International Championship 2014
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International Championship 2014
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu , China |
| Opening: | October 26, 2014 |
| Endgame: | 2nd November 2014
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| Winner: |
 Ricky Walden
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| Finalist: |
 Mark Allen
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Mitchell Mann )
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The International Championship 2014 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2014/15 season , which was held from October 26th to November 2nd, 2014 in the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu , China .
The defending champion was the Chinese Ding Junhui , who won three consecutive world ranking tournaments with his victory in Chengdu last year. This time, however, he failed in the qualification 5: 6 against the amateur player Wang Zepeng.
In the final, Ricky Walden beat Mark Allen 10: 7 and won his third title in a world ranking tournament.
Prize money and world ranking points
Since no world ranking points have been awarded since this season and the world ranking position was calculated according to the prize money, the importance of the tournament increased. Only at the Snooker World Championship and the UK Championship were higher winnings distributed.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 125,000 |
| finalist | £ 65,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 30,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 17,500 |
| Round of 16 | £ 12,000 |
| Last 32 | £ 7,000 |
| Last 64 | £ 3,000 |
| Highest final round break | £ 1,000 |
| All in all | £ 625,000 |
Wildcard round
The games of the wildcard round were played on October 26th in Best of 11 Frames mode in Chengdu . For the third time in a row, the Chinese Zhao Xintong qualified for the main round at this tournament by defeating a professional player from the top 50 in the world rankings.
| game | Qualifier (place to sit) | Result | Wildcard player |
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| WC1 |
Mitchell Man (112)
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6 : 1 |
 Niu Zhuang
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| WC2 |
 Jamie Jones (46)
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5: 6 |
Zhao Xintong
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| WC3 |
Joe Swail (68)
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6 : 4 |
Yan Bingtao
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| WC4 |
Oliver Lines (93)
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6 : 3 |
Huang Jiahao
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Final round
Tournament course
1 round
The first surprise of the tournament was the 24-year-old Chinese Li Hang , who clearly defeated the multiple world champion John Higgins 6-1. Michael White was able to build on his strong performances from the last tournaments and won 6-0 against Aditya Mehta . Top 16 player Graeme Dott lost to Craig Steadman with 1: 6, but scored the highest break of the tournament with a 139 .
On the second day of the tournament, England's Mitchell Mann defeated amateur player Wang Zepeng, who surprisingly beat defending champion Ding Junhui in qualifying , 6: 5. In the third frame, man achieved the highest break of his professional career to date with a 142. The Thai and No. 70 in the world rankings, Noppon Saengkham , prevailed 6: 5 in a competitive duel against the top 16 seeded player Stephen Maguire . Maguire achieved a total of seven breaks of fifty or more points, including a strong 140. Rod Lawler won 6: 3 against Oliver Lines , who had caught up 4-0 deficit against world champion Mark Selby in qualifying and had reached the final in Haining .
Tournament schedule
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2014/15 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
final
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Final: Best of 19 frames Referee: Jan Verhaas Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu , China , November 2, 2014  |
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Mark Allen
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7: 10 |
Ricky Walden
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Afternoon games: 1: 109 (59), 85 : 1, 25: 69 (64), 52: 57 , 76 : 48, 113 : 1 (113), 49: 67 , 67 : 18, 71 : 31 (52) evening games : 0: 100 , 44: 79 , 4: 85 (85), 69 : 1 (68), 88 : 4 (74), 0: 85 (85), 0: 103 (103), 6: 116 (54, 62) |
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| 113 | Highest break | 103 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4th | 50+ breaks | 7th |
qualification
The qualifying matches were played between September 22nd and 25th 2014 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley , England . All games were played in the best-of-11 mode . Defending champion Ding Junhui and the reigning world champion Mark Selby surprisingly missed the entry into the final round. For the Chinese it was already the second qualification against an amateur after the Wuxi Classic ; the Englishman could not bring a 4-0 lead over the young professional Oliver Lines . Three amateurs took the chance to qualify for the main tournament in China.
| game | Player 1 (seat position) | Result | Player 2 (seat position) | game | Player 1 (seat position) | Result | Player 2 (seat position) | |
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| 1 |
Ding Junhui (1)
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5: 6 |
Wang Zepeng (A)
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33 |
 Neil Robertson (3)
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6 : 5 |
 Alex Borg (80)
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| 2 |
Peter Lines (60)
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5: 6 |
Mitchell Man (112)
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34 |
Matthew Selt (47)
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6 : 2 |
 Alex Pagulayan (A)
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| 3 |
 Aditya Mehta (48)
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6 : 3 |
 James Wattana (ITC)
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35 |
Tom Ford (38)
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3: 6 |
Joe Swail (68)
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| 4th |
Michael White (26)
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6 : 4 |
Sean O'Sullivan (A)
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36 |
Andrew Higginson (32)
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6 : 2 |
Chris Wakelin (69)
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| 5 |
Dominic Dale (25)
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6 : 3 |
Vinnie Calabrese (77)
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37 |
Liang Wenbo (23)
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2: 6 |
Zhou Yuelong (96)
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| 6th |
Jack Lisowski (37)
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2: 6 |
Ian Burns (100)
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38 |
 Luca Brecel (57)
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5: 6 |
Chris Melling (92)
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| 7th |
Cao Yupeng (44)
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4: 6 |
Craig Steadman (95)
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39 |
 David Morris (62)
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6 : 3 |
John Astley (72)
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| 8th |
 Graeme Dott (15)
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6 : 1 |
Lee Page (88)
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40 |
Ricky Walden (11)
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6 : 0 |
Lu Chenwei (98)
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| 9 |
Stuart Bingham (10)
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6 : 4 |
Michael Wasley (97)
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41 |
Joe Perry (14)
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6 : 0 |
Chris Norbury (86)
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| 10 |
Robbie Williams (58)
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6 : 2 |
 Ahmed Saif (110)
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42 |
Mike Dunn (54)
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6 : 2 |
Matthew Day (A)
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| 11 |
Mark Joyce (33)
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6 : 4 |
Lu Ning (106)
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43 |
Rory McLeod (51)
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3: 6 |
Andrew Pagett (75)
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| 12 |
Ryan Day (19)
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6 : 5 |
Lü Haotian (70)
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44 |
Peter Ebdon (29)
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6 : 2 |
David Grace (94)
