2017 China Championship


The 2017 China Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 August 2017 in China. It was the second ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
This was the first time the event was a ranking tournament. John Higgins was the defending champion, but was knocked out in the second round by Tom Ford.
Luca Brecel won his first ranking tournament, beating Shaun Murphy 10–5 in the final. He became the first player from mainland Europe to win a ranking event.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
  • Winner: £150,000
  • Runner-up: £75,000
  • Semi-final: £32,000
  • Quarter-final: £18,000
  • Last 16: £12,000
  • Last 32: £7,000
  • Last 64: £4,000
  • Televised highest break: £3,000
  • Total: £700,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000

Main draw

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Qualifying

These matches were held between 3 and 6 June 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were the best of 9 frames.
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Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 29

Televised stage centuries

Total: 40