2018 International Championship

2018 OPPO International ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| 28 October – 4 November 2018 (2018-10-28 – 2018-11-04)
Venue| Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre
City| Daqing
Country| China
Organisation| World Snooker
Format| Ranking event
Total prize fund| £775,000
Winner's share| £175,000
Highest break|  Mark Allen (NIR) (146)
Final
Champion|  Mark Allen (NIR)
Runner-up|  Neil Robertson (AUS)
Score| 10–5

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The 2018 International Championship (officially the 2018 OPPO 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.

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[edit]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

* Winner: £175,000
* Runner-up: £75,000
* Semi-final: £32,000
* Quarter-final: £21,500
* Last 16: £13,500
* Last 32: £8,500
* Last 64: £4,000

* Televised highest break: £3,000
* Total: £775,000

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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000

## Main draw[edit]

| Last 64
Best of 11 frames| | Last 32
Best of 11 frames| | Last 16
Best of 11 frames| | Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames| | Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames| | Final
Best of 19 frames

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|  Mark Selby| 6

|  Ken Doherty| 0 |

|  Mark Selby | 6

| |  Robert Milkins| 4 |

|  Robert Milkins| 6

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|  Noppon Saengkham| 2 |

|  Mark Selby| 6

| |  Stuart Carrington| 3 |

|  Liang Wenbo| 4

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|  Ian Burns| 6 |

|  Ian Burns| 5

| |  Stuart Carrington| 6 |

|  Anthony McGill| 4

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|  Stuart Carrington| 6 |

|  Mark Selby| 4

| |  Neil Robertson| 6 |

|  Mark Davis| 3

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|  Joe Perry| 6 |

|  Joe Perry| 5

| |  Neil Robertson | 6 |

|  Matthew Selt| 1

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|  Neil Robertson| 6 |

|  Neil Robertson| 6

| |  Yuan Sijun| 4 |

|  Fan Zhengyi| 2

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|  Xiao Guodong| 6 |

|  Xiao Guodong| 1

| |  Yuan Sijun| 6 |

|  Yuan Sijun| 6

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|  Kyren Wilson| 2 |

|  Neil Robertson| 9

| |  Jack Lisowski| 7 |

|  Barry Hawkins| 6

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|  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh| 2 |

