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The International Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. The reigning champion is Ding Junhui.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Tianjin People's Stadium |
| Location | Tianjin |
| Country | China |
| Established | 2012 |
| Organisation(s) | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £825,000[1] |
| Recent edition | 2023 |
| Current champion |  Zhang Anda (CHN) |
The event was introduced in the 2012/2013 season. It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", because the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship.[2] With the change in the rankings system from points to prize money, the International Championship had the third highest prize fund and winner's cheque of any ranking event on the snooker calendar, behind the World and UK Championships, and the highest outside of the United Kingdom, until 2018 when the China Open had its winner's cheque raised to £225,000.[3][4][5] The 2012 edition ran from 28 October to 4 November in Chengdu, China, and it was won by Judd Trump, who defeated Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.[6]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final score[7] | Venue | City | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[6] |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
 Neil Robertson (AUS) |
10–8 | Sichuan International Tennis Center | Chengdu, China | 2012/13 |
| 2013[8] | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
 Marco Fu (HKG) |
10–9 | Chengdu Eastern Music Park | 2013/14 | |
| 2014[9] | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
 Mark Allen (NIR) |
10–7 | Sichuan International Tennis Center | 2014/15 | |
| 2015[10] |  John Higgins (SCO) |
David Gilbert (ENG) |
10–5 | Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre | Daqing, China | 2015/16 |
| 2016[11] | Mark Selby (ENG) |
Ding Junhui (CHN) |
10–1 | 2016/17 | ||
| 2017[12] | Mark Selby (ENG) |
Mark Allen (NIR) |
10–7 | 2017/18 | ||
| 2018[13] | Mark Allen (NIR) |
Neil Robertson (AUS) |
10–5 | 2018/19 | ||
| 2019[14] | Judd Trump (ENG) |
Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
10–3 | 2019/20 | ||
| 2020–2022 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2023[15] | Zhang Anda (CHN) |
Tom Ford (ENG) |
10–6 | Tianjin People's Stadium | Tianjin, China | 2023/24 |
| 2024[16] | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
Chris Wakelin (ENG) |
10–7 | SNCNFC | Nanjing, China | 2024/25 |
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