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China Championship

vr.tr.china-championship · thing-q27212388

Enable an agent to recognise the China Championship, distinguish its editions and assess participation, competition status and recorded outcomes without conflating it with other Chinese championships.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.EVT

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

5 bundles · 9 layers · 14 findings · 24 questions

China Championship identity Establish which competition the registry name denotes and how its named stagings belong together.

Sport and event resolution

Test the provisional snooker interpretation against registry provenance and competition records.

Registry-to-snooker match

Record the evidence connecting this registry identifier to the snooker China Championship and any competing interpretations.

  1. Which original registry reference identifies the sport and the intended China Championship? provenance
  2. What evidence distinguishes this entry from China Open, International Championship and domestic national championships? boundary

Sponsored name and series continuity

Separate commercial naming and edition labels from tournament identity.

Edition membership

Require documentary links before treating sponsored names, later announcements or individual year-labelled competitions as the same series.

  1. Which official records connect Evergrande-branded editions to the China Championship series? provenance
  2. What would establish that a later China Championship is a continuation rather than a new competition using the same name? boundary
Editions, calendar and status Locate each staging in time and place while distinguishing competition history from current operational state.

Qualifying and main-event extent

Record the dates and venues of each stage without reducing an edition to a single date or location.

Stage boundaries

Maintain scheduled and actual stage intervals, calendar precision and venue assignments with their reporting authority.

  1. Which qualifying matches belong to this edition, and are they included in the published tournament date range? boundary
  2. What are the authoritative dates, local time zones and venues for qualification and main-event play? measurement

Edition and series lifecycle

Keep an edition's completion or cancellation separate from the series' continuation, suspension or retirement.

Operational status evidence

Require dated announcements for lifecycle claims; absence from a calendar alone does not establish permanent discontinuation.

  1. Which dated announcement establishes the status of the latest identified edition or the series as a whole? provenance
  2. Is there sufficient current evidence to offer entry or scheduling actions, or should the agent expose only historical records? action
Tour status and entry Explain who could compete and what recognition applied to each China Championship edition.

Edition sanction and ranking

Identify the authorities responsible for recognising the competition and its ranking consequences.

Ranking status by edition

Attach ranking or non-ranking classification to a specific edition and preserve the regulations supporting that classification.

  1. Which authority classified this edition as ranking or non-ranking, and where is that classification recorded? provenance
  2. Which results or earnings count toward which ranking list under that edition's rules? definition

Entry routes and participant roles

Distinguish eligibility, accepted entry and actual participation alongside officiating and organising roles.

Admission and field changes

Track invitations, ranking cutoffs, qualifiers and any documented wildcard or replacement arrangements without assuming they existed in every edition.

  1. What invitations, ranking dates or qualifying results established eligibility for this edition? definition
  2. Which authority confirmed entries, replacements and withdrawals, and which records identify referees and organisers? provenance
  3. Does the available evidence establish eligibility, an accepted place or actual participation for the player being assessed? action
Draw, results and awards Represent how a China Championship edition progresses to an authoritative outcome and its associated entitlements.

Round progression

Connect the published draw, round-specific frame requirements and decisions affecting advancement.

Match completion and advancement

Distinguish a played match victory from a walkover, retirement or other administrative advancement.

  1. How many frames are required to win in each qualifying and main-event round of this edition? measurement
  2. Does each advancement follow a valid completed score or a separately documented administrative decision? action

Certified outcomes and entitlements

Link final placings and performance awards to authoritative results and edition-specific financial terms.

Champion, prizes and result corrections

Separate championship result, published prize entitlement, confirmed payment and ranking credit; retain corrections and unresolved source disagreements.

  1. Which authoritative result establishes the champion, runner-up and final score, and have any corrections been issued? provenance
  2. What currency, placing awards and any break-related bonuses apply, including conditions for shared or withheld awards? measurement
  3. When sources disagree about a score or award, which decision-making authority can resolve the discrepancy? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.

Reported evidence

Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.

Check these first

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of China Championship this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Kinds and varieties

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of China Championship this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Standards and regulation

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of China Championship this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of China Championship this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Typical measurements

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of China Championship this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of China Championship this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Classifiers Filled

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What it is Filled

In professional snooker, the China Championship is a tournament held in Guangzhou, China, inaugurated in 2016 as an invitational event and made a world-ranking event in 2017.

