1996 Poland Masters

Invitational snooker tournament

1996 Poland MastersTournament information

Dates| 28–31 May 1996 (1996-05-28 – 1996-05-31)
Venue| Atelier Snooker Club
City| Warsaw
Country| Poland
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Non-ranking event
Total prize fund| £15,000[1]
Winner's share| £4,000[1]
Highest break|  Billy Snaddon (SCO) (127)[1]
Final
Champion|  Gerard Greene (NIR)
Runner-up|  Patrick Wallace (NIR)
Score| 6–5

Snooker tournament

The 1996 Poland Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 28 and 31 May 1996 at the Atelier Snooker Club in Warsaw, Poland.[1][2] Gerard Greene won the tournament defeating Patrick Wallace 6–5 in the final.[3]

## Results

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### Group stage

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Players in bold progressed to knockout stage[3]

Group 1

| Played | Won | Lost

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Noppadon Noppachorn | 3 | 3 | 0
Nick Dyson | 3 | 2 | 1
Mark Davis | 3 | 1 | 2
Maksymillian Janicki | 3 | 0 | 3

Group 2

| Played | Won | Lost

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Shokat Ali | 3 | 3 | 0
Gerard Greene | 3 | 2 | 1
Risto Vayrynen | 3 | 1 | 2
Kuba Sawicki | 3 | 0 | 3

Group 3

| Played | Won | Lost

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Wayne Jones | 3 | 3 | 0
Patrick Wallace | 3 | 2 | 1
Ray Demanuele | 3 | 1 | 2
Thomasz Koscielak | 3 | 0 | 3

Group 4

| Played | Won | Lost

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Leigh Griffin | 2 | 2 | 0
Billy Snaddon | 2 | 1 | 1
Krzysztof Bogucki | 2 | 0 | 2

### Knockout stage

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| Quarter-final
Best of 7 frames | | | Semi-final
Best of 9 frames | | | Final
Best of 11 frames |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
|  Noppadon Noppachorn | 2 | | |
|  Gerard Greene | 4 |
| |  Gerard Greene | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Nick Dyson | 4 |
|  Shokat Ali | 2 |

|  Nick Dyson | 4 |
| |  Gerard Greene | 6 |
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| | |  Patrick Wallace | 5 |
|  Wayne Jones | 4 | |

|  Billy Snaddon | 3 |
| |  Wayne Jones | 4 |
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| | |  Patrick Wallace | 5 |
|  Leigh Griffin | 0 |

|  Patrick Wallace | 4 |

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Snooker's New Proving Grounds". The Warsaw Voice. 9 June 1996. Archived from the original on 9 January 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
2. ^ Yates, Phil (30 April 1996). "Karl snookered on dates". Birmingham Evening Mail. p. 40.
3. ^ a b c Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 169.

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