1993 European Challenge

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1993 European Challenge

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1993|01|15|1993|01|16|df=y}}

|venue=

|location=Epernay

|country=France

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£52,000{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19930101/360/0035|url-access=subscription|title=Hendry hopes|date=1 January 1993|work=Sandwell Evening Mail|page=35}}

|winners_share=£20,000{{Cite news|title=Hendry holds on|work=The Times|date=18 January 1993|page=22|url=https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1993UKEnglish/Jan%2016%201993%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2364544%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n21/mode/2up}}

|highest_break=

|winner={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

|runner_up={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

|score=5–3

|previous=1992

|next=}}

The 1993 Canal Plus European Challenge was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held by the WPBSA, which took place between 15 and 16 January 1993 in Epernay, France.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19930101/360/0035|url-access=subscription|title=Hendry hopes|date=1 January 1993|work=Sandwell Evening Mail|page=35}}

Stephen Hendry won the tournament, beating Tony Drago 5–3 in the final.{{Cite news|title=Hendry holds on|work=The Times|date=18 January 1993|page=22|url=https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1993UKEnglish/Jan%2016%201993%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2364544%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n21/mode/2up}}

Main draw

{{cite web|title=1993 European Challenge Results Grid|url=https://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=760|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=28 September 2021|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924205932/https://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=760|url-status=dead}}

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1=Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames

| RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames

| RD3=Final
Best of 9 frames

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD1-score2=2

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD1-score3=4

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon

| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD1-score5=4

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD1-score6=1

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD1-score7=4

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|FRA}} Luc Allain

| RD1-score8=1

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| RD2-score1=4

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD2-score3=0

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD2-score4=4

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| RD3-score1=3

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD3-score2=5

}}

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