International Championship 2012
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International Championship 2012
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Sichuan Int. Tennis Center, Chengdu 
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| Opening: | October 28, 2012 |
| Endgame: | 4th November 2012
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| Winner: |
 Judd Trump
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| Finalist: |
 Neil Robertson
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Neil Robertson )
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The International Championship 2012 was a snooker tournament that was held from October 28th to November 4th 2012 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu . It was the first edition of this tournament and also the third of five ranking tournaments in China in the 2012/13 season .
The reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan from England canceled the tournament on October 26th for health reasons. The Indian Pankaj Advani , who had qualified for the finals of a full ranking tournament for the first time, withdrew his participation in favor of the World Billiards Championship , which was taking place at the same time . Stephen Lee had been banned from an ongoing investigation into suspected betting fraud and was unable to attend.
In the final, the Englishman Judd Trump prevailed 10: 8 against Neil Robertson . Trump won his third title in a world ranking tournament and took first place in the world ranking list. At the previous Shanghai Masters he was also in the final.
Prize money and world ranking points
| Prize money | World ranking points |
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| winner | £ 125,000 | 8,000 |
| finalist | £ 62,500 | 6,400 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 30,000 | 5,120 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 17,500 | 4,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 12,000 | 3,040 |
| Last 32 | £ 7,000 | 2,240 (1,120) |
| Last 48 | £ 3,000 | 1,840 (920) |
| Last 64 | £ 1,500 | 1,440 (720) |
| Last 80 | 1,040 (520) |
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| Last 96 | 640 (320) |
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| Highest qualifying round break |
£ 500 | |
| Highest final round break |
£ 2,000 | |
| All in all | £ 600,000 |
Seeded players who lost their first game only received half the number of points (in brackets in the table).
Wildcard round
The wildcard round games took place on October 28th and 29th.
| game | Qualifier (place to sit) | Result | Wildcard player |
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| WC1 |
 Michael White (43)
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5: 6 |
Lü Haotian
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| WC2 |
 Ken Doherty (30)
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5: 6 |
Zhao Xintong
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| WC3 |
 Pankaj Advani (71)
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Zhou Yuelong
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| WC4 |
Fergal O'Brien (32)
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6 : 3 |
Chen Feilong
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| WC5 |
Aditya Mehta (72)
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6 : 5 |
Zhu Yinghui
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| WC6 |
Cao Yupeng (64)
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6 : 5 |
Wang Yuchen
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| WC7 |
 Jamie Burnett (35)
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6 : 0 |
Niu Zhuang
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| WC8 |
Barry Pinches (61)
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5: 6 |
Lu Ning
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Final round
final
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Final: Best of 19 frames Referee: Leo Scullion Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu , China , November 4th 2012 |
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Neil Robertson (7)
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8 10 |
Judd Trump (3)
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Afternoon games: 21: 72 (61), 41: 84 , 99 : 25 (77), 83 : 14 (68), 82 : 20 (59), 92 : 0 (51), 0: 102 (67), 59: 67 , 73 : 23 (50) Evening Games: 12: 70 (65), 17: 68 , 71 : 37 (68), 88 : 42 (88), 88 : 1 (73), 13: 66 , 0: 96 (96), 3: 119 ( 119 ), 12:95 |
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| 88 | Highest break | 119 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 8th | 50+ breaks | 5 |
qualification
The qualifying rounds took place from August 19-22, 2012 in Sheffield (England).
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2012/13 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
Century Breaks
Final round
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Qualifying round
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ronnie withdraws from the International Championship ( English ) In: ronnieosullivan.tv . October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved on October 26, 2012.
- ↑ Advani Withdraws from International Championship ( English ) Pro Snooker Blog. October 13, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ Stephen Lee temporarily suspended from the Main Tour . SnookerPRO. October 12, 2012. Archived from the original on December 9, 2013. Retrieved on November 4, 2012.
- ^ Prize Money . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . August 20, 2012. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved on August 31, 2012.
- ↑ The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2012/2013 Season (DOC; 57 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ a b International Championship 2012 Draw And Format (PDF; 88 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ↑ a b Results . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ↑ a b c International Championship (2012) . Snooker.org. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ International Championship 2012 Draw . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ International Championship: Final - Match 39: Neil Robertson v Judd Trump . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ↑ International Championship 2012 Qualifiers Draw And Format (PDF; 93 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ Results (qualification) . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ↑ International Championship Qualifiers (2012) . Snooker.org. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ International Championship Centuries . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ↑ International Championship qualifiers - Centuries . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved on August 17, 2012.
