2018 International Championship
The 2018 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 28 October to 4 November 2018 in Daqing, China. 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 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.
Mark Allen won the tournament with record 14 century breaks, beating Robertson 10–5 in the final. It was Allen's fourth ranking title.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- 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: £5,000Main draw
Final
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.Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 47
- 144 Matthew Selt
- 142, 117, 117 Xiao Guodong
- 137 Martin Gould
- 135 Michael Holt
- 135 Martin O'Donnell
- 134, 109 Mark Davis
- 134 Ryan Day
- 133, 106 Chris Wakelin
- 132 Anthony McGill
- 130 Peter Ebdon
- 130 Adam Stefanow
- 128, 101 Neil Robertson
- 127, 107 Sam Craigie
- 127 Andrew Higginson
- 126 Oliver Lines
- 125 Elliot Slessor
- 123, 112 Stuart Bingham
- 116 Sam Baird
- 114 Tom Ford
- 113, 100 Lu Ning
- 113 Stephen Maguire
- 111 Luo Honghao
- 110, 104 Robert Milkins
- 108, 105 Hossein Vafaei
- 108 Sunny Akani
- 107 Xu Si
- 106 Michael Georgiou
- 105, 102, 100 Judd Trump
- 104 Ali Carter
- 104 Mei Xiwen
- 104 Fergal O'Brien
- 102 Eden Sharav
- 101, 100 Kurt Maflin
- 100 Michael White
Televised stage centuries
Total: 107
- 146, 142, 129, 127, 125, 120, 120, 119, 112, 108, 103, 102, 101, 101 Mark Allen
- 144, 127, 127, 115, 110 Matthew Stevens
- 142, 137 Alfie Burden
- 140, 107, 106 Michael Holt
- 139, 103 Martin Gould
- 137, 133, 131, 124, 117, 102, 100 Mark Selby
- 137, 116, 104 Zhao Xintong
- 137, 104 Yan Bingtao
- 136 Hossein Vafaei
- 135, 127, 125, 121, 119, 113, 113, 113, 101, 101 Neil Robertson
- 135 Zhou Yuelong
- 133, 128, 112, 106, 106, 103, 102 Jack Lisowski
- 133, 111 Ryan Day
- 132, 107 Ali Carter
- 132, 105 Barry Hawkins
- 131, 123 Chang Bingyu
- 131 Li Yuan
- 130 Stuart Bingham
- 130 Liang Wenbo
- 129 Graeme Dott
- 128, 112 Ding Junhui
- 128 Mark King
- 124, 103 Jimmy Robertson
- 123, 119, 104 Judd Trump
- 122, 116, 106 Stuart Carrington
- 122 Liam Highfield
- 121 Ben Woollaston
- 116, 108, 105, 100 Marco Fu
- 116, 105, 104 Eden Sharav
- 112 Robert Milkins
- 110, 108, 108, 101 Noppon Saengkham
- 110, 108, 101, 101 Sunny Akani
- 110 Jordan Brown
- 110 Joe Perry
- 106, 100 Tom Ford
- 106 Mark Williams
- 106 Luo Honghao
- 101 Stephen Maguire
- 101 Martin O'Donnell
- 100 He Guoqiang