The 2016 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 30 October 2016 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
John Higgins was the defending champion but he lost 2–6 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals.
Mark Selby won his 9th ranking title by beating Ding Junhui 10–1 in the final. This match was a repeat of the 2016 World Championship final, in which Selby beat Ding by the 18–14 scoreline, and also the second consecutive ranking event final in China to feature both players, previous one, at the Shanghai Masters, being won 10–6 by Ding.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £125,000
Runner-up: £65,000
Semi-final: £30,000
Quarter-final: £17,500
Last 16: £12,000
Last 32: £7,000
Last 64: £4,000
Televised highest break: £1,000
Total: £657,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Daqing on 23 October 2016.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 29 September and 1 October 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. Matches involved John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo and Mark Selby, were played on 23 October 2016 in China. All matches were best of 11 frames.