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The 1996 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April–6 May 1996 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Stephen Hendry won in the final 18–12 against Peter Ebdon. ==Tournament summary== * In the first round between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Alain Robidoux, Robidoux accused O'Sullivan of not showing him due respect by playing left-handed for almost a , and refused to shake hands with him when the match ended. O'Sullivan reacted to this by claiming that "I'm better with my left hand than he was with his right".〔 O'Sullivan was summoned to a disciplinary hearing in response to Robidoux's formal complaint, where he had to prove that he could play to a high level with his left hand. He played three frames of snooker against former World Championship runner-up Rex Williams, winning all three. The charge of bringing the game into disrepute was subsequently dropped. * O'Sullivan also received a two-year suspended ban, plus a £20,000 fine and another £10,000 to be given to charity, for an alleged assault on an official. * Terry Griffiths won his first round match for the 14th time in a row since 1983.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=53&tourns=WC&plStat=2#PlayerResults )〕 As of 2015, this run of successive first round victories is still a record. In the second round, Griffiths lost 13–8 against Steve Davis, his seventh loss in seven matches against Davis at the Crucible *O'Sullivan's 13–4 victory over Tony Drago in the second round set the record for the fastest best-of-25-frames match in a professional tournament at just 167 minutes and 33 seconds. *The final is the only time in Crucible history that the world champion did not take the final shot of the championship. Needing snookers, Ebdon missed a shot, leaving Hendry a simple pot and decided to concede the match. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1996 World Snooker Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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