International Championship

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

International Championship
Tournament information
VenueTianjin People's Stadium
LocationTianjin
CountryChina
Established2012
Organisation(s)World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£802,000[1]
Current champion Judd Trump (ENG)

History

The event was introduced in the 2012/2013 season. It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", because the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship.[2] With the change in the rankings system from points to prize money, the International Championship had 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, until 2018 when the China Open had its winner's cheque raised to £225,000.[3][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 (ENG)  Neil Robertson (AUS) 10–8 Chengdu 2012/13
2013[8]  Ding Junhui (CHN)  Marco Fu (HKG) 10–9 2013/14
2014[9]  Ricky Walden (ENG)  Mark Allen (NIR) 10–7 2014/15
2015[10]  John Higgins (SCO)  David Gilbert (ENG) 10–5 Daqing 2015/16
2016[11]  Mark Selby (ENG)  Ding Junhui (CHN) 10–1 2016/17
2017[12]  Mark Selby (ENG)  Mark Allen (NIR) 10–7 2017/18
2018[13]  Mark Allen (NIR)  Neil Robertson (AUS) 10–5 2018/19
2019[14]  Judd Trump (ENG)  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 10–3 2019/20
2020
2021
2022		 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023[15] Tianjin 2023/24

References
  1. "International Championship - World Snooker". Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  2. "China to host first overseas 'major'". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. "International Championship 2015 - World Snooker". www.worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18.
  4. "New Ranking Event In China". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  5. "Snooker's China Open Hits £1 Million Prize Money". 21 January 2018.
  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.
  15. "International Championship (2023)". snooker.org. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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