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 10âÂÂ5 in the final. He became the first player from mainland Europe to win a ranking event.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at ã15,000
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.
Total: 29
Total: 40