The 2018 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 28 October to 4 November 2018 in Daqing, China. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. Qualifying for the tournament took place between 9–12 October 2018 in Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley. Defending champion Mark Selby lost to Neil Robertson 4–6 in the quarter-final, bringing an end to his 2-year reign and an 18 match unbeaten record in the tournament. Mark Allen won the tournament with record 14 century breaks, beating Robertson 10–5 in the final. It was Allen's fourth ranking title. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £175,000 Runner-up: £75,000 Semi-final: £32,000 Quarter-final: £21,500 Last 16: £13,500 Last 32: £8,500 Last 64: £4,000 Televised highest break: £3,000 Total: £775,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000 Main draw Final Qualifying Matches were played between 9 and 12 October 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Matches involving Mark Selby, Noppon Saengkham, Liang Wenbo, Ding Junhui, Ben Woollaston, Liam Highfield, Gary Wilson and Mark Williams, were played in China. All matches best of 11 frames. Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries Total: 47 144 Matthew Selt 142, 117, 117 Xiao Guodong 137 Martin Gould 135 Michael Holt 135 Martin O'Donnell 134, 109 Mark Davis 134 Ryan Day 133, 106 Chris Wakelin 132 Anthony McGill 130 Peter Ebdon 130 Adam Stefanow 128, 101 Neil Robertson 127, 107 Sam Craigie 127 Andrew Higginson 126 Oliver Lines 125 Elliot Slessor 123, 112 Stuart Bingham 116 Sam Baird 114 Tom Ford 113, 100 Lu Ning 113 Stephen Maguire 111 Luo Honghao 110, 104 Robert Milkins 108, 105 Hossein Vafaei 108 Sunny Akani 107 Xu Si 106 Michael Georgiou 105, 102, 100 Judd Trump 104 Ali Carter 104 Mei Xiwen 104 Fergal O'Brien 102 Eden Sharav 101, 100 Kurt Maflin 100 Michael White Televised stage centuries Total: 107 146, 142, 129, 127, 125, 120, 120, 119, 112, 108, 103, 102, 101, 101 Mark Allen 144, 127, 127, 115, 110 Matthew Stevens 142, 137 Alfie Burden 140, 107, 106 Michael Holt 139, 103 Martin Gould 137, 133, 131, 124, 117, 102, 100 Mark Selby 137, 116, 104 Zhao Xintong 137, 104 Yan Bingtao 136 Hossein Vafaei 135, 127, 125, 121, 119, 113, 113, 113, 101, 101 Neil Robertson 135 Zhou Yuelong 133, 128, 112, 106, 106, 103, 102 Jack Lisowski 133, 111