The 2024 International Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 3 to 10 November 2024 at the South New City National Fitness Center (SNCNFC) in Nanjing, China.
The eighth ranking event of the 2024–25 season, it followed the 2024 Northern Ireland Open and preceded the 2024 UK Championship.
Qualifiers took place from 30 September to 2 October 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.
Qualifying matches featuring the defending champion (Zhang Anda); the reigning World Champion (Kyren Wilson); the two highest ranked Chinese players other than Zhang (Ding Junhui and Si Jiahui); four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Wang Xinbo, Cai Wei, and Zheng Dian); and Ronnie O'Sullivan were held over to be played in Nanjing.
Zhang won the 2023 event, defeating Tom Ford 10–6 in the final to capture his maiden ranking title.
[6][7] Qualifying for the event was held from 30 September to 2 October 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.
[10] The main event was broadcast domestically in China by CCTV-5, the CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, the CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin and Huya Live; by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland); by Now TV in Hong Kong; by Astro SuperSport in Malaysia and Brunei; by TAP in the Philippines; by Sportcast in Taiwan; and by True Sports in Thailand.
[11] The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[7] In his 6–4 win over Lei Peifan, Thai player Thepchaiya Un-Nooh missed the final black of a potential maximum break for the third time in his career.
[14] Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Mink Nutcharut 6–3 making two century breaks, Zhang Anda defeated Ishpreet Singh Chadha 6–5, Ding Junhui whitewashed Reanne Evans, Kyren Wilson also whitewashed Mitchell Mann, and Si Jiahui beat Andrew Pagett 6–4.
[15] On 4 November Neil Robertson made four century breaks in his whitewash of Fan Zhengyi, Barry Hawkins beat Joe Perry 6–2, and O'Sullivan defeated He Guoqiang also by 6–2.
Hawkins beat Neil Robertson 6–1, Kyren Wilson made three century breaks in his 6–4 victory over Wu Yize, and Xiao defeated 4th seed Allen 6–2.
Chris Wakelin beat 9th seed Shaun Murphy 6–3, and Ding whitewashed Hossein Vafaei.
[19] In the evening session Ding beat Kyren Wilson 6–4 making century breaks in the last two frames.
[20] After being informed that his match would be interrupted before the deciding frame for the second time in two days, Higgins was visibly annoyed.
In the first ten years of my career, so many times I put myself in winning situations in matches but didn't take those chances.
[26] After the match, Ding said: "In the first session, Xu played really well, I didn't have many opportunities in the first half, and he managed century breaks with great sharpness, making the most of his chances.
[31][9] Qualification for the tournament took place from 30 September to 2 October 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.
[32][14] Qualifying matches featuring the defending champion (Zhang Anda); the reigning World Champion (Kyren Wilson); the two highest ranked Chinese players other than Zhang (Ding Junhui and Si Jiahui); four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Wang Xinbo, Cai Wei, and Zheng Dian);[9] and Ronnie O'Sullivan were held over to be played in Nanjing.