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| 13 |
Martin Gould (27)
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6 : 4 |
Cao Xinlong (90)
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45 |
Matthew Stevens (18)
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6 : 3 |
Michael Leslie (104)
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| 14th |
Ken Doherty (34)
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4: 6 |
Joel Walker (105)
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46 |
Jamie Burnett (49)
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6 : 0 |
John Sutton (A)
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| 15th |
Nigel Bond (59)
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6 : 1 |
Joe O'Connor (A)
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47 |
Jimmy Robertson (52)
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6 : 0 |
Hammad Miah (76)
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| 16 |
Mark Allen (8)
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6 : 4 |
Nico Elton (A)
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48 |
Judd Trump (6)
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6 : 0 |
Ian Glover (103)
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| 17th |
Barry Hawkins (5)
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6 : 0 |
Ratchayothin Yotharuck (83)
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49 |
Shaun Murphy (7)
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6 : 1 |
Allan Taylor (99)
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| 18th |
Jimmy White (64)
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6 : 5 |
Alex Davies (71)
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50 |
Yu Delu (50)
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6 : 3 |
Brandon Sargeant (A)
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| 19th |
Jamie Cope (53)
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3: 6 |
Oliver Brown (A)
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51 |
Marcus Campbell (45)
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2: 6 |
Barry Pinches (89)
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| 20th |
Mark Williams (21)
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6 : 2 |
Scott Donaldson (73)
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52 |
Robert Milkins (17)
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6 : 4 |
Daniel Wells (A)
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| 21st |
Michael Holt (20)
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4: 6 |
Sam Baird (74)
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53 |
Xiao Guodong (22)
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6 : 1 |
 Alexander Ursenbacher (102)
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| 22nd |
Kyren Wilson (63)
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6 : 1 |
Ross Muir (87)
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54 |
Gerard Greene (42)
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4: 6 |
Eden Sharav (A)
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| 23 |
Dechawat Poomjaeng (41)
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6 : 2 |
Steven hallworth (101)
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55 |
Alfie Burden (55)
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4: 6 |
Noppon Saengkham (67)
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| 24 |
Mark Davis (16)
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6 : 2 |
Lee Walker (109)
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56 |
Stephen Maguire (13)
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6 : 4 |
Liu Chuang (107)
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| 25th |
John Higgins (12)
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6 : 2 |
Stuart Carrington (65)
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57 |
 Marco Fu (9)
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6 : 0 |
Shane Castle (A)
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| 26th |
Gary Wilson (61)
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5: 6 |
Li Hang (66)
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58 |
Anthony Hamilton (43)
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3: 6 |
Liam Highfield (82)
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| 27 |
Jamie Jones (46)
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6 : 5 |
Zhang Anda (108)
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59 |
David Gilbert (35)
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6 : 1 |
Mark Owens (A)
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| 28 |
 Kurt Maflin (31)
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6 : 5 |
Elliot Slessor (85)
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60 |
Mark King (30)
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3: 6 |
Zak Surety (111)
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| 29 |
Alan McManus (24)
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6 : 2 |
Michael Georgiou (81)
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61 |
Fergal O'Brien (28)
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6 : 0 |
Fraser Patrick (79)
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| 30th |
Anthony McGill (39)
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6 : 2 |
Ashley Carty (A)
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62 |
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (56)
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6 : 4 |
Andrew Norman (78)
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| 31 |
Ben Woollaston (36)
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6 : 3 |
Sydney Wilson (A)
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63 |
Rod Lawler (40)
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6 : 4 |
Tian Pengfei (84)
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| 32 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
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6 : 3 |
James Cahill (91)
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64 |
Mark Selby (2)
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4: 6 |
Oliver Lines (93)
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A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2014/15 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
ITC = Invitational Tour Card
Century Breaks
In this tournament 86 breaks of 100 or more points were achieved.
Finals
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qualification
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Individual evidence
- ^ Rolf Kalb : International Championship - Thing writes history after thriller . Yahoo Eurosport . November 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ Ding Loses Chengdu Qualifier ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- ^ Rolf Kalb : International Championship - Walden keeps a white final vest . Yahoo Eurosport . November 2, 2014. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014.
- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season (PDF; 93.9 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . May 12, 2014. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ International Championship - All information about the tournament . Yahoo Eurosport . October 24, 2014. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ↑ a b International Championship Draw (PDF; 531 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . November 2, 2014. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. 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 November 2, 2014.
- ↑ a b International Championship 2014 - Provisional Format of Play (PDF; 180 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ a b c International Championship (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ↑ Wang Zepeng v Mitchell Mann - Frame details . In: love-snooker.com . Love snooker. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. 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 October 27, 2014.
- ↑ International: Day Two Results ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . October 27, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ International Championship: Final - Match 67: Mark Allen v Ricky Walden . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ↑ International Championship Qualifiers Draw (PDF; 774 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . September 26, 2014. Archived from the original on September 26, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- ↑ International Championship 2014 Qualifying Format (PDF; 121 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ International Championship Qualifiers (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ↑ 2014 International Championship - Tournament Ranking . CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ International Championship - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ↑ International Championship Qualifiers - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved September 26, 2014.
