| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 October – 2 November 2014 (2014-10-26 –2014-11-02) |
| Venue | Sichuan International Tennis Center [zh] |
| City | Chengdu |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £625,000 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break |  Mitchell Mann (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Mark Allen (NIR) |
| Score | 10–7 |
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The2014 International Championship was a professionalrankingsnooker tournament that took place between 26 October and 2 November 2014 at theSichuan International Tennis Center [zh] inChengdu,China. It was the fourth ranking event of the2014/2015 season.[1]
Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 5–6 against amateurWang Zepeng in the qualifying round.[3]
Ricky Walden won his third ranking title by defeatingMark Allen 10–7 in the final.[4][5]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7]
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These matches were played inChengdu on 26 October 2014.[8][9][10]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Mitchell Mann (ENG) | 6–1 |  Niu Zhuang (CHN) |
| WC2 |  Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5–6 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
| WC3 | Joe Swail (NIR) | 6–4 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) |
| WC4 | Oliver Lines (ENG) | 6–3 | Huang Jiahao (CHN) |
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:Jan Verhaas. Sichuan International Tennis Center,Chengdu,China, 2 November 2014.[10][11] | ||
| Mark Allen Northern Ireland | 7–10 | Ricky Walden England |
| Afternoon: 1–109 (59),85–1,25–69 (64),52–57,76–48,113–1 (113),49–67,67–18,71–31 (52) Evening: 0–100, 44–79,4–85 (85),69–1 (68),88–4 (74),0–85 (85),0–103 (103),6–116 (54, 62) | ||
| 113 | Highest break | 103 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
These matches took place between 22 and 25 September 2014 at theBarnsley Metrodome inBarnsley,England.[12][13] All matches were best of 11 frames.[14]
