1996/97 snooker season
1996/97 snooker season![]() |
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Beginning of the season | September 9, 1996 |
End of season | May 5, 1997 |
Ranked tournaments | 10 |
Invitation tournaments | 7th |
number of players | 489 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship |
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Masters |
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World Champion |
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World ranking | |
Ranking first |
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In the 1996/1997 snooker season , 17 professional snooker tournaments were held: ten world ranking tournaments and seven invitation tournaments.
A snooker season began in Asia for the first time, this time on September 9, 1996 with the Asian Classic , as the Thailand Classic of the previous year was now called. In addition, attempts were made to revive the World Cup as a team tournament after a six-year break. But it was the last time that this tournament took place.
The season ended with the World Cup final on May 5, 1997, which Ken Doherty won for the first time ever an Irishman. He ended the series of Stephen Hendry , who had won the five world titles before. The Scottish world number one was by far the most successful player of the season with five titles and two other finals.
Season results
The following table shows the seasonal results.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | Final opponent | Result |
September 9 to September 15, 1996 |
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Bangkok | World ranking tournament |
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9: 8 |
September 24th to September 29th, 1996 |
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Motherwell | Invitation tournament |
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9: 6 |
October 5 to October 14, 1996 |
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Edinburgh | Invitation tournament |
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9: 6 |
October 8 to October 13, 1996 |
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Marsascala | Invitation tournament |
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7: 3 |
October 16 to October 27, 1996 |
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Bournemouth | World ranking tournament |
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9: 5 |
October 29 to November 10, 1996 |
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Bangkok | Invitation tournament |
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10: 7 |
November 1996 |
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Liverpool | Non-ranking tournament |
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5: 2 |
November 15 to December 1, 1996 |
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Preston | World ranking tournament |
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10: 9 |
December 9 to December 15, 1996 |
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Osnabrück | World ranking tournament |
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9: 7 |
January 2 to January 5, 1997 |
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Birmingham | Invitation tournament |
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9: 8 |
January 24th to February 1st, 1997 |
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Newport | World ranking tournament |
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9: 2 |
February 2 to February 9, 1997 |
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Wembley | Invitation tournament |
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10: 8 |
February 13 to February 22, 1997 |
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Aberdeen | World ranking tournament |
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9: 1 |
February 23 to March 2, 1997 |
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Valletta | World ranking tournament |
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9: 5 |
March 10 to March 16, 1997 |
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Bangkok | World ranking tournament |
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9: 6 |
March 18 to March 23, 1997 |
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Dublin | Invitation tournament |
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9: 8 |
March 27 to April 5, 1997 |
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Plymouth | World ranking tournament |
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9: 2 |
April 19 to May 5, 1997 |
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Sheffield | World ranking tournament |
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18:12 |
World ranking
The snooker world ranking is only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best players in the world rankings for the 1996/97 season; is based on the results of the seasons 94/95 and 95/96 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.
Place 1 - 8 | Place 9 - 16 | 17th - 24th place | Place 25 - 32 | ||||
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1 |
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9 |
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17th |
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25th |
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2 |
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10 |
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18th |
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26th |
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3 |
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11 |
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19th |
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27 |
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4th |
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12 |
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20th |
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28 |
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5 |
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13 |
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21st |
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29 |
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6th |
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14th |
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22nd |
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30th |
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7th |
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15th |
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23 |
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31 |
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8th |
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16 |
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24 |
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32 |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The 1996/97 Season. In: snooker.org. Accessed March 23, 2016 .
- ↑ World Rankings 1996/97. In: snooker.org. Accessed March 23, 2016 .