The 2012 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 28 October and 4 November 2012 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[3] It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", as the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship.[2]
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 28 October – 4 November 2012 |
| Venue | Sichuan International Tennis Center |
| City | Chengdu |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £600,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £125,000[2] |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 10–8 |
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Judd Trump won the third ranking title of his career by defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.[4][5][6] Trump also became the world number one as a result of reaching the final.[7]
Prize fund edit
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
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Wildcard round edit
These matches were played in Chengdu on 28 and 29 October 2012.[2][9][10][11][12][13]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Michael White (WAL) | 5–6 |  Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
| WC2 |  Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5–6 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
| WC3 |  Pankaj Advani (IND) | w/d–w/o | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
| WC4 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 6–3 | Chen Feilong (CHN) |
| WC5 | Aditya Mehta (IND) | 6–5 | Zhu Yinghui (CHN) |
| WC6 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 6–5 | Wang Yuchen (CHN) |
| WC7 |  Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 6–0 | Niu Zhuang (CHN) |
| WC8 | Barry Pinches (ENG) | 5–6 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
Main draw edit
Final edit
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China, 4 November 2012.[9][14] | ||
| Neil Robertson (7) Australia | 8–10 | Judd Trump (3) England |
| Afternoon: 21–72 (61), 41–84, 99–25 (77), 83–14 (68), 82–20 (59), 92–0 (51), 0–102 (67), 59–67, 73–23 (50) Evening: 12–70 (65), 17–68, 71–37 (68), 88–42 (88), 88–1 (73), 13–66, 0–96 (96), 3–119 (119), 12–95 | ||
| 88 | Highest break | 119 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying edit
These matches took place between 19 and 22 August 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[15][16][17]
Century breaks edit
Qualifying stage centuries edit
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Televised stage centuries edit
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References edit
- ^ "The Tour 2012/2013: Provisional prize money summary" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ a b c "China to host first overseas 'major'". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Trump stuns Robertson in Chengdu". ESPN. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Trump tops Robertson for title". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Judd Trump beats Robertson in International Championship final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Judd Trump beats Peter Ebdon to become world number one". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ a b c "International Championship (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ a b "International Championship 2012 Draw and Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ a b "International Championship 2012 results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ a b "International Championship 2012: schedule and results". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ a b 国际锦标赛赛程：火箭29日首秀 丁俊晖小特首轮压轴 (in Chinese). my147.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Final – Match 39 – Neil Robertson v Judd Trump". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "International Championship Qualifiers 2012 Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "2012 International Championship Qualifiers Draw and Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "International Championship Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "International Championship qualifiers – Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "International Championship – Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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