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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 28 October – 4 November 2012 |
| Venue | Sichuan International Tennis Center |
| City | Chengdu |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £600,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £125,000[2] |
| Highest break | |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 10–8 |
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The 2012 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 28 October and 4 November 2012 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[3] It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", as the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship.[2]
Judd Trump won the third ranking title of his career by defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.[4][5][6] Trump also became the world number one as a result of reaching the final.[7]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
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These matches were played in Chengdu on 28 and 29 October 2012.[2][9][10][11][12][13]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | 5–6 | ||
| WC2 | 5–6 | ||
| WC3 | w/d–w/o | ||
| WC4 | 6–3 | ||
| WC5 | 6–5 | ||
| WC6 | 6–5 | ||
| WC7 | 6–0 | ||
| WC8 | 5–6 |
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China, 4 November 2012.[9][14] | ||
| Neil Robertson (7) |
8–10 | Judd Trump (3) |
| Afternoon: 21–72 (61), 41–84, 99–25 (77), 83–14 (68), 82–20 (59), 92–0 (51), 0–102 (67), 59–67, 73–23 (50) Evening: 12–70 (65), 17–68, 71–37 (68), 88–42 (88), 88–1 (73), 13–66, 0–96 (96), 3–119 (119), 12–95 | ||
| 88 | Highest break | 119 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
These matches took place between 19 and 22 August 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[15][16][17]
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