International Championship 2016
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International Championship 2016
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Baihu Media Broadcasting Center, Daqing , China |
| Opening: | October 23, 2016 |
| Endgame: | October 30, 2016
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| Winner: |
 Mark Selby
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| Finalist: |
 Ding Junhui
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| Highest Break: | 145 ( John Higgins / Xu Si )
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The International Championship 2016 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour , which was held in China from October 23 to 30 . For the second year in a row, the Baihu Media Broadcasting Center in Daqing was the venue.
Defending champion was the Scot John Higgins , who made it to the quarter-finals this time. The winner was world champion and world number one Mark Selby , who defeated Ding Junhui 10-1 in the final .
Prize money
The prize money remained unchanged compared to the previous year.
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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 | 4000 pounds |
| All in all | £ 656,000 |
Wildcard round
The wildcard round games took place on October 23rd. The game mode was best-of-9 . For the first time at this tournament, all four wildcard players entered the main tournament.
| game | Qualifier (place to sit) | Result | Wildcard player |
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| WC1 |
Ian Burns (60)
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3: 6 |
Yuan Sijun
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| WC2 |
Wang Yuchen (95)
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5: 6 |
Xu Si
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| WC3 |
Ross Muir (67)
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3: 6 |
Zhang Jiankang
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| WC4 |
Tian Pengfei (47)
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3: 6 |
Chen Zifan
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Final round
Before the start of the final round, the four outstanding qualifying games, the so-called heroovers, and the four wildcard games were played in China. Two days were scheduled for the first round, the next three rounds each took place on one day. The two semi-finals and the final were played from Friday to Sunday.
final
On October 30th, the final of the Shanghai Masters 2016 a month earlier, won by Ding Junhui , was repeated. This time Mark Selby was the more convincing player from the start. After two frames with high breaks he also won the contested third frame before the Chinese could come to a frame win. Even after the break, Ding didn't succeed very much, and attempts to save the starting position for the evening event failed. Without very big breaks, but with great efficiency, the Englishman went into the second session with a clear 8: 1. In the first frame of the evening, Ding missed the chance to make the result more bearable with a 54-0 lead, and Selby stole the point with a 62 clearance. With another high break, he then made the 10: 1 perfect.
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qualification
The qualifying round was played from September 29th to October 1st, 2016 in the Guild Hall in the English city of Preston , up to four games . The games of defending champion John Higgins , world champion Mark Selby and the two best Chinese players Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo (games 1, 12, 58 and 64) were only played in China. All games were played in the best-of-11 mode .
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2016/17 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
Century Breaks
Main round
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qualification
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- ↑ worldsnooker.com: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2016/17 Season. (DOC; 69 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 3, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2016 .
- ↑ a b International Championship 2016. (PDF; 80 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , October 5, 2016, accessed on October 6, 2016 .
- ↑ a b International Championship Draw. (PDF; 199 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , October 3, 2016, accessed on October 6, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d International Championship (2016). Snooker.org, accessed September 13, 2016 .
- ↑ International Championship Qualifiers. (No longer available online.) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on September 10, 2016 ; accessed on September 13, 2016 . 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.
