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International Championship 2025
The 2025 International Championship takes place from the 2nd to the 9th of November in Nanjing with Ding Junhui the defending champion.
The prize money on offer for the 2025 International Championship is as follows:
- Winner: £175,000
- Runner-up: £75,000
- Semi-final: £33,000
- Quarter-final: £22,000
- Last sixteen: £14,000
- Last thirty-two: £9,000
- Last sixty-four: £5,000
- Highest break: £5000
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International Championship 2025: Format, Draw and Results
Second Round - Best of eleven frames (seedings in brackets):
- Ding Junhui (1) or David Grace (94) v Michael Holt (64)
- Pang Junxu (28) v Liam Highfield (93)
- Shaun Murphy (16) v Robbie Williams (49) or Bai Yulu (97) or Wang Xinzhong (am)
- Elliot Slessor (23) v Ben Mertens (67)
- David Gilbert (24) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (44) or Xu Jiarui (am)
- Scott Donaldson (58) v Mitchell Mann (89)
- Hossein Vafaei (26) v Ryan Day (35)
- John Higgins (8) v Oliver Lines (65)
- Neil Robertson (5) v Ken Doherty (95)
- Yuan Sijun (31) v Ricky Walden (40)
- Xiao Guodong (10) or Mahmoud El Hareedy (125) v Zak Surety (62)
- Aaron Hill (45) w/o Ali Carter (18) - Carter has withdrawn for personal reasons
- Stuart Bingham (22) v He Guoqiang (48)
- Chris Wakelin (14) v Jiang Jun (120)
- Stephen Maguire (25) v Xu Si (41)
- Kyren Wilson (4) v David Lilley (60)
- Judd Trump (3) or Dylan Emery (90) v Matthew Stevens (50)
- Zhou Yuelong (30) or Wang Xinbo (am) v Noppon Saengkham (36)
- Zhang Anda (13) v Michal Szubarcyk (106)
- Wu Yize (19) v Lyu Haotian (43)
- Jak Jones (20) v Ben Woollaston (39)
- Barry Hawkins (12) or Zhou Jinhao (am) v Huang Jiahao (83)
- Jack Lisowski (29) v Louis Heathcote (86)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) or Allan Taylor (72) v Sanderson Lam (61)
- Anthony McGill (57) w/o Mark Williams (7) - Williams has withdrawn due to illness
- Jimmy Robertson (37) v Sam Craigie (91) - Craigie has withdrawn for medical reasons
- Mark Selby (11) v Liu Hongyu (53)
- Tom Ford (21) v Daniel Wells (46)
- Si Jiahui (15) v Wang Yuchen (71)
- Lei Peifan (32) v Liu Wenwei (119)
- Zhao Xintong (2) or Oliver Brown (109) v Fan Zhengyi (52)
Some qualifying games were held over to the main venue.
Qualifying Round - Best of eleven frames (seedings in brackets):
- Ding Junhui (1) v David Grace (94)
- Robbie Williams (49) v Bai Yulu (97) or Wang Xinzhong (am)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (44) v Xu Jiarui (am)
- Xiao Guodong (10) v Mahmoud El Hareedy (125)
- Judd Trump (3) v Dylan Emery (90)
- Zhou Yuelong (30) v Wang Xinbo (am)
- Barry Hawkins (12) v Zhou Jinhao (am)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) v Allan Taylor (72)
- Zhao Xintong (2) v Oliver Brown (109)
The main qualifying event for the International Championship took place in Sheffield in September and October
Some of the highest seeds to not make it through UK qualifying were:
- Mark Allen (9)
- Jackson Page (32)
- Luca Brecel (38)
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Recent winners: Which players have lifted a trophy in the last twelve months?
Below is a table of all the major tournament winners and runners-up for the last twelve months.
