| Venue: | Diamond Centre |
| Location: | Irthlingborough |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | Matchroom Sport |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Winners Share: | £60,000 |
| Winner: | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner Up: | Stephen Hendry |
| Score: | 10–8 |
| Previous: | 1996 |
| Next: | 1998 |
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.[1]
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 10–8 against Stephen Hendry.[2] __TOC__
| width=60 | Ranking | width=60 | EBD ! | width=60 | HEN ! | width=60 |  DOH ! | width=60 | OSU ! | width=60 | DAV ! | width=60 | HIG ! | 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 | 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.[3]
17–18 May (Diamond Centre, Irthlingborough, England)[3]