| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 23–30 October 2016 (2016-10-23 – 2016-10-30) |
| Venue | Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre |
| City | Daqing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £657,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break |  John Higgins (SCO) (145) Xu Si (CHN) (145) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| Score | 10–1 |
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The 2016 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 30 October 2016 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China.[1] It was the eighth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[2]
John Higgins was the defending champion but he lost 2–6 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals.[3]
Mark Selby won his 9th ranking title by beating Ding Junhui 10–1 in the final.[4] This match was a repeat of the 2016 World Championship final, in which Selby beat Ding by the 18–14 scoreline, and also the second consecutive ranking event final in China to feature both players, previous one, at the Shanghai Masters, being won 10–6 by Ding.[5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Daqing on 23 October 2016.[7][8][9][10]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Ian Burns (ENG) | 3–6 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) |
| WC2 | Wang Yuchen (CHN) | 5–6 | Xu Si (CHN) |
| WC3 | Ross Muir (SCO) | 3–6 | Zhang Jiankang (CHN) |
| WC4 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 3–6 | Chen Zifan (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Peggy Li. Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 30 October 2016.[7][9][10] | ||
| Ding Junhui China |
1–10 | Mark Selby England |
| Afternoon: 5–94 (87), 0–83 (83), 54–62, 70–58, 16–79 (67), 5–68, 29–71 (66), 7–82, 1–69 (50) Evening: 54–62 (62), 0–78 (78) | ||
| 47 | Highest break | 87 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 29 September and 1 October 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. Matches involved John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo and Mark Selby, were played on 23 October 2016 in China. All matches were best of 11 frames.[11][12][9]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- "International Championship 2016". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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- "John Higgins beats Dave Gilbert to win International Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- "Selby Crushes Ding in Daqing". World Snooker. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "Selby wins International Championship". BBC Sport.
- "Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- "International Championship Final Stages Format" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "International Championship Final Stages Draw" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "International Championship Results". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "International Championship Matches". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "International Championship Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- "European Masters and International Championship Qualifiers Format" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- "International Championship Final Stages Century Breaks". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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