Despite the perceived dominance of Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson last season, we've seen twelve different tournament winners over the last year and fourteen different finalists in the last seven events:
| Tournament | Winner (seeding in brackets, if available) | Runner-up (seeding in brackets, if available) |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Open | Jack Lisowski (25) | Judd Trump (3) |
| Xian Grand Prix | Mark Williams (6) | Shaun Murphy (15) |
| British Open | Shaun Murphy (13) | Anthony McGill (58) |
| English Open | Mark Allen (9) | Zhou Yuelong (30) |
| Wuhan Open | Xiao Guodong (1) | Gary Wilson (18) |
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Neil Robertson (9) | Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) |
| Shanghai Masters | Kyren WIlson (3) | Ali Carter |
| Helsinki Cup | Mark Allen | Zhang Anda |
| World Championship | Zhao Xintong | Mark Williams (6) |
| Tour Championship | John Higgins (4) | Mark Selby (6) |
| Players Championship | Kyren Wilson (2) | Judd Trump (1) |
| World Grand Prix | Neil Robertson (6) | Stuart Bingham (28) |
| World Open | John Higgins (15) | Joe O'Connor (33) |
| Welsh Open | Mark Selby (5) | Stephen Maguire (27) |
| German Masters | Kyren Wilson (2) | Barry Hawkins (13) |
| Masters | Shaun Murphy (8) | Kyren Wilson (2) |
| Riyadh Season Snooker Championship | Mark Allen | Luca Brecel |
| Scottish Open | Lei Peifan (88) | Wu Yize (30) |
| UK Championship | Judd Trump (3) | Barry Hawkins (20) |
| Champion of Champions | Mark Williams (6) | Xiao Guodong |
| International Championship | Ding Junhui (10) | Chris Wakelin (24) |
The seedings are a useful guide when considering a bet on any of the major snooker events. In the table above, you can see that fourteen of the tournaments in the last twelve months were won by players ranked in the top ten.
Where seedings were available, only one event was won by a player ranked outside the top twenty-five.
If you have your eye on an outsider winning a big event this year one of the Home Nations tournaments are probably the most likely to provide a shock.
Recent winners: Which players have lifted a trophy in the last twelve months?
Unsurprisingly Judd Trump has won the most tournaments over the last four-seasons but how have the top sixteen seeds fared on a tournament wins to played record?:
(Table does not include any events where match frames played is under seven)
| Player and Seeding | 2025/2026 | 24/25 | 23/24 | 22/23 | 4-Year Record | 4-Year event win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judd Trump (3) | 0 wins from 7 events | 3/18 | 5/18 | 1/14 | 9 wins from 57 events | 16% |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 0/9 | 5/12 | 2/12 | |||
| Kyren Wilson (4) | 1 win from 7 events | 4/22 | 1/15 | 1/16 | 7 wins from 60 events | 12% |
| Neil Robertson | 3/19 | 0/14 | 0/12 | |||
| Mark Selby (11) | 0 wins from 7 events | 2/21 | 0/17 | 2/16 | 4 wins from 61 events | 7% |
| Shaun Murphy (16) | 1 win from 7 events | 1/21 | 0/17 | 2/14 | 4 wins from 59 events | 7% |
| Gary Wilson (14) | 0 wins from 6 events | 0/18 | 2/17 | 1/12 | 3 wins from 53 events | 6% |
| Zhao Xintong (2) | 0 wins from 7 events | 1/2 | DNP | 0/8 | 1 win from 17 events | 6% |
| John Higgins (8) | 0 wins from events | 2/21 | 0/18 | 0/13 | 2 wins from 55 events | 4% |
| Xiao Guodong (10) | 0 wins from events | 1/17 | 0/13 | 0/11 | 1 win from 42 events | 2% |
| Zhang Anda (13) | 0 wins from events | 0/19 | 1/17 | 0/10 | 1 win from 48 events | 2% |
| Ding Junhui (1) | 0 wins from events | 1/17 | 0/17 | 0/13 | 1 win from 49 events | 2% |
| Barry Hawkins (12) | 0 wins from events | 0/19 | 1/17 | 0/12 | 1 win from 50 events | 2% |
| Si Jiahui (15) | 0 win from events | 0/19 | 0/13 | 0/10 | 0 wins from 44 events | 0% |
International Championship: Previous winners
The previous winners and runners-up from the International Championship are detailed below:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ding Junhui | Chris Wakelin | 10-7 | Nanjing, China |
| 2023 | Zhang Anda | Tom Ford | 10-6 | Tianjin, China |
| 2019 | Judd Trump | Shaun Murphy | 10-3 | Daqing, China |
| 2018 | Mark Allen | Neil Robertson | 10-5 | Daqing, China |
| 2017 | Mark Selby | Mark Allen | 10-7 | Daqing, China |
| 2016 | Mark Selby | Ding Junhui | 10-1 | Daqing, China |
| 2015 | John Higgins | David Gilbert | 10-5 | Daqing, China |
| 2014 | Ricky Walden | Mark Allen | 10-7 | Chengdu, China |
| 2013 | Ding Junhui | Marco Fu | 10-9 | Chengdu, China |
| 2012 | Judd Trump | Neil Robertson | 10-8 | Chengdu, China |
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International Championship 2024: Format, Draw and Results
Final - Best of nineteen frames:
Chris Wakelin v Ding Junhui 7-10
Ding Junhui won his first ranking event since 2019 when proving three frames too good for Chris Wakelin in an atmospheric Nanjing where the crowd cheered on the home favourite.
