2025 International Championship

2025 International Championship

Tournament information
Dates	2–9 November 2025 (2025-11-02 – 2025-11-09)
Country	China
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£825,000
Winner's share	£175,000
Defending champion	Ding Junhui  (CHN)
← 2024

The 2025 International Championship is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 2 to 9 November 2025 in China. Qualifiers will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. The 11th edition of the International Championship since it was first staged in 2012, it will be the eighth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 Northern Ireland Open and preceding the 2025 UK Championship. The winner will receive £175,000 from a total prize fund of £825,000.

Ding Junhui will be the defending champion, having defeated Chris Wakelin 10–7 in the 2024 final.

Overview

The International Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament held in China. It first took place in 2012; the inaugural champion was Judd Trump, who defeated Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final. ^[1] Staged from 2012 to 2014 in Chengdu and from 2015 to 2019 in Daqing, the tournament was not held from 2020 to 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following its return to the calendar, the tournament was staged in Tianjin in 2023 and Nanjing in 2024. ^[2]

The 2025 International Championship will be the 11th edition of the event. The main stage will take place from 2 to 9 November 2025 in China. ^[3] Qualifiers will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. ^[4] It will be the eighth ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 Northern Ireland Open and preceding the 2025 UK Championship. ^[5] Ding Junhui will be the defending champion, having defeated Chris Wakelin 10–7 in the 2024 final. ^[6]

Format

Matches will be played as the best of 11 frames until the semi‑finals, which will be the best of 17 frames played over two sessions . The final will be the best of 19 frames, also played over two sessions.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below: ^[2]

• Winner: £175,000
• Runner-up: £75,000
• Semi-final: £33,000
• Quarter-final: £22,000
• Last 16: £14,000
• Last 32: £9,000
• Last 64: £5,000
• Highest break: £5,000

• Total: £825,000

References

1. "Judd Trump beats Robertson in International Championship final". BBC Sport . 4 November 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
2. "International Championship". World Snooker Tour . Retrieved 4 September 2025.
3. "Tournaments 2025–26". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
4. "International Championship Qualifiers 2025 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
5. "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
6. "International Championship: Ding Junhui beats Chris Wakelin 10-7 in final". BBC Sport. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2025.