International Championship 2017
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OPPO International Championship 2017
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Daqing , China |
| Opening: | October 29, 2017 |
| Endgame: | 5th November 2017
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| Winner: |
 Mark Selby
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| Finalist: |
 Mark Allen
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( Kyren Wilson )
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The OPPO International Championship 2017 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour , which was held from October 29th to November 5th in Daqing , in the northeast of the People's Republic of China .
The defending champion was world number one Mark Selby , who also prevailed in the final this year and beat Mark Allen 10: 7.
Prize money
As with the China Championship and the World Open , the prize money at the International Championship was again increased significantly. All three major Chinese tournaments had the third highest prize money on the Main Tour, each with a total of £ 700,000 in prize money. Almost £ 50,000 more was handed out this year, but that only benefited the players from the quarter-finals onwards.
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| winner | £ 150,000 |
| finalist | £ 75,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 32,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 21,500 |
| Round of 16 | £ 13,500 |
| Last 32 | £ 8,500 |
| Last 64 | £ 4,000 |
| All in all | £ 747,000 |
The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 5,000 and was won by Kyren Wilson .
Final round
On Sunday, October 29th, the eight catch-up games took place and the first round began, which was completed on Monday. One round took place in each of the following three days, the two semi-finals, each in two sessions over 9 winning frames , spread over Friday and Saturday. On the final Sunday the best-of-19 final was held.
kl. = without a fight
final
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Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Jan Verhaas Baihu Media Broadcasting Center, Daqing , China , November 5, 2017  |
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Mark Selby
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10 : 7 |
Mark Allen
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Afternoon session: 72 : 3 (67), 6: 110 (110), 80 : 11 (50), 91 : 37 (61), 0: 98 (98), 115 : 0 (55.60), 67 : 15, 75 : 8 (61), 0: 137 (137) Evening session: 76 : 0, 83 : 0 (62), 50: 78 (MA 50), 13: 82 (78), 90 : 5 (90), 50: 84 (52), 33: 77 , 74 : 7 |
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| 90 | Highest break | 137 |
| - | Century breaks | 2 |
| 8th | 50+ breaks | 6th |
qualification
The qualifying round was played from 26 to 30 September 2017 at the Guild Hall in the English city of Preston , up to eight games . The top two in the world rankings , Mark Selby and John Higgins , as well as the Chinese players Ding Junhui , Liang Wenbo , Zhou Yuelong , Yu Delu , Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong (Games 1, 8, 32, 35, 37, 43, 54 and 64 ) only played their games in China. All games were played in the best-of-11 mode .
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2017/18 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
Century breaks
Main round
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qualification
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- ^ OPPO International Championship. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , archived from the original on December 29, 2017 ; accessed on 23 September 2017 (English).
- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. (PDF; 88 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 11, 2017, accessed September 23, 2017 .
- ↑ International Championship 2017 Draw. (PDF; 254 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 3, 2017, accessed October 9, 2017 .
- ↑ International Championship 2017. (PDF; 113 kB) Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 9, 2017, accessed October 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Stuart Bingham was banned from the World Snooker Federation with effect from October 27, 2017
- ↑ International Championship 2017 Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 379 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 20, 2017, accessed September 23, 2017 .
- ↑ International Championship 2017. (PDF; 422 kB) Qualifiers - Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 22, 2017, accessed September 23, 2017 .
- ↑ OPPO International Championship (2017). In: snooker.org. Retrieved October 30, 2017 .