The 2012 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 28 October and 4 November 2012 at the in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season. It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", as the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship.
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:
Winner: £125,000
Runner-up: £62,500
Semi-final: £30,000
Quarter-final: £17,500
Last 16: £12,000
Last 32: £7,000
Last 48: £3,000
Last 64: £1,500
Non-televised highest break: £500
Televised highest break: £2,000
Total: £600,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Chengdu on 28 and 29 October 2012.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 19 and 22 August 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.