| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–5 November 2016 |
| Venue | Guangzhou Gymnasium |
| City | Guangzhou |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £650,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £200,000 |
| Highest break |  Shaun Murphy (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins |
| Runner-up | Stuart Bingham |
| Score | 10–7 |
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The 2016 China Championship (officially the 2016 Evergrande China Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 November 2016 in Guangzhou, China.[1]
It was the first staging of the tournament, and the plans were for it to become a full ranking event for the following three years, with the biggest prize pool for any event ever held outside the UK previously.[2]
John Higgins became the inaugural winner by beating Stuart Bingham 10–7 in the final.[3][4]
- ^ a b "China Championship 2016". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "New Event in China with Record Prize Money". World Snooker. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "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.