The 2017 International Championship (officially the 2017 OPPO International Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 29 October to 5 November 2017 in Daqing, China. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 26 and 30 September 2017 in Preston.
Mark Selby was the defending champion, having beaten Ding Junhui 10–1 in the 2016 final. Selby retained his title by beating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final of this year's edition.
Kyren Wilson made the 133rd official maximum break in the 10th frame of his last 32 match against Martin Gould. It was Wilson's first professional maximum break.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £75,000 Semi-final: £32,000 Quarter-final: £21,500 Last 16: £13,500 Last 32: £8,500 Last 64: £4,000
Televised highest break: £3,000 Total: £750,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000
Main draw
Notes
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 5 November 2017. Mark Selby 10–7 Mark Allen Afternoon: 72–3 (67), , , , , , , , Evening: 76–0, 83–0 (62), , , , , , 90 Highest break 137 0 Century breaks 2 8 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying These matches were held between 26 September and 29 September 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. Matches involving top players Mark Selby, John Higgins, Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo were held-over to the main venue, as well as matches involving Chinese players who participated in 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games: Zhou Yuelong, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Lyu Haotian. These were played on 29 October 2017 in China. All matches were best of 11 frames.
Mark Selby 6–1 Ashley Hugill Chris Wakelin 2–6 Cao Yupeng Tom Ford 6–5 Scott Donaldson Mark Davis 4–6 Ian Preece Ryan Day 6–1 Chen Zifan Kurt Maflin 6–2 Joe Swail Mark Williams 6–1 Boonyarit Keattikun Yu Delu 6–2 Lyu Haotian Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–6 Sam Craigie Joe Perry 6–3 Paul Davison Robbie Williams 6–5 Zhang Anda Stuart Bingham 6–1 Sean O'Sullivan Matthew Selt 6–5 Alexander Ursenbacher Michael Holt 6–1 Leo Fernandez Gary Wilson 6–3 Thor Chuan Leong Neil Robertson 6–2 Craig Steadman Shaun Murphy 6–0 Matthew Bolton Alfie Burden 1–6 Mei Xiwen Alan McManus 6–2 Rod Lawler Fergal O'Brien 5–6 Zhang Yong Ali Carter 6–0 Jamie Curtis-Barrett Andrew Higginson 6–2 Josh Boileau Stephen Maguire 6–3 Alex Borg Jamie Jones 3–6 John Astley David Grace 6–2 Xu Si Martin Gould 6–4 Mitchell Mann Tian Pengfei 6–3 James Wattana Kyren Wilson 6–2 Rhys Clark Robert Milkins 6–4 Yuan Sijun Graeme Dott 6–2 Nigel Bond Oliver Lines 6–1 Hamza Akbar Ding Junhui 6–3 Chen Zhe
Judd Trump 6–0 Chris Totten Daniel Wells 4–6 Ian Burns Zhou Yuelong 2–6 Robin Hull Jimmy Robertson 6–3 Michael Georgiou Liang Wenbo 6–2 Adam Duffy Stuart Carrington 5–6 Lee Walker David Gilbert 6–1 Liam Highfield Li Hang 6–5 Soheil Vahedi Rory McLeod 6–4 Ross Muir Mark King 6–4 Christopher Keogan Matthew Stevens 2–6 Zhao Xintong Mark Allen 6–3 Peter Lines Mike Dunn 0–6 Martin O'Donnell Anthony Hamilton Sanderson Lam Hossein Vafaei 6–4 Duane Jones Marco Fu 4–6 Sunny Akani Barry Hawkins 6–3 Hammad Miah Jack Lisowski 6–2 Lukas Kleckers Michael White 3–6 Eden Sharav Xiao Guodong 6–1 Jimmy White Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Gerard Greene Yan Bingtao 6–5 Wang Yuchen Ricky Walden 6–5 Billy Joe Castle Peter Ebdon 6–4 Fang Xiongman Mark Joyce 6–4 Kurt Dunham Anthony McGill 6–3 Aditya Mehta Sam Baird 4–6 Li Yuan Luca Brecel 6–0 Allan Taylor Dominic Dale 6–2 Jackson Page Ben Woollaston 6–2 Jak Jones Noppon Saengkham 4–6 Niu Zhuang John Higgins 6–1 Elliot Slessor
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 39
134 James Wattana 133 Xiao Guodong 133 Anthony McGill 129, 116, 111 Stephen Maguire 129 Mark Williams 128 Gary Wilson 127, 108 Barry Hawkins 127 Tian Pengfei 126 Marco Fu 126 Kyren Wilson 124 Chris Wakelin 122 Zhang Yong 121 Neil Robertson 120 Tom Ford 118 Stuart Bingham 117 Alfie Burden 117 Kurt Maflin 115 Noppon Saengkham
113 Scott Donaldson 112 Ronnie O'Sullivan 110 Martin O'Donnell 109 Judd Trump 108 Thor Chuan Leong 108 Robert Milkins 108 Mark Allen 107 Zhang Anda 106 Jamie Jones 105 Soheil Vahedi 104 Shaun Murphy 104 Jimmy Robertson 103 Matthew Selt 102 Cao Yupeng 101 Michael White 100 Martin Gould 100 David Grace 100 Ben Woollaston
Televised stage centuries
Total: 75
147, 127, 101 Kyren Wilson 141, 111 Jimmy Robertson 138, 123 Shaun Murphy 137, 131, 117, 114, 110, 105, 102, 100 Mark Allen 136, 136, 131, 128, 106 Ali Carter 135, 127, 127, 118, 115, 110, 109, 105 Judd Trump 133, 122, 114 Kurt Maflin 131 Robin Hull 129, 122, 121, 117, 104, 101 Neil Robertson 129, 127, 119, 115, 108, 102 Mark Selby 129 Peter Ebdon 128, 105, 104 Martin Gould 127 Zhao Xintong 126, 103 Xiao Guodong
125, 112 Luca Brecel 123, 103, 100 Yan Bingtao 121, 101 Mark Williams 118, 109, 103, 100 Martin O'Donnell 118, 104 Liang Wenbo 118 Ryan Day 116, 114, 102 Jack Lisowski 115 Matthew Selt 114, 113 John Higgins 111 Ronnie O'Sullivan 106 Robbie Williams 101 Sanderson Lam 100 Ricky Walden
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