Wakelin looked to be in a great position when leading 4-1 but Ding responded like a true champion by taking the next six frames to move into a 7-4 lead. Wakelin then hit two 80+ breaks to pull back to 7-5but Ding made breaks of 98, 72 and 64 to take three of the last four frames for a famous 10-7 victory.
Ding was winning the International Championship for the second time after a previous victory in 2013 and this win seals his entry into next week's Champion of Champions.
All matches up to and including the quarter-finals are played over eleven frames. The semi-finals will be played over seventeen frames and the final will be the best of nineteen frames.
The International Championship can be watched in Europe via Eurosport and discovery+
The qualifying rounds for the International Championship took place at Ponds Forge Sports Centre in Sheffield.
Semi-Finals - Best of seventeen frames:
Chris Wakelin v Xiao Guodong 9-8
Ding Junhui v Xu Si 9-6
Quarter-Finals - Best of eleven frames:
John Higgins v Chris Wakelin 5-6
Jackson Page v Xiao Guodong 4-6
Xu Si v Gary WIlson 6-5
Ding Junhui v Kyren Wilson 6-4
Round Four - Best of eleven frames:
Lyu Haotian v John Higgins 5-6
Chris Wakelin v Mark Williams 6-4
Pang Junxu v Jackson Page 4-6
Judd Trump v Xu Si 4-6
Jack Lisowski v Xiao Guodong 3-6
Gary Wilson v Mark Selby 6-3
Jiang Jun v Ding Junhui 3-6
Barry Hawkins v Kyren Wilson 2-6
Round Three - Best of eleven frames:
Zhang Anda v Lyu Haotian 1-6
Matthew Stevens v John Higgins 1-6
Chris Wakelin v Shaun Murphy 6-3
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Mark Williams 1-6
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Pang Junxu 4-6
Ali Carter v Jackson Page 4-6
Jack Lisowski v Si Jiahui 6-5
Xiao Guodong v Mark Allen 6-2
Judd Trump v Joe O'Connor 6-4
Xu Si v Ryan Day 6-2 (Xu Si achieved a maximum 147 break in the sixth frame)
Robbie Williams v Gary Wilson 5-6
Noppon Saengkham v Mark Selby 3-6
Jiang Jun v Yuan Sijun 6-4
Ding Junhui v Hossein Vafaei 6-0
Barry Hawkins v Neil Robertson 6-1
Wu Yize v Kyren Wilson 4-6
Round Two - Best of eleven frames:
Zhang Anda v David Grace 6-3
Haydon Pinhey v Lyu Haotian 4-6
Simon Blackwell v Matthew Stevens 5-6
John Higgins v Ben Woollaston 6-4
Chris Wakelin w/o Zak Surety
Shaun Murphy w/o Anthony Hamilton
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Stuart Bingham 6-0
Mark Williams w/o Mark Davis
Ronnie O'Sullivan v He Guoqiang 6-2
Pang Junxu v Elliot Slessor 6-5
Ali Carter v Ross Muir
David Gilbert v Jackson Page 4-6
Gong Chenzhi v Jack Liswoski 5-6
Ben Mertens v Si Jiahui 3-6
Ricky Walden v Xiao Guodong 0-6
Aaron Hill v Mark Allen 2-6
Judd Trump v Sanderson Lam 6-0
Joe O'Connor v Anthony McGill 6-1
Stan Moody v Xu Si 5-6
Ryan Day v Daniel Womersley 6-3
Robbie Williams v Stuart Carrington 6-3
Dean Young v Gary Wilson 4-6
Jimmy Robertson v Noppon Saengkham 1-6
Jamie Clarke v Mark Selby 4-6
Jiang Jung v Amir Sarkhosh 6-5
Michael Holt v Yuan Sijun 4-6
Ding Junhui v Martin O'Donnell 6-1
Hossein Vafaei v Dylan Emery 6-1
Joe Perry v Barry Hawkins 2-6
Fan Zhengyi v Neil Robertson 0-6
Andrew Higginson v Wu Yize 3-6
Liu Hongyu v Kyren Wilson 3-6
Some of the qualifiers for the top seeds have been held over to the main venue:
Qualifying Round One in Nanjing. Best of eleven frames:
David Grace v Zhou Jinhao 6-2
Si Jiahui v Andrew Pagett 6-4
Hossein Vafaei v Zheng Dian 6-4
Kyren Wilson v Mitchell Mann 6-0
Ali Carter v Cai Wei 6-1
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mink Nutcharut 6-3
Noppon Saengkham v Wang Xinbo 6-3
Ding Junhui v Reanne Evans 6-0
Zhang Anda v Ishpreet Singh Chadha 6-5
Some of the highest seeds to not make it through UK qualifying were:
- Luca Brecel (7)
- Tom Ford (14)
- Jak Jones (16)
- Robert Milkins (22)
- Stephen Maguire (32)
2024 International Championship: Final Preview
Ding Junhui takes on Chris Wakelin in the 2024 final of the International Championship.
