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It was the second ranking event of the 2019\/2020 season and the eighth iteration of the International Championship first held in 2012.Northern Irish cueist Mark Allen was the defending champion, after defeating Australian Neil Robertson in the previous year’s final. Allen, however, lost 9\u20136 to England’s Shaun Murphy in the semi-finals. Reigning world champion Judd Trump won the event and his 12th ranking championship with a 10\u20133 win over Murphy in the final. In winning the event, Trump returned to the world number one position, that he had last held in 2013.Trump and Allen tied for the highest break during the televised stages, both scoring 141, with Trump also making 12 centuries throughout the tournament. Qualifying for the event took place 14\u201317 June 2019 in Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Tom Ford made the highest break of qualifying, with a maximum break, the fourth of his career, in his 6\u20131 win in qualifying over Fraser Patrick.Tournament format[edit]The event was the eighth iteration of the International Championship, having been first held in 2012.[1] The event took place from 4\u201311 August 2019 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China.[2][3] The event was the second ranking tournament of the 2019\/20 snooker season after the 2019 Riga Masters won by Yan Bingtao.[4]Qualifying for the event was held from 14 to 17 June 2019 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England, featuring one first round match.[5] Matches were played as best-of-11-frames until the semi-finals, which were played as best-of-17-frames, whilst the final was played as a best-of-19-frames.[2]Prize fund[edit]The championship total fund was higher than that of the previous year’s event, with a total of \u00a3802,000 (up from \u00a3775,000). The winner of the event received the same prize money as in previous years, at \u00a3175,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7]Winner: \u00a3175,000Runner-up: \u00a375,000Semi-final: \u00a332,000Quarter-final: \u00a321,500Last 16: \u00a313,500Last 32: \u00a38,500Last 64: \u00a34,750Highest break: \u00a36,000Total: \u00a3802,000Tournament summary[edit]The championship began on 4 August 2019, with the first round alongside held over qualifier matches.[8] Two matches in the heldover qualifier rounds were decided on a deciding frame. Ding Junhui defeated Simon Lichtenberg despite being 5\u20133 behind, whilst four-time world champion John Higgins defeated amateur under 21 world champion Wu Yize despite being 4\u20133 behind to the 15 year old.[9]Judd Trump in his first tournament after winning the 2019 World Snooker Championship scored three century breaks in his qualifier to defeat Jordan Brown 6\u20131.[10]Early rounds (first round\u2013quarter-finals)[edit]Two top-16 ranked players were defeated in first round; Mark Williams lost to Jak Jones and Barry Hawkins to Daniel Wells both 6\u20132.[11] Ding Junhui defeated three fellow Chinese players in the first three rounds, overcoming Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and Liang Wenbo to reach the quarter-finals. Defending champion Mark Allen conceded just four frames to draw Ding, having defeated Sam Craigie, Mark Davis (both 6\u20131) and Ali Carter (6\u20132).[12][13][14] Allen defeated Ding 6\u20133 to reach the semi-finals. As the sole remaining Chinese player in the competition, some Chinese viewers were reported to have stopped watching the event.[citation needed]Graeme Dott qualified to play Shaun Murphy in the second quarter-final. Dott defeated Michael White before defeating two world champions in Stuart Bingham and John Higgins to reach the quarter-final.[15] Murphy, who had reached only the Scottish Open final in the previous season defeated Yuan Sijun 6\u20135 and Riga Masters champion Yan Bingtao 6\u20134 before drawing a rematch of the second round match at the 2019 World Championships against Neil Robertson. Murphy defeated Robertson on a deciding frame 6\u20135.[15][16] Murphy defeated Dott 6\u20134 to draw Allen in the semi-final.[17]Three-time world champion Mark Selby reached the second semi-final, after defeating Liam Highfield and Ben Woollaston (both 6\u20133), before playing World Championship semi-finalists David Gilbert and Gary Wilson, defeating both on a deciding frame 6\u20135.[18][19][20] World champion Judd Trump reached the semi-finals defeating Zhang Anda, Scott Donaldson, Joe Perry and Tom Ford.[21]Semi-final\u2013final[edit]  The first semi-final took place on 9 August 2019, between Selby and Trump. In reaching the semi-finals, Trump was guaranteed to return to world number one after the tournament for the first time since 2013.[22] Selby won three of the first four frames to lead 3\u20131.[18] However, Trump won the next four frames to lead 5\u20133 after the first session with breaks of 97, 108, 97 and 116.