|  Barry Hawkins| 3

| |  Martin Gould| 6 |

|  Martin Gould| 6

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|  Li Hang| 1 |

|  Martin Gould| 5

| |  Jack Lisowski| 6 |

|  Marco Fu| 6

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|  Andrew Higginson| 5 |

|  Marco Fu| 3

| |  Jack Lisowski| 6 |

|  Jack Lisowski| 6

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|  Chris Wakelin| 1 |

|  Jack Lisowski| 6

| |  Judd Trump| 2 |

|  Jimmy White| 0

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|  Yan Bingtao| 6 |

|  Yan Bingtao| 6

| |  Ryan Day| 5 |

|  Tian Pengfei| 3

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|  Ryan Day| 6 |

|  Yan Bingtao| 1

| |  Judd Trump| 6 |

|  Michael Holt| 6

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|  Luo Honghao| 4 |

|  Michael Holt| 1

| |  Judd Trump| 6 |

|  Alan McManus| 0

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|  Judd Trump| 6 |

|  Neil Robertson| 5

| |  Mark Allen| 10

|  Peter Lines| 4

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|  Martin O'Donnell| 6 |

|  Martin O'Donnell| 6

| |  Tom Ford| 0 |

|  Tom Ford| 6

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|  Jimmy Robertson| 3 |

|  Martin O'Donnell| 6

| |  David Gilbert| 1 |

|  Stuart Bingham| 3

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|  Eden Sharav| 6 |

|  Eden Sharav| 5

| |  David Gilbert| 6 |

|  David Gilbert| 6

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|  John Astley| 2 |

|  Martin O'Donnell| 5

| |  Matthew Stevens| 6 |

|  Craig Steadman| 3

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|  Mark King| 6 |

|  Mark King| 5

| |  Matthew Stevens| 6 |

|  Matthew Stevens| 6

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|  Jordan Brown| 4 |

|  Matthew Stevens| 6

| |  Ding Junhui| 5 |

|  Zhao Xintong| 6

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|  James Wattana| 5 |

|  Zhao Xintong| 4

| |  Ding Junhui| 6 |

|  Zhang Anda| 4

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|  Ding Junhui| 6 |

|  Matthew Stevens| 6

| |  Mark Allen| 9 |

|  Sam Baird| 2

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|  Alfie Burden| 6 |

|  Alfie Burden| 6

| |  David Lilley| 0 |

|  David Lilley| 6

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|  Ben Woollaston| 5 |

|  Alfie Burden| 1

| |  Mark Allen| 6 |

|  Mark Allen| 6

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|  Liam Highfield| 5 |

|  Mark Allen| 6

| |  Hossein Vafaei| 3 |

|  Graeme Dott| 3

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|  Hossein Vafaei| 6 |

|  Mark Allen| 6

| |  Ali Carter| 0 |

|  Kurt Maflin| 0

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|  Ali Carter| 6 |

|  Ali Carter| 6

| |  Stephen Maguire| 4 |

|  Michael Georgiou| 1

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|  Stephen Maguire| 6 |

|  Ali Carter| 6

| |  Sunny Akani| 4 |

|  He Guoqiang| 1

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|  Zhou Yuelong | 6 |

|  Zhou Yuelong| 4

| |  Sunny Akani| 6 |

|  Sunny Akani| 6

|  Mark Williams| 3 |

## Final[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Mark Selby | 6–5 |  Li Yuan

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Ken Doherty | 6–4 |  Chris Totten
Robert Milkins | 6–1 |  Andy Lee
Noppon Saengkham | 6–4 |  Chang Bingyu
Liang Wenbo | 6–3 |  Ashley Hugill
Peter Ebdon | 5–6 |  Ian Burns
Anthony McGill | 6–5 |  Xu Si
Stuart Carrington | 6–3 |  Hammad Miah
Mark Davis | 6–4 |  Elliot Slessor
Joe Perry | 6–3 |  Harvey Chandler
Matthew Selt | 6–0 |  Sean O'Sullivan
Neil Robertson | 6–1 |  Ross Muir
Lyu Haotian | 5–6 |  Fan Zhengyi
Xiao Guodong | 6–1 |  Lukas Kleckers
Robbie Williams | 2–6 |  Yuan Sijun
Kyren Wilson | 6–4 |  Nigel Bond
Barry Hawkins | 6–1 |  Sanderson Lam
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6–5 |  Mei Xiwen
Martin Gould | 6–1 |  Zhang Yong
Li Hang | 6–0 |  Chen Zifan
Marco Fu | 6–2 |  Simon Lichtenberg
Andrew Higginson | 6–1 |  Rhys Clark
Jack Lisowski | 6–5 |  Oliver Lines
Chris Wakelin | 6–3 |  Thor Chuan Leong
Fergal O'Brien | 5–6 |  Jimmy White
Yan Bingtao | 6–0 |  Alexander Ursenbacher
Mike Dunn | 3–6 |  Tian Pengfei
Ryan Day | 6–2 |  Lee Walker
Michael Holt | 6–3 |  Joe O'Connor
Michael White | 1–6 |  Luo Honghao
Alan McManus | 6–5 |  Jamie Clarke
Judd Trump | 6−4 |  Lu Ning
John Higgins | 3–6 |  Peter Lines
Martin O'Donnell | 6–2 |  Rod Lawler
Tom Ford | 6–5 |  Joe Swail
Jimmy Robertson | 6–3 |  Adam Stefanow
Stuart Bingham | 6–1 |  Chen Feilong
Dominic Dale | 5–6 |  Eden Sharav
David Gilbert | 6–5 |  Sam Craigie
Scott Donaldson | 2–6 |  John Astley
Mark Joyce | 4–6 |  Craig Steadman
Mark King | 6–5 |  Gerard Greene
Matthew Stevens | 6–3 |  Hamza Akbar
Luca Brecel | 5–6 |  Jordan Brown
Jamie Jones[a] | w/d–w/o |  Zhao Xintong
Anthony Hamilton | 5–6 |  James Wattana
Daniel Wells | 4–6 |  Zhang Anda
Ding Junhui | 6–4 |  Robin Hull
Shaun Murphy | 0–6 |  Sam Baird
Rory McLeod | 5–6 |  Alfie Burden
Ricky Walden | 4–6 |  David Lilley
Ben Woollaston | 6–3 |  Bai Langning
Mark Allen | 6–0 |  Paul Davison
Liam Highfield | 6–1 |  Luo Zetao
Graeme Dott | 6–5 |  Ashley Carty
Hossein Vafaei | 6–3 |  Niu Zhuang
Kurt Maflin | 6–0 |  Jak Jones
Ali Carter | 6–3 |  Kishan Hirani
Michael Georgiou | 6–3 |  Billy Joe Castle
Stephen Maguire | 6–0 |  Duane Jones
Gary Wilson | 1−6 |  He Guoqiang
Zhou Yuelong | 6–1 |  Allan Taylor
Sunny Akani | 6–5 |  Soheil Vahedi
Mark Williams | 6–1 |  Zhang Jiankang

## Century breaks[edit]

### Qualifying stage centuries[edit]

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 – 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[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ Jamie Jones was suspended by the WPBSA due to pending investigations into an alleged breach of betting rules[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2018/2019 Calendar_October". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
2. ^ "International Championship: Mark Selby retains title by beating Mark Allen 10-7". BBC Sport. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
3. ^ "Robertson Beats Selby In Classic". World Snooker. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
4. ^ "Allen Wins Fourth Ranking Title". World Snooker. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
5. ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
6. ^ "WPBSA Statement: Jamie Jones". World Snooker. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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