International Championship 2023 draw, schedule, prize money, TV channel and odds

03/11/2023 17:11

The International Championship gets going on Sunday in Tianjin, with the world’s best battling it out for a huge first prize.

The event returns to the calendar for the first time since 2019, back from a Covid-enforced hiatus, with Judd Trump the defending champion after downing Shaun Murphy in the final four years ago.

Trump also emerged as champion at the last three ranking events over the last month and heads back to China to try and become only the second player ever to win four on the spin, after Stephen Hendry.

There is no shortage of big names lining up to try and stop him, with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, Luca Brecel, Mark Allen, John Higgins and Mark Williams all involved.

The International Championship runs from 5-12 November, with the busy schedule rolling straight into the Champion of Champions in Bolton, starting the following day.

All the action from the Tianjin People’s Stadium will be shown on Eurosport and Discovery+ in the UK.