2025 International Championship information: Who is playing, what is the draw, results, schedule, how to watch
The main venue, televised stages of the 2025 International Championship take place at the South New City National Fitness Centre in Nanjing, China between November 2-9.
A world ranking event open to all professional tour card holders, there is a top prize of £175,000.
The International Championship has been an annual event on snooker's top flight since 2012, although it was cancelled between 2020 to 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ding Junhui is the reigning champion; the home hero defeated Chris Wakelin 10-7 in the 2024 final to claim this title for the second time in his career and lift his first ranking trophy in nearly five years.
Who is playing and how does the draw work?
In total, the 2025 International Championship began with 129 players, this includes four local amateur wildcards.
The tournament is seeded and uses a flat draw system meaning all players - regardless of status or world ranking position - start out in round one (last 128), although there is one preliminary round fixture because of the numbers.
The vast majority of round one matches were played as 'qualifiers' at the Ponds Forge International Sport Centre in Sheffield between September 30 to October 2. The winners of these matches progressed to round two (last 64) in the Far East. Big stories from the qualifiers can be read here.
The preliminary round match and nine round one fixtures have been held over to the main venue in China. These ties involve the four wildcards, and defending champion Ding, world champion Zhao Xintong, world number one Judd Trump, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Xiao Guodong.
A star-studded field is expected to be in Nanjing. As well as those mentioned above, Kyren Wilson, Neil Robertson, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy and Mark Selby have all qualified.
Recent Xi'an Grand Prix champion Mark Williams also qualified, but withdrew from the competition due to illness (respiratory infection). Five players who were due to travel to China have withdrawn.
The World Snooker Tour's newest maiden ranking event champion Jack Lisowski will be aiming for back-to-back trophies following his emotional Northern Ireland Open glory.
All matches up to and including the quarter-finals are the best of 11 frames. Semi-finals are the best of 17 across two sessions, and the final is the best of 19 across two sessions.
Preliminary Round
Bai Yulu 4-6 Wang Xinzhong *
Round One (Last 128)
Ding Junhui 6-0 David Grace *
Michael Holt 6-2 Reanne Evans
Pang Junxu 6-1 Ross Muir
Jackson Page 5-6 Liam Highfield
Shaun Murphy 6-1 Yao Pengcheng
Robbie Williams 1-6 Wang *
Elliot Slessor 6-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Matthew Selt 3-6 Ben Mertens
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-0 Xu Jiarui *
David Gilbert 6-5 Liam Davies
Scott Donaldson 6-0 Antoni Kowalski
Mark Allen 4-6 Mitchell Mann
Ryan Day 6-3 Zhao Hanyang
Hossein Vafaei 6-1 Fergal Quinn
Jordan Brown 2-6 Oliver Lines
John Higgins 6-5 Liam Pullen
Neil Robertson 6-1 Umut Dikme
Stan Moody 5-6 Ken Doherty
Yuan Sijun 6-2 Julien Leclercq
Ricky Walden 6-1 Gao Yang
Xiao Guodong 6-2 Mahmoud El Hareedy *
Zak Surety 6-2 Farakh Ajaib
Ali Carter 6-0 Liam Graham
Aaron Hill 6-1 Leone Crowley
He Guoqiang 6-3 Duane Jones
Stuart Bingham 6-3 Ian Burns
Long Zehuang 4-6 Jiang Jun
Chris Wakelin 6-1 Florian Nuessle
Xu Si 6-3 Sahil Nayyar
Stephen Maguire 6-5 Kreishh Gurbaxani
