2016 China Championship

2016 Evergrande China Championship 2016 11 1 2016 11 5 y Guangzhou Gymnasium Guangzhou China WPBSA Non-ranking event £650,000 £200,000 ENG Shaun Murphy (144) SCO John Higgins ENG Stuart Bingham 10–7 2017 The 2016 China Championship (officially the 2016 Evergrande China Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 November 2016 in Guangzhou, China.http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/evergrande-china-championship/ China Championship 2016 World Snooker 9 October 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20161106102545/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/evergrande-china-championship/ 6 November 2016 It was the first staging of the tournament, and the plans were for it to become a full ranking event for the following three years, with the biggest prize pool for any event ever held outside the UK previously.http://www.worldsnooker.com/new-event-in-china-with-record-prize-money/ New Event in China with Record Prize Money World Snooker 9 October 2016 John Higgins became the inaugural winner by beating Stuart Bingham 10–7 in the final.https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/37884990 China Championship: John Higgins beats Stuart Bingham in final BBC Sport 6 November 2016http://www.worldsnooker.com/higgins-is-guangzhou-king/ Higgins Is Guangzhou King World Snooker 6 November 2016 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below: 70% 50% Winner: £200,000 Runner-up: £100,000 Semi-final: £50,000 Quarter-final: £30,000 Last 16: £15,000 Highest break: £10,000 Total: £650,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £TBD. Seeding list The top 10 snooker players on the ranking list after the Shanghai Masters, along with the top 4 players on the one year prize money ranking list were invited to participate in the event.http://www.worldsnooker.com/race-to-guangzhou/ Race to Guangzhou World Snooker 9 October 2016 The remaining two players (Marco Fu and Liang Wenbo) were selected by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association.http://www.worldsnooker.com/evergrande-china-championship-draw-and-format/ Evergrande China Championship Draw and Format World Snooker 9 October 2016 Mark Williams became eligible to participate after the withdrawal of world number 10 Ronnie O'Sullivan from the competition, as he was next in line to qualify through his official world ranking.http://www.worldsnooker.com/williams-joins-china-championship-line-up/ Williams Joins China Championship Lineup World Snooker 9 October 2016 Source:https://www.wpbsa.com/race-guangzhou-live-blog/ Race to Guangzhou World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 9 October 2016 Seed Player Total Rankingshttp://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/world-rankings/ World Rankings After 2016 Shanghai Masters World Snooker 9 October 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20161009122021/http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/world-rankings/ 9 October 2016 1 Year Rankingshttp://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/1-year-ranking-list/ 1 Year Ranking List After 2016 Shanghai Masters World Snooker 9 October 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20161009111759/http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/1-year-ranking-list/ 9 October 2016 1ENG Mark Selby690,65060,7752ENG Stuart Bingham516,53434,7753ENG Shaun Murphy447,30826,0004ENG Judd Trump409,16619,0005SCO John Higgins408,72522,7506CHN Ding Junhui376,92591,5007AUS Neil Robertson359,58258,5008NIR Mark Allen336,5929,7259ENG Ricky Walden312,2089,400w/dENG Ronnie O'Sullivan302,3338,00010WAL Mark Williams243,00822,25011ENG Ali Carter226,200105,15012SCO Anthony McGill197,37573,52513ENG Joe Perry295,13341,05014ENG Michael Holt149,68338,150HKG Marco FuQualified via CBSA WildcardCHN Liang WenboQualified via CBSA Wildcard #E0EDFF 50% Player qualified via general ranking list. #ffffaa 50% Player qualified via one-year ranking list. Main draw http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Click-here-for-the-draw1.pdf China Championship Draw World Snooker 9 October 2016http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Click-here-for-the-format2.pdf China Championship Format World Snooker 9 October 2016https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=568 Evergrande China Championship Results Snooker.org 6 November 2016http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13930/china-championship China Championship Matches World Snooker 6 November 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20161106101618/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13930/china-championship 6 November 2016 Last 16Best of 11 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 19 frames 1 ENG Mark Selby 6 12 SCO Anthony McGill 2 8 NIR Mark Allen 6 9 ENG Ricky Walden 4 5 SCO John Higgins 6 10 WAL Mark Williams 4 4 ENG Judd Trump 4 11 ENG Ali Carter 6 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 13 ENG Joe Perry 4 6 CHN Ding Junhui 3 HKG Marco Fu 6 7 AUS Neil Robertson 5 14 ENG Michael Holt 6 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 6 CHN Liang Wenbo 2 1 ENG Mark Selby 5 8 NIR Mark Allen 6 5 SCO John Higgins 6 11 ENG Ali Carter 2 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 HKG Marco Fu 2 14 ENG Michael Holt 5 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 6 8 NIR Mark Allen 3 5 SCO John Higgins 9 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 8 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 9 5 SCO John Higgins 10 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 7 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zhou Ying.Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China, 5 November 2016. John Higgins (5) 10–7 Stuart Bingham (2) Afternoon: 77–37, 74–17, 72–1, 1–127 (102), 18–112 (112), 49–75 (52), 69–0, 70–58 (65, 58), 14–100 (50)Evening: 28–55, 4–98 (98), 81–0 (56), 71–10 (65), 0–84 (84), 134–1 (134), 105–21 (100), 129–8 (101) 134 Highest break 112 3 Century breaks 2 6 50+ breaks 7 Century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13930/china-championship China Championship Centuries World Snooker 6 November 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20161106103706/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13930/china-championship 6 November 2016 144, 129, 121, 101 Shaun Murphy 141, 122, 118, 114, 112, 104, 102 Stuart Bingham 140, 131, 114, 106, 100 Mark Allen 134, 131, 123, 101, 100 John Higgins 127 Mark Selby References 2 2016 Category:2016 in snooker Category:Snooker non-ranking competitions China Championship