THERE’S no slowing down the snooker train as some of the biggest stars return to the table for this year’s International Championship.
Ding Junhui sent the crowd into a frenzy last year when he to clinch the 2024 crown in front of his home country.
Ding Junhui (L) is the defending International Championship championCredit: Getty
Ronnie O’Sullivan returnsCredit: Getty
And the Chinese star will be determined to retain his title, particularly after missing out on last week’s
However, Junhui could come up against the NI Open champion, or World No1 Judd Trump who both feature in this highly-anticipated ranking event.
Neil Robertson will also play in Nanjing, and the Aussie ace is in good form after becoming just the fourth player to hit 1,000 centuries during qualifiers.
But the player everyone hopes to avoid is and the snooker legend returns to action following his Xi’an Grand Prix quarter-final exit last month.
SunSport brings you all of the information needed for the 11th edition of this huge tournament.
When is the International Championship snooker 2025?
- The International Championship snooker 2025 will get underway on Sunday, November 2.
- It then concludes a week later – Sunday, November 9.
- South New City National Fitness Center (SNCNFC) in Nanjing, China is the chosen venue for this major event.
- Matches are played as best of 11 frames until the semi-finals, which will be the best of 17 frames played over two sessions, and the final is best of 19, also played over two sessions.
What TV channel is the International Championship snooker 2025 on and is there a live stream?
- The International Championship snooker 2025 will be broadcast live on TNT Sports
- Fans can also stream the entire tournament on discovery+
- Alternatively, head to SunSport’s live blog for detailed coverage of the whole event.
International Championship snooker 2025 schedule and results
Sunday, November 2 – Final qualifying round
From 1:30am
- Bai Yulu vs Wang Xinzhong
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Xu Jiraui
- Zhou Yuelong vs Wang Xinbo
From 6am
- Xiao Gudong vs Mahmoud El Hareedy
- Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Allan Taylor
- Zhao Xintong vs Oliver Brown
From 11:30am
- Ding Junhui vs David Grace
- Judd Trump vs Dylan Emery
- Barry Hawkins vs Zhou Jinhao
Sunday, November 2 – Round 2
From 1:30am
- Neil Robertson vs Ken Doherty
- Mark Williams vs Anthony McGill
- Sam Cragie vs Jimmy Robertson
- Tom Ford vs Daniel Wells
From 6am
- Yuan Sijun vs Ricky Walden
- He Guoqiang vs Staurt Bingham
- Jiang Jun vs Chris Wakelin
- Mark Selby vs Liu Hongyu
From 11:30am
- Zhang Anda vs Michal Szubarczyk
- Wu Yize vs Lyu Haotian
- Martin O’Donnell vs Gary Wilson
- Wang Yuchen vs Si Jahui
Monday, November 3 – Round 2
From 1:30am
- Ryan Day vs Hossein Vafaei
- Oliver Lines vs John Higgins
- Xu Si vs Stephen Maguire
- David Lilley vs Kyren Wilson
From 6:30am
- Ding / Grace vs Michael Holt
- Pang Junxu vs Liam Highfield
- Elliot Slessor vs Ben Mertens
- Guodong / El Hareedy vs Zak Surety
- Ali Carter vs Aaron Hill
- Trump / Emery vs Matthew Stevens
- Yuelong / Xinbo vs Noppon Saengkham
- Ben Wollaston vs Jak Jones
From 11:30am
- Shaun Murphy vs Robbie Williams
- Un-Nooh / Jiarui vs David Gilbert
- Scott Donaldson vs Mitchell Mann
- Huang Jiahao vs Hawkins / Jinhao
- Louis Heathcote vs Jack Lisowski
- Sanderson Lam vs O’Sullivan / Taylor
- Liu Wenwei vs Lei Peifan
- Fan Zhengyi vs Xintong / Brown