[18] In the second session, Trump won the first three frames to lead 8\u20133 including two more 90+ breaks. Selby took frame 12 before Trump won the match in frame 13 with a break of 72.[23] After the match, Trump commented “It was probably somewhere near how I was playing to win the World Championship,” describing his form within the match.[18]The second semi-final was a rematch of the 2019 Scottish Masters final between Murphy and Allen. Murphy won the first five frames of the match, with Allen not scoring a single point until frame four.[17] Allen fought back to trail 3\u20136 after the first session.[17] Murphy won the first frame of the second session, before Allen won the next two. Murphy won frame 13 to need just one more frame for victory. Allen won the next two frames to push the match into the interval. Murphy however won frame 15 to win the match 9\u20136 with a break of 66.[17][24]The final was played as a best-of-19-frames match held over two sessions on 11 August 2019, refereed by Lyu Xilin.[25] Trump won the first five frames of the match making a century break in frame three. Murphy, however won three of the remaining four frames of the session to trail 3\u20136.[10] On the resume of the match, Trump dominated the remaining frames, winning the next four frames to win the match 10\u20133, completing eight half-centuries in the match.[26] The victory was Trump’s twelfth ranking event title, twelfth match unbeaten in a row, and had scored twelve centuries during the event.[10]The win was the first time a reigning world champion won the first championship in which they had competed in after the event, since Ronnie O’Sullivan in 2008.[27] In losing the event, Murphy commented that he was “disappointed” and that had not played well: “Judd swamped me, that was how it felt.”[10]Main draw[edit]Players in bold denote match winners.[25]Final[edit]Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Lyu Xilin.Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 11 August 2019.Shaun Murphy\u00a0England3\u201310Judd Trump\u00a0EnglandAfternoon: 14\u201385, 5\u201383 (58), 19\u2013108 (104), 0\u201377 (58), 0\u201369, 87\u20130 (87), 68\u201337, 23\u201386 (74), 79\u20130 (79)Evening: 0\u201380 (80), 30\u201390 (63), 6\u2013102 (102), 9\u201399 (62)87Highest break1040Century breaks2250+ breaks8Qualifying[edit]Matches were played between 14 and 17 June 2019 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Matches involving Mark Allen, Sam Craigie, Ding Junhui, John Higgins, Yan Bingtao, Sunny Akani, Anthony McGill and Judd Trump, were played in Daqing. All matches were the best-of-11-frames.[5]Century breaks[edit]Televised stage centuries[edit]A total of 63 century breaks were made during the televised stages of the tournament. Judd Trump and Mark Allen shared the highest break of the tournament, with both players making a break of 141. In addition, Trump made a total of 12 centuries, eight more than any other player. Four Centuries were made in held over matches, Three by Trump and one by Sam Craigie.[28]141, 131, 116, 113, 111, 108, 102, 104, 102, 101, 100, 100 \u2013 Judd Trump141, 119, 117, 101 \u2013 Mark Allen137 \u2013 Ali Carter136 \u2013 Joe Perry133 \u2013 Stephen Maguire132, 126, 100 \u2013 Gary Wilson132 \u2013 Xiao Guodong131, 126, 104, 101 \u2013 Ding Junhui131 \u2013 Tom Ford128, 108 \u2013 Louis Heathcote127, 103 \u2013 Mark Selby124, 104 \u2013 Sam Craigie123, 105 \u2013 Stuart Bingham121 \u2013 Jimmy Robertson120, 105 \u2013 Liang Wenbo119, 103, 102, 100 \u2013 Neil Robertson118 \u2013 Jak Jones116 \u2013 Daniel Wells115, 103 \u2013 Scott Donaldson115 \u2013 Yuan Sijun111, 102 \u2013 Luca Brecel110 \u2013 Elliot Slessor109, 102, 101 \u2013 David Gilbert107, 104 \u2013 Kurt Maflin106, 103 \u2013 Shaun Murphy105 \u2013 Yan Bingtao102 \u2013 Zhou Yuelong100 \u2013 Kyren Wilson100 \u2013 Liam Highfield100 \u2013 Mark JoyceQualifying stage centuries[edit]A total of 42 century breaks were made during the qualifying tournament preceding the event, including a maximum break from Tom Ford.[29]147 \u2013 Tom Ford139, 100 \u2013 Luo Honghao137, 116 \u2013 Joe Perry135 \u2013 Scott Donaldson134, 103 \u2013 Liam Highfield134, 124 \u2013 Mark Selby133 \u2013 Stuart Bingham132, 126 \u2013 Lyu Haotian129, 108 \u2013 Stephen Maguire127, 115, 112 \u2013 Neil Robertson126, 112 \u2013 Noppon Saengkham123, 104 \u2013 Michael Holt120 \u2013 Graeme Dott118, 102 \u2013 Ali Carter118 \u2013 Bai Langning115 \u2013 Ashley Carty115 \u2013 Tian Pengfei115 \u2013 Xiao Guodong111 \u2013 Chang Bingyu111 \u2013 Gary Wilson111 \u2013 Ryan Day108 \u2013 Eden Sharav108 \u2013 Yuan Sijun107 \u2013 Brandon Sargeant107 \u2013 Liang Wenbo106 \u2013 Kurt Maflin105 \u2013 Anthony Hamilton103 \u2013 Louis Heathcote101 \u2013 Jamie Clarke101 \u2013 Mei Xiwen100 \u2013 Hossein VafaeiReferences[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/2019-international-championship-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"2019 International Championship – Wikipedia"}}]}]