2018 International Championship Explained

Tournament Name:	2018 OPPO International Championship
Venue:	Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre
Location:	Daqing
Country:	China
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£775,000
Winners Share:	£175,000
Highest Break:	(146)
Score:	10–5
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019

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

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

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

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 4 November 2018.
Neil Robertson	5–10	Mark Allen
Afternoon: 65–72,,,,,,,, Evening: 84–1,, 9–74,,,
121	Highest break	119
3	Century breaks	4

Qualifying

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.

width=45%	Mark Selby	width=10% align="center"	6–5	width=45%	Li Yuan
Ken Doherty	6–4	Chris Totten
Robert Milkins	6–1	Andy Lee
Noppon Saengkham	6–4	Chang Bingyu
Liang Wenbo	6–3	Ashley Hugill
	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
	5–6	Fan Zhengyi
Xiao Guodong	6–1	Lukas Kleckers
	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
	5–6	Jimmy White
Yan Bingtao	6–0	Alexander Ursenbacher
	3–6	Tian Pengfei
Ryan Day	6–2	Lee Walker
Michael Holt	6–3	Joe O'Connor
	1–6	Luo Honghao
Alan McManus	6–5	Jamie Clarke
Judd Trump	6−4	Lu Ning
	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
	5–6	Eden Sharav
David Gilbert	6–5	Sam Craigie
	2–6	John Astley
	4–6	Craig Steadman
Mark King	6–5	Gerard Greene
Matthew Stevens	6–3	Hamza Akbar
	5–6	Jordan Brown
		Zhao Xintong
	5–6	James Wattana
	4–6	Zhang Anda
Ding Junhui	6–4	Robin Hull
	0–6	Sam Baird
	5–6	Alfie Burden
	4–6	David Lilley
Ben Woollaston	6–3
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
	1−6	He Guoqiang
Zhou Yuelong	6–1	Allan Taylor
Sunny Akani	6–5	Soheil Vahedi
Mark Williams	6–1	Zhang Jiankang