2018 International Championship
The 2018 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 28 October to 4 November 2018 in Daqing, China.[1] It was the seventh ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 October – 4 November 2018 |
| Venue | Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre |
| City | Daqing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £775,000 |
| Winner's share | £175,000 |
| Highest break |  Mark Allen (146) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Mark Allen |
| Runner-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Neil Robertson |
| Score | 10–5 |
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Qualifying for the tournament took place between 9–12 October 2018 in Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley.
Defending champion Mark Selby[2] lost to Neil Robertson 4–6 in the quarter-final, bringing an end to his 2-year reign and an 18 match unbeaten record in the tournament.[3]
Mark Allen won the tournament with record 14 century breaks, beating Robertson 10–5 in the final. It was Allen's fourth ranking title.[4]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:  Jan Verhaas.Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 4 November 2018. | ||
| Neil Robertson Australia |
5–10 | Mark Allen Northern Ireland |
| Afternoon: 65–72 (65, 72), 101–32 (101), 41–61, 0–108 (108), 56–76, 4–103 (103), 0–119 (119), 35–69, 93–0 (93) Evening: 84–1 (84), 121–1 (121), 9–74, 19–114 (101), 127–8 (113), 44–85 | ||
| 121 | Highest break | 119 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 4 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying
Matches were played between 9 and 12 October 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Matches involving Mark Selby, Noppon Saengkham, Liang Wenbo, Ding Junhui, Ben Woollaston, Liam Highfield, Gary Wilson and Mark Williams, were played in China. All matches best of 11 frames.
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Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 47
- 144
Matthew Selt - 142, 117, 117
Xiao Guodong - 137 Martin Gould
- 135 Michael Holt
- 135 Martin O'Donnell
- 134, 109 Mark Davis
- 134
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Ryan Day - 133, 106 Chris Wakelin
- 132
Anthony McGill - 130 Peter Ebdon
- 130
Adam Stefanow - 128, 101 Neil Robertson
- 127, 107 Sam Craigie
- 127 Andrew Higginson
- 126 Oliver Lines
- 125 Elliot Slessor
- 123, 112 Stuart Bingham
- 116 Sam Baird
- 114 Tom Ford
- 113, 100 Lu Ning
- 113 Stephen Maguire
- 111 Luo Honghao
- 110, 104 Robert Milkins
- 108, 105
Hossein Vafaei - 108
Sunny Akani - 107 Xu Si
- 106
Michael Georgiou - 105, 102, 100 Judd Trump
- 104 Ali Carter
- 104 Mei Xiwen
- 104
Fergal O'Brien - 102 Eden Sharav
- 101, 100
Kurt Maflin - 100 Michael White
Televised stage centuries
Total: 107
- 146, 142, 129, 127, 125, 120, 120, 119, 112, 108, 103, 102, 101, 101 Mark Allen
- 144, 127, 127, 115, 110 Matthew Stevens
- 142, 137 Alfie Burden
- 140, 107, 106 Michael Holt
- 139, 103 Martin Gould
- 137, 133, 131, 124, 117, 102, 100 Mark Selby
- 137, 116, 104 Zhao Xintong
- 137, 104 Yan Bingtao
- 136 Hossein Vafaei
- 135, 127, 125, 121, 119, 113, 113, 113, 101, 101 Neil Robertson
- 135 Zhou Yuelong
- 133, 128, 112, 106, 106, 103, 102 Jack Lisowski
- 133, 111 Ryan Day
- 132, 107 Ali Carter
- 132, 105 Barry Hawkins
- 131, 123 Chang Bingyu
- 131 Li Yuan
- 130 Stuart Bingham
- 130 Liang Wenbo
- 129 Graeme Dott
- 128, 112 Ding Junhui
- 128 Mark King
- 124, 103 Jimmy Robertson
- 123, 119, 104 Judd Trump
- 122, 116, 106 Stuart Carrington
- 122 Liam Highfield
- 121 Ben Woollaston
- 116, 108, 105, 100
Marco Fu - 116, 105, 104 Eden Sharav
- 112 Robert Milkins
- 110, 108, 108, 101 Noppon Saengkham
- 110, 108, 101, 101 Sunny Akani
- 110 Jordan Brown
- 110 Joe Perry
- 106, 100 Tom Ford
- 106 Mark Williams
- 106 Luo Honghao
- 101 Stephen Maguire
- 101 Martin O'Donnell
- 100 He Guoqiang
Notes
- Jamie Jones was suspended by the WPBSA due to pending investigations into an alleged breach of betting rules[6]
References
- "2018/2019 Calendar_October". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "International Championship: Mark Selby retains title by beating Mark Allen 10-7". BBC Sport. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- "Robertson Beats Selby In Classic". World Snooker. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- "Allen Wins Fourth Ranking Title". World Snooker. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "WPBSA Statement: Jamie Jones". World Snooker. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.