1996 European League

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

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