| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 16–22 August 2017 (2017-08-16 – 2017-08-22) |
| Venue | Guangzhou Sport University |
| City | Guangzhou |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £700,000 |
| Winner's share | £150,000 |
| Highest break |  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Luca Brecel (BEL) |
| Runner-up |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| Score | 10–5 |
| ← 2016 2018 → | |
The 2017 China Championship (officially the 2017 Evergrande 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:
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000
Main draw
- Notes
- Hamilton retired at 0–1 due to a neck injury
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Deng Shihao. Guangzhou Sports University, Guangzhou, China, 22 August 2017. | ||
| Shaun Murphy England
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5–10 | Luca Brecel Belgium
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| Afternoon: 68–2 (55), 78–31 (68), 15–68 (64), 107–0 (107), 49–63, 19–56, 53–77 (Murphy 53), 5–78 (78), 58–54 Evening: 0–66, 30–62, 109–1 (77), 52–53, 30–70, 37–61 | ||
| 107 | Highest break | 78 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
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.
- Notes
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 29
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Televised stage centuries
Total: 40
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References
- ^ "China Championship 2017". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- "Calendar 2017/2018". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- "China Championship: John Higgins beats Stuart Bingham in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- "Higgins Is Guangzhou King". World Snooker. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- "China Championship: Luca Brecel beats Shaun Murphy for first ranking title". BBC Sport. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Luca Brecel wins first ranking event with victory over Shaun Murphy". Eurosport. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "2017 China Championship Qualifying". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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