners Share: | £50,000 |
| Winner: |  Ken Doherty |
| Runner Up: | Steve Davis |
| Score: | 10–5 |
| Previous: | 1995 |
| Next: | 1997 |
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]
Ken Doherty won in the final 10–5 against Steve Davis.[2] __TOC__
| width=60 | Ranking | width=60 | EBD ! | width=60 | DOH ! | width=60 | HEN ! | width=60 | DAV ! | width=60 | OSU ! | width=60 | PAR ! | width=60 | WHI ! | width=60 | Frame W-L ! | width=60 | Match W-D-L ! | width=60 | 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.[3]
11–12 May (Diamond Centre, Irthlingborough, England)[3]