Both finalists have gruelling semi-finals to overcome but who will lift the International Championship trophy for 2024?
Ding Junhui: Final Stats
Route to the final:
- Semi-final 9-6 Xu Si
- Quarter-final 6-4 Kyren Wilson
- Round 4 Jiang Jun 6-3
- Round 3 Hossein Vafaei 6-0
- Round 2 Martin O'Donnell 6-1
- Qualifying Round 1 Reanne Evans 6-0
Ranking Event wins: Fourteen (from twenty-three finals)
Major non-ranking event wins: One (Masters 2011)
Last Ranking Event Victory: 4 years 11 months ago - 2019 UK Championship (3 defeats in ranking event finals since that win)
Best Performance in 24/25 season before this event: QF Shanghai Masters
Record in 24/25 season: Played 15, Won 10, Lost 5. (including a 5-3 defeat by Wakelin in the Wuhan Open) 66% winning match record this season
Centuries in 24/25 season: 12
Frames Played in 24/25: Played 125, won 77 (62%), lost 48 (38%)
Chris Wakelin: Final Stats
Route to the final:
- Semi-final 9-8 Xiao Guodong
- Quarter-final 6-5 John Higgins
- Round 4 6-4 Mark Williams
- Round 3 6-3 Shaun Murphy
- Round 2 w/o Zak Surety
- Qualifying Round 1 6-2 Cheung Ka Wai
Ranking Event wins: One (from two finals)
Major non-ranking event wins: None
Last Ranking Event Victory: 1 year eight months ago - 2023 Shootout
Best Performance in 24/25 season before this event: SF English Open
Record in 24/25 season: Played 32, Won 22 (69%), Lost 9 (28%), Drawn 1
Centuries in 24/25 season: 12
Frames Played in 24/25: Played 214, Won 125 (58%), Lost 89 (42%)
Preview:
If the semi-finals are anything to go by, then this final will be extremely tense. On Friday, Chris Wakelin was 8-5 up against Xiao Guodong but lost three very nervous frames to allow the match to go to a final frame decider. A good break of 62 in that last frame allowed Wakelin to get over the line but you would be hard pushed to say it was impressive.
On Saturday, local crowd-favourite Ding Junhui looked in trouble when his compatriot Xu Si raced into a 3-0 and 5-2 lead in the second semi-final. Ding managed to win the final frame of the first session to limit the damage to 5-3 in what now looks a crucial turning point in that semi-final. When Xu Si came back out for the second session he looked a shadow of the player who had compiled two centuries in the first session and lost the first three frames of the evening session to be 6-5 behind. Xu steadied the ship by winning the twelfth frame but the majority of the final session was littered with errors from the young player. It looked as if the occasion of playing Ding in a home semi-final overwhelmed Xu who had wowed fans by making a 147 earlier in the week and by defeating world number one, Judd Trump. Ding won seven of the last eight frames to make the final but it wouldn't be stretching events to say he was flattered by the final outcome. Ding hasn't won a ranking event for nearly five years and, at times, his frustration with the level of his own play was distinctly evident.
