2016 International Championship

The 2016 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 30 October 2016 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.

John Higgins was the defending champion but he lost 2–6 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals.

Mark Selby won his 9th ranking title by beating Ding Junhui 10–1 in the final. This match was a repeat of the 2016 World Championship final, in which Selby beat Ding by the 18–14 scoreline, and also the second consecutive ranking event final in China to feature both players, previous one, at the Shanghai Masters, being won 10–6 by Ding.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £125,000
 * Runner-up: £65,000
 * Semi-final: £30,000
 * Quarter-final: £17,500
 * Last 16: £12,000
 * Last 32: £7,000
 * Last 64: £4,000


 * Televised highest break: £1,000
 * Total: £657,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Daqing on 23 October 2016.

Qualifying
These matches were held between 29 September and 1 October 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. Matches involved John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo and Mark Selby, were played on 23 October 2016 in China. All matches were best of 11 frames.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 138 – Ken Doherty
 * 136 – Jack Lisowski
 * 135 – Anthony McGill
 * 134 – Robin Hull
 * 130 – Shaun Murphy
 * 130 – Chen Zhe
 * 128, 122, 107 – Ali Carter
 * 128, 121 – Jak Jones
 * 127, 100 – Judd Trump
 * 126 – Mark Williams
 * 118 – Tom Ford


 * 109 – Martin Gould
 * 108 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 106, 105 – Stephen Maguire
 * 105 – Ryan Day
 * 104 – Hossein Vafaei
 * 102 – Mark Davis
 * 102 – David Grace
 * 100 – Stuart Carrington
 * 100 – Michael White
 * 100 – Ben Woollaston

Televised stage centuries

 * 145 – John Higgins
 * 145 – Xu Si
 * 139, 136 – Li Hang
 * 137, 136, 101 – Joe Perry
 * 137, 133, 125, 120, 119, 108, 102, 102, 100 – Judd Trump
 * 137, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 137 – Mark Joyce
 * 135, 129, 104, 101 – Liang Wenbo
 * 134, 130, 125, 121, 116, 104, 102 – Ding Junhui
 * 134, 111 – John Astley
 * 133 – Ken Doherty
 * 132, 127, 125, 122, 103, 100 – Mark Selby
 * 132, 104 – Stephen Maguire
 * 132 – Tom Ford
 * 131, 127, 125, 101 – Stuart Bingham
 * 130, 124, 106 – Ricky Walden


 * 127, 101 – Michael Holt
 * 124, 115 – Kurt Maflin
 * 123, 107 – Neil Robertson
 * 120 – Eden Sharav
 * 114 – Jak Jones
 * 114 – Mark Williams
 * 113 – Dominic Dale
 * 112 – Wang Yuchen
 * 110 – Sunny Akani
 * 106, 102 – Sam Baird
 * 106, 102 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 105, 104 – Aditya Mehta
 * 102 – David Grace
 * 102 – Marco Fu
 * 101 – Ross Muir
 * 101 – Shaun Murphy