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1991 Matchroom League
The 1991 Trust House Forte Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from the 1st of February to the 31st of May 1991. Stephen Hendry topped the table and won the tournament for the first time ending Steve Davis Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a Sports commentator, commentator, DJ, electronic musician and author. He dominated professional snooker in the 1980s, when he reached eight ... who had won all previous titles since the League began in 1987. __TOC__ League phase If points were level then match wins, followed by 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. * 1 February – Castle Leisure Centre, Bury ** Tony Meo 5–3 Doug Mountjoy ** Steve Davis 7–1 Dennis Taylor * 2 February – Gate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier League Snooker
The Premier League Snooker was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament. It was held from 1987 until 2012. The tournament was played in a round-robin format over a number of weeks, normally from mid-September to early December, around the other World Snooker events in various locations. History The event started in 1987 as the Matchroom League. The inaugural event was won by Steve Davis, who retained the title in the following three years. The matches were of eight frames and all frames were played out. Three points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The winner of the tournament was the player, who finished top of the league. In 1990 there was also a tournament in Europe, called International League. There had also been an earlier attempt to run a league-style format in snooker in 1984, which was called the Professional Snooker League. However it was beset by financial problems and was withdrawn after one season. In 1992 a play-off system was added. The top f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |