International Championship

The International Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. The reigning champion is Judd Trump.

International Championship
Tournament information
LocationDaqing
CountryChina
Established2012
Organisation(s)World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£625,000[1]
Current champion(s) Judd Trump

History

The event was introduced in the 2012/2013 season and was the fifth ranking event held in China.[2] It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", because the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship.[3] With the change in the rankings system from points to prize money, the International Championship has the third highest prize fund and winner's cheque of any ranking event on the snooker calendar, behind the World and UK Championships, and the highest outside of the United Kingdom.[4][5] The 2012 edition ran from 28 October to 4 November in Chengdu, China, and it was won by Judd Trump, who defeated Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.[6]

Winners
Year Winner Runner-up Final score[7] City Season
2012[6] Judd Trump Neil Robertson 10–8 Chengdu 2012/13
2013[8] Ding Junhui Marco Fu 10–9 2013/14
2014[9] Ricky Walden Mark Allen 10–7 2014/15
2015[10] John Higgins David Gilbert 10–5 Daqing 2015/16
2016[11] Mark Selby Ding Junhui 10–1 2016/17
2017[12] Mark Selby Mark Allen 10–7 2017/18
2018[13] Mark Allen Neil Robertson 10–5 2018/19
2019[14] Judd Trump Shaun Murphy 10–3 2019/20

References
  1. "International Championship - Alle Infos zum Turnier" (in German). Yahoo Eurosport. 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. "Top prize of £125,000 on offer as China agrees to hold new snooker tournament". London: Mail Online. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. "China to host first overseas 'major'". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/international-championship-2015/
  5. "New Ranking Event In China". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  6. "International Championship (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  7. "Hall of Fame (International Championship)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  8. "International Championship (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  9. "International Championship (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  10. "International Championship (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  11. "International Championship (2016)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  12. "International Championship (2017)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  13. "International Championship (2018)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  14. "International Championship (2019)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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