1997 Charity Challenge
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=1997 Charity Challenge
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1997|01|2|1997|01|5|df=y}}
|venue=International Convention Centre
|location=Birmingham
|country=England
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Non-ranking event
|Total prize fund=
|winners_share=£30,000
|highest_break={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry (147)
|winner={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
|score=9–8
|previous=1996
|next=1998
}}
The 1997 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge was the third edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place in January 1997. The tournament was played at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, and featured twelve professional players.{{cite web|title=Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/champcup.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107151205/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/champcup.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=15 January 2018}}
Stephen Hendry won the title, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final. Hendry had led 8–2, O'Sullivan won 6 frames in a row to level at 8–8, before Hendry made a 147 Maximum break in the deciding frame.{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=170}}
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Main draw
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
|RD1=Round 1
Best of 9 Frames
|RD2=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 Frames
|RD3=Semi-finals
Best of 11 Frames
|RD4=Final
Best of 17 Frames
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
| RD1-score03=5
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|CAN}} Alain Robidoux
| RD1-score04=2
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD1-score07=5
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan
| RD1-score08=1
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD1-score11=5
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD1-score12=2
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD1-score15=5
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD1-score16=4
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD2-score01=5
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
| RD2-score02=3
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD2-score03=4
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD2-score04=5
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD2-score05=5
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD2-score06=4
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD2-score07=5
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD2-score08=2
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01= {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD3-score01= 6
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02= {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD3-score02= 5
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03= {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD3-score03= 6
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04= {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD3-score04= 1
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01= {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD4-score01=9
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02= {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD4-score02=8
}}
Final
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. International Convention Centre, Birmingham, England, 5 January 1997. |
| width="230" align="right" | Stephen Hendry {{SCO}} | width="100" align="center" | 9–8 | width="230" | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 110–25 (110), 59–31, 129–0 (129), 67–46, 10–107 (100), 129–9, 136–0 (136), 23–66 Evening: 82–1, 88–0, 20–106, 1–137 (137), 16–124 (124), 37–91, 9–87, 0–72, 147–0 (147) |
| align="right" | 147
| align="center" | Highest break | 137 |
| align="right" | 4
| align="center" | Century breaks | 3 |
| align="right" | 4
| align="center" | 50+ breaks | 3 |