City Chengdu Organisation(s) WPBSA | Country China Format Ranking event | |
Dates 28 October–4 November 2012 Venue Sichuan International Tennis Center | ||
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, and the fifth ranking tournament in China. It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", as the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship.
Contents
Judd Trump won the third ranking title of his career by defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final. Trump also became the world number one as a result of reaching the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Chengdu on 28 and 29 October 2012.
Qualifying
These matches took place between 19 and 22 August 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.