2017 CVB Snooker Challenge

The 2017 Camsing Global CVB Snooker Challenge was a professional non-ranking team snooker tournament that took place on 28 and 29 July 2017, at Nanshan Culture & Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.^[1] It was played over 35 frames with every frame being played. Great Britain beat China by 26 frames to 9.

CVB Snooker Challenge

Tournament information
Dates	28–29 July 2017 (2017-07-28 – 2017-07-29)
Venue	Nanshan Culture & Sports Centre
City	Shenzhen
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA/CBSA
Format	Non-ranking team event
Total prize fund	£120,000
Winner's share	£80,000
Final
Champion	Great Britain Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Williams Graeme Dott Joe Perry Michael Holt
Runner-up	China Ding Junhui Liang Wenbo Zhou Yuelong Yan Bingtao Zhao Xintong
Score	26–9

Format

• The competition consisted of two teams, the Chinese team and the British team, each team consisting of five players.
• There were 10 matches with a total of 35 frames, 19 frames for singles and 16 frames for doubles; all 35 frames were played.^[2]

Prize fund

• Winner: £80,000 team (£16,000 per player)
• Runner-Up: £40,000 team (£8,000 per player) ^[2]

Teams and players

^[1][2]

Nation	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
China	Ding Junhui	Liang Wenbo	Zhou Yuelong	Yan Bingtao	Zhao Xintong
Great Britain	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Williams	Graeme Dott	Joe Perry	Michael Holt

Results

^[3][4][5]

Day 1

Mark Williams	2–1	Zhao Xintong
Mark Williams	3–0	Liang Wenbo
Graeme Dott & Michael Holt	0-2	Zhou Yuelong & Yan Bingtao
Joe Perry & Michael Holt	2-0	Yan Bingtao & Zhao Xintong
Ronnie O'Sullivan	6- 1	Ding Junhui

Day 2

Graeme Dott & Joe Perry	2–1	Zhou Yuelong & Zhao Xintong
Michael Holt	2–1	Yan Bingtao
Graeme Dott & Joe Perry	2–0	Ding Junhui & Liang Wenbo
Ronnie O'Sullivan	3–0	Zhou Yuelong
Ronnie O'Sullivan & Mark Williams	4–3	Ding Junhui & Liang Wenbo

Final score

 Great Britain 26–9  China

Century breaks

• 135 – Graeme Dott & Joe Perry (Doubles Frame alternate shots)
• 131 – Ronnie O'Sullivan & Mark Williams (Doubles Frame alternate shots)
• 102 – Michael Holt