Chris Wakelin's semi-final win sees him enter the top 16 and gives him a very real chance of playing in the Masters after Xmas. It could just be that winning that crucial last frame against Xiao Guodong will shore up Wakelin's belief in himself to win the matches that really matter. The bookies understandably make Ding the favourite to win this final but I'm firmly convinced his task to get to this stage was enhanced significantly by Xu Si's collapse in their semi. Ding will obviously be the crowd's favourite to win yet another title but this could work in Wakelin's favour as the crowd will most likely not be expecting him to win. He has defeated three former world champions to get to the final here and has already made another quarter-final and semi-final this season whereas Ding has played a very light season up to now and this run is somewhat out of character.
6/4 about Wakelin looks an attractive price especially given he has had a full day to recover from his semi-final and I feel he can take the title and make Ding wait even longer to return to lifting a trophy.
International Championship 2023: Results
Final - best of nineteen frames
Zhang Anda 10 Tom Ford 6
Zhang Anda won his first ranking event and achieved a 147 in the Final as well. He becomes the first player since Judd Trump in the 2022 Turkish Masters to make a 147 in an event and take the title. The thirty-one year old has been a professional since 2009.
A massive result for the bookmakers with pre-tournament 150/1 shot Zhang beating 80/1 shot Tom Ford in the Final.
Semi-Finals - best of seventeen frames
Tom Ford 9 Jordan Brown 6
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 Zhang Anda 9
Quarter-Finals - best of eleven frames
Jordan Brown 6 Stephen Maguire 5
Tom Ford 6 Barry Hawkins 4
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 Ali Carter 4
Zhang Anda 6 Ding Junhui 3
Round Four - best of eleven frames
Stephen Maguire 6 Ryan Day 4
Jordan Brown 6 John Higgins 3
Tom Ford 6 Mark Selby 3
Barry Hawkins 6 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 Anthony McGill 2
Ali Carter 6 Daniel Wells 1
Zhang Anda 6 Lyu Haotian 3
Ding Junhui 6 Pang Junxu 2
Round Three - best of eleven frames
Stephen Maguire 6 Judd Trump 3
Ryan Day 6 Ross Muir 1
John Higgins 6 Dylan Emery 1
Jordan Brown 6 Kyren WIlson 4
Mark Selby 6 Xiao Guodong 2
Tom Ford 6 Marco Fu 3
Barry Hawkins 6 Ricky Walden 4
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6 Mark Allen 3
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 Jak Jones 4
Anthony McGill 6 Jack Lisowski 2
Ali Carter 6 Stuart Bingham 4
Daniel Wells 6 Zhou Yuelong 1
Lyu Haotian 6 Dominic Dale 3
Zhang Anda 6 Liam Pullen 3
Ding Junhui 6 Gary Wilson 5
Round Two draw - best of eleven frames
Matches to be played on 5th and 6th of November
Judd Trump 6 Michael White 0
Stephen Maguire 6 Joe O'Connor 4
Ryan Day 6 Jackson Page 5
Hossein Vafaei 5 Ross Muir 6
Wang Xinbo 4 Dylan Emery6
John Higgins 6 David Grace 1
Jordan Brown 6 David Gilbert 3
Kyren Wilson 6 Elliot Slessor 2
Mark Selby 6 Stuart Carrington 2
Jimmy Robertson 3 Xiao Guodong 6
Marco Fu 6 Sanderson Lam 0
Tom Ford 6 Cao Yupeng 0
Ricky Walden 6 Jamie Jones 3
Barry Hawkins 6 Tian Pengfei 0
Matt Selt 5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6
Mark Allen 6 Oliver Lines 3
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 Mark Joyce 3
Si Jiahui 4 Jak Jones 6
Jack Lisowski 6 Scott Donaldson 4
Anthony McGill 6 Sam Craigie 3
Stuart Bingham 6 Matthew Stevens 5
Ali Carter 6 John Astley 5
Anthony Hamilton 0 Zhou Yuelong 6
Neil Robertson 1 Daniel Wells 6
Shaun Murphy 3 Dominic Dale 6
Chris Wakelin 1 Lyu Haotian 6
Mark Williams 3 Zhang Anda 6
Noppon Saengkham 5 Liam Pullen 6
Gary Wilson 6 Robbie Williams 4
Ding Junhui 6 Long Zehuang 4
Pang Junxu 6 Fan Zhengyi 5
Luca Brecel 3 Mark Davis 6
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- European Masters
- British Open
- Home Nations Series (covers Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open, English Open and Welsh Open)
- World Championship
- Best Matches of the 80s and the 90s
- Evolution of maximum breaks
- Shanghai Masters
- Player Form in China since 2015
- How much can snooker players earn
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