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.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–5 November 2016 |
| Venue | Guangzhou Gymnasium |
| City | Guangzhou |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £650,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £200,000 |
| Highest break |  Shaun Murphy (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins |
| Runner-up | Stuart Bingham |
| Score | 10–7 |
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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.[2]
John Higgins became the inaugural winner by beating Stuart Bingham 10–7 in the final.[3][4]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £TBD.
Seeding list
editThe 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.[2][5] The remaining two players (Marco Fu and Liang Wenbo) were selected by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association.[6] 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.[7]
Source:[8]
| Seed | Player | Total Rankings[9] | 1 Year Rankings[10] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 690,650 | 60,775 | |
| 2 | 516,534 | 34,775 | |
| 3 | 447,308 | 26,000 | |
| 4 | 409,166 | 19,000 | |
| 5 | 408,725 | 22,750 | |
| 6 | 376,925 | 91,500 | |
| 7 | 359,582 | 58,500 | |
| 8 | 336,592 | 9,725 | |
| 9 | 312,208 | 9,400 | |
| w/d | 302,333 | 8,000 | |
| 10 | 243,008 | 22,250 | |
| 11 | 226,200 | 105,150 | |
| 12 | 197,375 | 73,525 | |
| 13 | 295,133 | 41,050 | |
| 14 | 149,683 | 38,150 | |
| Qualified via CBSA Wildcard | |||
| Qualified via CBSA Wildcard | |||
Main draw
edit| Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zhou Ying. Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China, 5 November 2016.[12][13][14] | ||
| 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b "China Championship 2016". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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- ^ "China Championship: John Higgins beats Stuart Bingham in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Higgins Is Guangzhou King". World Snooker. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Race to Guangzhou". World Snooker. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Evergrande China Championship Draw and Format". World Snooker. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Williams Joins China Championship Lineup". World Snooker. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Race to Guangzhou". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "World Rankings After 2016 Shanghai Masters". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "1 Year Ranking List After 2016 Shanghai Masters". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "China Championship Draw" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b "China Championship Format" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Evergrande China Championship Results". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ a b "China Championship Matches". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "China Championship Centuries". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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