David Lilley 6-3 Chatchapong Nasa
Kyren Wilson 6-2 Gong Chenzhi
Judd Trump 6-4 Dylan Emery *
Matthew Stevens 6-2 Connor Benzey
Zhou Yuelong 6-4 Wang Xinbo *
Noppon Saengkham 6-1 Jonas Luz
Zhang Anda 6-3 Chris Totten
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-6 Michal Szubarczyk
Wu Yize 6-3 Lan Yuhao
Lyu Haotian 6-1 Ng On Yee
Ben Woollaston 6-3 Cheung Ka Wai
Jak Jones 6-1 Mateusz Baranowski
Mark Davis 5-6 Huang Jiahao
Barry Hawkins 6-4 Zhou Jinhao *
Jamie Jones 2-6 Louis Heathcote
Jack Lisowski 6-2 Bulcsu Revesz
Sanderson Lam 6-0 Amir Sarkhosh
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-5 Allan Taylor *
Mark Williams 6-2 Iulian Boiko
Anthony McGill 6-0 Mink Nutcharut
Joe O'Connor 1-6 Sam Craigie
Jimmy Robertson 6-3 Chang Bingyu
Mark Selby 6-0 Steven Hallworth
Liu Hongyu 6-1 Haydon Pinhey
Tom Ford 6-1 Robbie McGuigan
Daniel Wells 6-2 Jimmy White
Martin O'Donnell 6-5 Xu Yichen
Gary Wilson 6-3 Artemijs Zizins - Wilson made a 147
Robert Milkins 5-6 Wang Yuchen
Si Jiahui 6-3 Sunny Akani
Luca Brecel 4-6 Liu Wenwei
Lei Peifan 6-3 Haris Tahir
Fan Zhengyi 6-1 Haten Yassen
Zhao Xintong 6-1 Oliver Brown *
* matches held over to Nanjing
Round Two (Last 64)
Ding 6-1 Holt
Pang 4-6 Highfield
Murphy 6-5 Wang
Slessor 6-5 Mertens
Un-Nooh w/o Gilbert
Donaldson 6-2 Mann
Day 4-6 Vafaei
Lines 2-6 Higgins
N. Robertson w/o Doherty
Yuan 6-4 Walden
Xiao 1-6 Surety
Hill w/o Carter
He 6-4 Bingham
Jiang 6-2 Wakelin
Xu S 4-6 Maguire
Lilley 2-6 K. Wilson
Trump 6-3 Stevens
Zhou Y 4-6 Saengkham
Zhang 6-0 Szubarczyk
Wu 6-1 Lyu
Woollaston 1-6 Jak Jones
Huang 5-6 Hawkins
Heathcote 4-6 Lisowski
Lam 2-6 O'Sullivan
McGill w/o M. Williams
J. Robertson w/o Craigie
Selby 6-5 Liu
Ford 3-6 Wells
O'Donnell 1-6 G. Wilson
Wang Y 1-6 Si
Liu 2-6 Lei
Fan 3-6 Zhao
Round Three (Last 32)
Ding 6-4 Highfield
Murphy 6-4 Slessor
Un-Nooh 4-6 Donaldson
Vafaei 3-6 Higgins
N. Robertson 6-3 Yuan
Surety 6-5 Hill - Surety made a 147
He 5-6 Jiang
Maguire 6-4 K. Wilson
Trump 6-3 Saengkham
Zhang 3-6 Wu
Jak Jones 3-6 Hawkins
Lisowski 6-5 O’Sullivan
McGill 6-4 J. Robertson
Selby 6-3 Wells
G. Wilson 0-6 Si
Lei 5-6 Zhao
Round Four (Last 16)
Ding 2-6 Murphy
Donaldson 5-6 Higgins
N. Robertson 3-6 Surety
Jiang 4-6 Maguire
Trump 4-6 Wu
Hawkins 6-4 Lisowski
McGill 1-6 Selby
Si 1-6 Zhao
Quarter-Finals
Murphy 2-6 Higgins
Surety 1-6 Maguire
Wu 6-0 Hawkins
Selby 5-6 Zhao
Semi-Finals
Higgins 9-2 Maguire
Wu 9-6 Zhao
Final
Higgins 6-10 Wu
2025 INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER: WU YIZE
Tournament schedule:
- Sunday 2nd: Prelim, round one & last 64 matches
- Monday 3rd: Last 64
- Tuesday 4th: Last 32
- Wednesday 5th: Last 16
- Thursday 6th: Quarter-finals
- Friday 7th: Semi-final 1
- Saturday 8th: Semi-final 2
- Sunday 9th: Final
What is the prize money and how much does the champion get?
- Champion: £175,000
- Runner-up: £75,000
- Losing semi-finalists: £33,000 (each)
- Losing quarter-finals: £22,000 (each)
- Losers in the last 16: £14,000 (each)
- Losers in the last 32: £9,000 (each)
- Losers in the last 64: £5,000 (each)
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total prize fund: £825,000
How to watch the 2025 International Championship:
- UK & Ireland: TNT Sports and discovery+
- Mainland Europe: Eurosport and locally relevant streaming platforms (discovery+ in Germany, Italy and Austria and HBO Max in all other markets)
- China: CCTV5, Huya.com, Migu, CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
- Macau China: CCTV5
- Hong Kong China: Now TV
- Taiwan: Sportcast
- Thailand: True Sport
- All other territories: WST Play