2023 International Championship

The 2023 International Championship (officially the 2023 Du Xiaoman International Championship) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that is scheduled to take place from 5 to 12 November 2023 at the Tianjin People's Stadium in Tianjin, China.[1][2] It is the ninth iteration of the International Championship first held in 2012.

2023 Du Xiaoman
International Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–12 November 2023 (2023-11-05 – 2023-11-12)
VenueTianjin People's Stadium
CityTianjin
CountryChina
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£825,000
Winner's share£175,000
Highest break Ryan Day (WAL) (147)
Defending champion Judd Trump (ENG)
← 2019

Judd Trump is the defending champion, after defeating Shaun Murphy 10–3 in the previous final.

Tournament format

The event is the ninth iteration of the International Championship, having been first held in 2012. The event will take place from 5–12 November 2023 in Tianjin, China.

Qualifying for the event was held from 18 to 23 September 2023 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.[3] Matches are best-of-11 frames until the semi-finals, which are best-of-17 frames, and the final will be a best-of-19 frames match.[4][5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £175,000
  • Runner-up: £75,000
  • Semi-final: £33,000
  • Quarter-final: £22,000
  • Last 16: £14,000
  • Last 32: £9,000
  • Last 64: £5,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £825,000

Summary

Qualifying round

Ryan Day made his fourth professional maximum break in his qualifying match against Mink Nutcharut, which Day won 6–1.[6][7]

The 12th seed, Robert Milkins was beaten 4–6 by Marco Fu,[8] and the 24th seed, Joe Perry was beaten 3–6 by Dylan Emery.[9]

Main draw

Superscripted numbers in parentheses are the top 32 players' seedings, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[10]

Top half
 
Last 64
Best of 11 frames		Last 32
Best of 11 frames		Last 16
Best of 11 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Judd Trump (ENG)(1)
OR
Wildcard player
 
 
 
 Michael White (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stephen Maguire (SCO)(32)
 
 
 
 Joe O'Connor (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ryan Day (WAL)(16)
 
 
 
 Jackson Page (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN)(17)
 
 
 
 Ross Muir (SCO)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ben Woollaston (ENG)
OR
 Wang Xinbo (CHN)
 
 
 
 Dylan Emery (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 David Grace (ENG)
 
 
 
 John Higgins (SCO)(9)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jordan Brown (ENG)
 
 
 
 David Gilbert (ENG)(25)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Elliot Slessor (ENG)
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson (ENG)(8)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mark Selby (ENG)(5)
 
 
 
 Stuart Carrington (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)(28)
 
 
 
 Xiao Guodong (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Marco Fu (HKG)
 
 
 
 Sanderson Lam (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tom Ford (ENG)(21)
 
 
 
 Cao Yupeng (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jamie Jones (WAL)
 
 
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG)(20)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tian Pengfei (CHN)
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG)(13)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt (ENG)(29)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Oliver Lines (ENG)
 
 
 Mark Allen (NIR)(4)
 

Bottom half
 
Last 64
Best of 11 frames		Last 32
Best of 11 frames		Last 16
Best of 11 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)(3)
OR
 Ken Doherty (IRL)
 
 
 
 Mark Joyce (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Si Jiahui (CHN)(30)
 
 
 
 Jak Jones (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jack Lisowski (ENG)(14)
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson (SCO)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anthony McGill (SCO)(19)
 
 
 
 Sam Craigie (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham (ENG)(22)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Astley (ENG)
 
 
 
 Ali Carter (ENG)(11)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
OR
 Bai Yulu (CHN)
 
 
 
 Zhou Yuelong (CHN)(27)
OR
 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Daniel Wells (WAL)
 
 
 
 Neil Robertson (AUS)(6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG)(7)
 
 
 
 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chris Wakelin (ENG)(26)
 
 
 
 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mark Williams (WAL)(10)
 
 
 
 Zhang Anda (CHN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Noppon Saengkham (THA)(23)
 
 
 
 Liam Pullen (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Robbie Williams (ENG)
 
 
 
 Gary Wilson (ENG)(18)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Long Zehuang (CHN)
 
 
 
 Ding Junhui (CHN)(15)
OR
 Ian Burns (ENG)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pang Junxu (CHN)
 
 
 
 Fan Zhengyi (CHN)(31)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mark Davis (ENG)
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL)(2)
OR
 Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA)
 

Qualifying

Matches were played between 18 and 23 September 2023 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.[3] Superscripted numbers in parentheses are the top 32 players' seedings, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[4][5]

Tianjin

Qualifying matches featuring the defending champion (Judd Trump), the top two players in the world rankings (Ronnie O'Sullivan and Luca Brecel), the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhou Yuelong), and four Chinese wildcards (Gong Chenzhi, Bai Yulu, Wang Xinbo, and Wang Xinzhong) will be held over and played in Tianjin.[11] Results of the held over matches to be played in Tianjin on 4 November are as follows:[5]

  •  Judd Trump (ENG)(1) v  Gong Chenzhi (CHN) OR  Wang Xinzhong (CHN)

Sheffield

The results of the qualifying matches played in Sheffield were as follows:[5][12]

18 September

19 September

20 September

21 September

22 September

23 September

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 43 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament.

Notes
  1. In the qualifying match between Barry Hawkins and Andrew Pagett Pagett lost the fifth frame on the three-miss-rule.[5][13]
  2. In the qualifying match between Liam Pullen and Graeme Dott, Dott lost the first frame on the three-miss-rule.[5][14]

References
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  3. "Fans can watch snooker greats at Sheffield qualifiers". World Snooker Tour. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. "International Championship draw". World Snooker Tour. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. "International Championship Qualifiers". snooker.org. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  6. "Ryan Day v Mink Nutcharut". World Snooker Tour. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. "Day makes Sheffield maximum". World Snooker Tour. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. "Higgins hammers Phetmalaikul". World Snooker Tour. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  9. "Ford edges Moody in late night battle". World Snooker Tour. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. "International Championship (2023) brackets". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  11. "International Championship Updated Draw - World Snooker". World Snooker Tour. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  12. "Top seeds secure Tianjin spots". World Snooker Tour. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  13. "Hawkins scores whitewash to earn Tianjin place". World Snooker Tour. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  14. "Two ton Pullen ditches Dott". World Snooker Tour. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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