| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 23–30 October 2016 (2016-10-23 –2016-10-30) |
| Venue | Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre |
| City | Daqing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £657,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break |  John Higgins (SCO) (145) Xu Si (CHN) (145) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| Score | 10–1 |
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The2016 International Championship was a professionalrankingsnooker tournament that took place between 23 and 30 October 2016 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre inDaqing,China.[1] It was the eighth ranking event of the2016/2017 season.[2]
John Higgins was the defending champion but he lost 2–6 toDing Junhui in the quarter-finals.[3]
Mark Selby won his 9th ranking title by beatingDing Junhui 10–1 in the final.[4] This match was a repeat of the2016 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 theShanghai Masters, being won 10–6 by Ding.[5]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for amaximum break stood at £5,000.
These matches were played inDaqing on 23 October 2016.[7][8][9][10]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Ian Burns (ENG) | 3–6 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) |
| WC2 | Wang Yuchen (CHN) | 5–6 | Xu Si (CHN) |
| WC3 | Ross Muir (SCO) | 3–6 | Zhang Jiankang (CHN) |
| WC4 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 3–6 | Chen Zifan (CHN) |
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:Peggy Li. Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre,Daqing,China, 30 October 2016.[7][9][10] | ||
| Ding Junhui China | 1–10 | Mark Selby England |
| Afternoon: 5–94 (87),0–83 (83),54–62,70–58,16–79 (67),5–68,29–71 (66),7–82,1–69 (50) Evening: 54–62 (62),0–78 (78) | ||
| 47 | Highest break | 87 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
These matches were held between 29 September and 1 October 2016 at thePreston Guild Hall inPreston,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.[11][12][9]
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