2016 China Championship
# 2016 China Championship

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.

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.

John Higgins became the inaugural winner by beating Stuart Bingham 10–7 in the final.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £TBD.

## Seeding list

The 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. The remaining two players (Marco Fu and Liang Wenbo) were selected by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association. 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.

Source:

| Seed | Player | Total Rankings | 1 Year Rankings |
| - | - | - | - |
| 01 | Mark Selby | 690,650 | 60,775 |
| 02 | Stuart Bingham | 516,534 | 34,775 |
| 03 | Shaun Murphy | 447,308 | 26,000 |
| 04 | Judd Trump | 409,166 | 19,000 |
| 05 | John Higgins | 408,725 | 22,750 |
| 06 | Ding Junhui | 376,925 | 91,500 |
| 07 | Neil Robertson | 359,582 | 58,500 |
| 08 | Mark Allen | 336,592 | 9,725 |
| 09 | Ricky Walden | 312,208 | 9,400 |
| 0w/d | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 302,333 | 8,000 |
| 010 | Mark Williams | 243,008 | 22,250 |
| 011 | Ali Carter | 226,200 | 105,150 |
| 012 | Anthony McGill | 197,375 | 73,525 |
| 013 | Joe Perry | 295,133 | 41,050 |
| 014 | Michael Holt | 149,683 | 38,150 |
| | Marco Fu | Qualified via CBSA Wildcard | Qualified via CBSA Wildcard |
| | Liang Wenbo | Qualified via CBSA Wildcard | Qualified via CBSA Wildcard |

## Main draw

| Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | | Final Best of 19 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | Final Best of 19 frames |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mark Selby | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Anthony McGill | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Anthony McGill | 2 | 1 | Mark Selby | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Mark Allen | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mark Allen | 6 | 8 | Mark Allen | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ricky Walden | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ricky Walden | 4 | | | | 8 | Mark Allen | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | John Higgins | 9 | | | | |
| 5 | John Higgins | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | John Higgins | 9 | | | | |
| 10 | Mark Williams | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Mark Williams | 4 | 5 | John Higgins | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Ali Carter | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Judd Trump | 4 | 11 | Ali Carter | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Ali Carter | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Ali Carter | 6 | | | | | | | | 5 | John Higgins | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Stuart Bingham | 7 |
| 3 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Stuart Bingham | 7 |
| 13 | Joe Perry | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Joe Perry | 4 | 3 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Marco Fu | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ding Junhui | 3 | | Marco Fu | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | Marco Fu | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Marco Fu | 6 | | | | 3 | Shaun Murphy | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Stuart Bingham | 9 | | | | |
| 7 | Neil Robertson | 5 | | | | | | | 2 | Stuart Bingham | 9 | | | | |
| 14 | Michael Holt | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Michael Holt | 6 | 14 | Michael Holt | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | 2 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Liang Wenbo | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zhou Ying. Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China, 5 November 2016. :

| John Higgins (5) Scotland | 10–7 | Stuart Bingham (2) England |
| - | - | - |
| 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

* 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
