International Championship 2018
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OPPO International Championship 2018
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Daqing , China |
| Opening: | October 28, 2018 |
| Endgame: | 4th November 2018
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| Winner: |
 Mark Allen
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| Finalist: |
 Neil Robertson
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| Highest Break: | 146 ( Mark Allen )
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The OPPO International Championship 2018 was a snooker tournament as part of the Main Tour - 2018/19 season , which was held in China from October 28 to November 4 . The seventh edition of the tournament took place for the fourth time in a row in Daqing in the northeast of the country.
In the previous two years, the winner in Daqing was Mark Selby . This time he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. His final opponent from last year, Mark Allen from Northern Ireland, made it to the finals for the second time in a row and this time secured the title with a 10-5 win over Neil Robertson . He won his fourth major ranking tournament.
Prize money
The prize money was increased significantly by a further £ 75,000 in 2018 . This made it the third most important tournament of the season after the World Cup and the China Open. A third of the additional money was used to increase the prize money. The remaining £ 50,000 was split into smaller amounts among the losers in the round of 32 up to the quarter-finals. The entry bonus of £ 4,000 for the winners in the qualifying round remained unchanged.
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| winner | £ 175,000 |
| finalist | £ 75,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 32,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 21,500 |
| Round of 16 | £ 13,500 |
| Last 32 | £ 8,500 |
| Last 64 | £ 4,000 |
| Highest break | £ 3,000 |
| All in all | £ 775,000 |
The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 5,000
Final round
From Sunday, October 28th, 72 players competed in Daqing: 56 already qualified players and 16 players who played their qualifying games as so-called heroovers (games moved to the main venue), including the four Chinese wildcard players. Two days were scheduled for the games that were made up for and the first round. Each round from the last 32 to the quarter-finals was played on one day. The two semifinals took place on two different days and ran over two sessions, as did the final on Sunday November 4th.
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2018/19 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
WC = player with a wildcard from the Chinese association
final
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Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Jan Verhaas Baihu Media Broadcasting Center, Daqing , China , November 4, 2018  |
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Neil Robertson (9)
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5: 10 |
Mark Allen (10)
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Afternoon session : 65: 72 (72), 101 : 32 (101), 41: 61 (61), 0: 108 (108), 56: 76 (76), 4: 103 (103), 0: 119 (119) , 35: 69 , 93 : 0 (93) evening session : 84 : 1 (84), 121 : 1 (121), 9: 74 , 19: 114 (101), 127 : 8 (113), 44: 85 |
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| 121 | Highest break | 119 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 4th |
| 6th | 50+ breaks | 5 |
qualification
With the exception of eight games, the qualifying round was played from October 9-12, 2018 at the Metrodome in Barnsley , England . The top two in the world rankings , Mark Selby and Mark Williams , and the two best Chinese players, Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo , (Games 1, 5, 48 and 64) only played their games in China. Four games with Chinese wildcard players (games 4, 52, 54 and 61) were also moved to Daqing . All games were played in the best-of-11 mode .
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2018/19 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
WC = player with a wildcard from the Chinese association
Century breaks
Main round
107 century breaks were achieved in the main tournament in Daqing, including the qualifying games. 40 players were involved. The so-called heroovers contributed 10 breaks of 100 or more points. This made the International Championship 2018 the first professional tournament in snooker history with more than 100 Centuries. 14 of these went to tournament winner Mark Allen , who also scored the highest tournament break with 146 points, which brought him an extra £ 3,000 bonus. At 10 Centurys, Neil Robertson was also the second best player on this list.
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qualification
34 players achieved a total of 47 century breaks in Barnsley .
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- ^ OPPO International Championship. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed October 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season. (PDF; 108 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 18, 2018, accessed October 4, 2018 .
- ↑ International Championship 2018 Draw. (PDF; 255 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 15, 2018, accessed October 18, 2018 .
- ↑ International Championship 2018. (PDF; 62.3 kB) Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 17, 2018, accessed October 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b International Championship (2018). In: snooker.org. Accessed November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ International Championship 2018 Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 387 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 2, 2018, accessed October 4, 2018 .
- ↑ International Championship 2018. (PDF; 67.5 kB) Qualifiers - Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 2, 2018, accessed October 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Jamie Jones has been suspended pending clarification on allegations of involvement in match-fixing, see WPBSA Statement: Jamie Jones. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 11, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018 .
- ↑ International Championship 2018 - Centuries. In: worldsnookerdata.com. Accessed November 4, 2018 .