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. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
John Higgins was the defending champion but he lost 2–6 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals.
Mark Selby won his 9th ranking title by beating Ding Junhui 10–1 in the final. 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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £65,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £17,500 Last 16: £12,000 Last 32: £7,000 Last 64: £4,000
Televised highest break: £1,000 Total: £657,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.
Wildcard round These matches were played in Daqing on 23 October 2016.
Match Score WC1 3–6 WC2 5–6 WC3 3–6 WC4 3–6
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Peggy Li.Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 30 October 2016. Ding Junhui 1–10 Mark Selby Afternoon: 5–94 (87), , , , , , , , Evening: 54–62 (62), 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.
John Higgins 6–0 Sydney Wilson Nigel Bond 3–6 Eden Sharav Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–6 Jak Jones Jimmy Robertson 6–0 Bradley Jones Martin Gould 6–2 Scott Donaldson Mark Joyce 6–1 Darryl Hill Anthony McGill 6–3 Rory Thor Zhou Yuelong 6–3 Steven Hallworth Matthew Stevens 6–3 Adam Duffy Alan McManus 4–6 Chris Wakelin David Grace 6–1 Rhys Clark Ding Junhui 6–5 Mitchell Mann Fergal O'Brien 6–3 Fraser Patrick Graeme Dott 6–1 David John Ken Doherty 6–2 Allan Taylor Ricky Walden 6–4 Ashley Hugill Judd Trump 6–2 Hossein Vafaei Ian Burns 6–2 Lü Chenwei Ben Woollaston 4–6 Zhao Xintong Tom Ford 6–3 Brandon Sargeant Mark Williams 6–2 Alex Borg Rory McLeod 1–6 Wang Yuchen David Gilbert 6–0 Gareth Allen Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–6 James Wattana Sam Baird 6–3 Michael Georgiou Michael White 6–4 Zhang Yong Joe Swail 4–6 Sunny Akani Marco Fu 6–1 Andy Hicks Mike Dunn 6–2 Jason Weston Mark Davis 2–6 Yan Bingtao Robin Hull 6–3 Daniel Womersley Shaun Murphy 6–2 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
Stuart Bingham 6–2 Peter Lines Yu Delu 1–6 Ross Muir Luca Brecel 6–2 Fang Xiongman Dominic Dale 6–5 Boonyarit Keattikun Ali Carter 6–4 Chen Zhe Robbie Williams 6–5 Zhang Anda Stephen Maguire 6–2 Michael Wild Rod Lawler 6–0 David Lilley Kurt Maflin 6–2 Sanderson Lam Matthew Selt 6–1 Hamza Akbar Xiao Guodong 6–4 Hammad Miah Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–4 James Cahill Jamie Jones 6–4 Cao Yupeng Michael Holt 6–1 Elliot Slessor Stuart Carrington 6–0 Kurt Dunham Mark Allen 5–6 Daniel Wells Neil Robertson 6–5 Sam Craigie Oliver Lines 6–4 Liam Highfield Robert Milkins 5–6 Anthony Hamilton Gary Wilson 6–3 Craig Steadman Joe Perry 6–1 Christopher Keogan Andrew Higginson 6–3 Jimmy White Ryan Day 6–0 Louis Heathcote Jack Lisowski 4–6 Aditya Mehta Tian Pengfei 6–0 Noppon Saengkham Liang Wenbo 6–5 Mei Xiwen Li Hang 6–5 Sean O'Sullivan Barry Hawkins 4–6 Lee Walker Mark King 6–3 Jamie Cope Peter Ebdon 3–6 John Astley Alfie Burden 6–2 Duane Jones Mark Selby 6–4 Paul Davison
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
138 Ken Doherty 136 Jack Lisowski 135 Anthony McGill 134 Robin Hull 130 Shaun Murphy 130 Chen Zhe 128, 122, 107 Ali Carter 128, 121 Jak Jones 127, 100 Judd Trump 126 Mark Williams 118 Tom Ford
109 Martin Gould 108 Jimmy Robertson 106, 105 Stephen Maguire 105 Ryan Day 104 Hossein Vafaei 102 Mark Davis 102 David Grace 100 Stuart Carrington 100 Michael White 100 Ben Woollaston
Televised stage centuries
145 John Higgins 145 Xu Si 139, 136 Li Hang 137, 136, 101 Joe Perry 137, 133, 125, 120, 119, 108, 102, 102, 100 Judd Trump 137, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 137 Mark Joyce 135, 129, 104, 101 Liang Wenbo 134, 130, 125, 121, 116, 104, 102 Ding Junhui 134, 111 John Astley 133 Ken Doherty 132, 127, 125, 122, 103, 100 Mark Selby 132, 104 Stephen Maguire 132 Tom Ford 131, 127, 125, 101 Stuart Bingham 130, 124, 106 Ricky Walden
127, 101 Michael Holt 124, 115 Kurt Maflin 123, 107 Neil Robertson 120 Eden Sharav 114 Jak Jones 114 Mark Williams 113 Dominic Dale 112 Wang Yuchen 110 Sunny Akani 106, 102 Sam Baird 106, 102 Zhou Yuelong 105, 104 Aditya Mehta 102 David Grace 102 Marco Fu 101 Ross Muir 101 Shaun Murphy
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