| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 October – 2 November 2014 (2014-10-26 – 2014-11-02) |
| Venue | Sichuan International Tennis Center [zh] |
| City | Chengdu |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £625,000 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break |  Mitchell Mann (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Mark Allen (NIR) |
| Score | 10–7 |
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The 2014 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 October and 2 November 2014 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center [zh] in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against amateur Wang Zepeng in the qualifying round.
Ricky Walden won his third ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Chengdu on 26 October 2014.
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Mitchell Mann (ENG) |
6–1 |  Niu Zhuang (CHN)
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| WC2 |  Jamie Jones (WAL) |
5–6 | Zhao Xintong (CHN)
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| WC3 | Joe Swail (NIR) |
6–4 | Yan Bingtao (CHN)
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| WC4 | Oliver Lines (ENG) |
6–3 | Huang Jiahao (CHN)
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China, 2 November 2014. | ||
| Mark Allen Northern Ireland
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7–10 | Ricky Walden England
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| Afternoon: 1–109 (59), 85–1, 25–69 (64), 52–57, 76–48, 113–1 (113), 49–67, 67–18, 71–31 (52) Evening: 0–100, 44–79, 4–85 (85), 69–1 (68), 88–4 (74), 0–85 (85), 0–103 (103), 6–116 (54, 62) | ||
| 113 | Highest break | 103 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches took place between 22 and 25 September 2014 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 11 frames.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 136 – Gary Wilson
- 136 – Peter Ebdon
- 131 – Michael White
- 130 – Barry Pinches
- 129 – Michael Wasley
- 123 – Anthony McGill
- 120, 103 – Wang Zepeng
- 115 – Mark Selby
- 113 – Neil Robertson
- 112 – Ding Junhui
- 111 – Brandon Sargeant
- 109 – Jack Lisowski
- 109 – Judd Trump
- 109 – Mark Allen
- 108, 105 – Noppon Saengkham
- 108 – Matthew Stevens
- 106, 100 – Luca Brecel
- 105 – Daniel Wells
- 104 – Nigel Bond
- 104 – Oliver Brown
- 103 – Ken Doherty
- 103 – Alex Pagulayan
- 103 – Kyren Wilson
- 103 – Joe Swail
- 102 – Martin Gould
- 101 – Dominic Dale
Televised stage centuries
- 142 – Mitchell Mann
- 141, 134, 127, 108, 106 – Marco Fu
- 141, 132, 115, 111, 107, 103, 100, 100 – Ricky Walden
- 140 – Stephen Maguire
- 139 – Graeme Dott
- 139 – Zhao Xintong
- 135, 128 – Stuart Bingham
- 135, 120, 120, 105, 102 – Mark Williams
- 130 – Ryan Day
- 129, 101 – Mark Davis
- 127, 104 – Mark Joyce
- 126 – Fergal O'Brien
- 124, 116, 112, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 123 – Ian Burns
- 122 – Xiao Guodong
- 121 – Sam Baird
- 118, 117, 113, 108, 105, 100 – Mark Allen
- 115 – Mike Dunn
- 107, 101, 100 – Martin Gould
- 107 – Joe Perry
- 106, 101 – Neil Robertson
- 106 – Dominic Dale
- 105 – Joel Walker
- 105 – Zhou Yuelong
- 104 – Rod Lawler
- 103 – Anthony McGill
- 102 – Judd Trump
- 101 – Craig Steadman
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