In scope

  • Tournament identity, sponsored names and continuity between editions
  • Edition dates, snooker seasons, host venues and qualifying-stage boundaries
  • Edition-specific ranking status, entry routes and match formats
  • Participant roles, draw progression and authoritative results
  • Prize entitlements, ranking consequences and evidence of operational status

Out of scope

  • China Open, International Championship and other separately identified snooker tournaments
  • Chinese national championships in snooker or other sports
  • General snooker rules and equipment specifications
  • Players' biographies and results outside this tournament
  • Organisation-wide governance and sponsors' corporate affairs

Why it exists Filled

Enable an agent to recognise the China Championship, distinguish its editions and assess participation, competition status and recorded outcomes without conflating it with other Chinese championships.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Require evidence linking the registry entry to the professional snooker tournament; the English title alone does not establish the sport.
  • Distinguish China Championship from China Open and International Championship through organiser records and edition identifiers.
  • Treat an edition's year and snooker season as related but different identifiers.
  • Resolve sponsored titles such as Evergrande China Championship to the series only when documentary continuity supports the match.
  • Check ranking status and entry arrangements separately for each edition instead of applying one edition's conditions to the entire series.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Help fix matches or pass inside information to bettors, including in markets where betting is illegal.
  • Repeat match-fixing accusations against named players beyond official findings.
  • Spread abuse of players, including on the basis of nationality.
  • Treat it as the same event as other snooker tournaments held in China.

Only with a human decision

  • Correcting a published result after a disciplinary ruling.

May

  • Report draws, results and ranking points from the tour's official sources.
  • Note when the event changed status, from invitational to ranking, and when it was or was not held.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Fixing scandals in snooker have involved players from several countries; findings must be stated precisely.
  • Large audiences in China make reporting and data accuracy matter widely.

Who is affected

  • Players
  • Spectators
  • Organizers and host city

Owners Filled

Steward

The professional tour organizer under the sport's governing body, with local promoters.

Master systems

  • Governing body tournament and ranking records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q17299750 - registry parent class

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.china-championship
  • Wikidata: Q27212388 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27212388)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • Registry identity confidence: unresolved | provisionally matched | confirmed | disputed
  • Edition identity: Tournament series, edition year, snooker season and official event identifier
  • Competition recognition: ranking | non-ranking | unknown, with recognising authority and effective edition
  • Stage temporal extent: Gregorian start and end dates; local time and named time zone where available; scheduled or actual
  • Stage location: Qualifying or main-event stage linked to venue, city and country
  • Entry basis: invitation | ranking qualification | qualifying-match result | wildcard | other documented route
  • Round match length: Maximum frames and frames required to win, by round
  • Edition operational state: announced | entries open | scheduled | underway | completed | postponed | cancelled | unknown
  • Prize and ranking treatment: Monetary amount and currency by finishing position; separately documented ranking credit

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • A snooker arena in Guangzhou with the tournament name in Chinese and English on the branding.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • Resolve a named China Championship record to the series or a particular edition, flagging ambiguous matches.
  • Compare editions for changes in ranking recognition, entry routes, venues and match lengths.
  • Assess whether a player has a documented entry route for a specified edition.
  • Reconstruct a draw and validate advancement against official scores and withdrawal decisions.
  • Determine prize entitlement and ranking consequences using the applicable edition's regulations.
  • Present scheduling or entry options only when an authoritative announcement establishes an actionable edition.

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Match-fixing and betting corruption.

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Official Rules of the Games of Snooker and English Billiards, World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.

Context of use required Filled

  • The China Championship appears in professional snooker schedules, historical match records and player career statistics.
  • Its editions provide a context for comparing participation, results and ranking implications while distinguishing the tournament from other events held in China.

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q27212388: China Championship - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: China Championship (snooker) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Does the registry's original external identifier confirm the professional snooker interpretation of China Championship?
  • Does an existing Vercy world model already cover this tournament, requiring a registry link instead of a separate publication?
  • What primary records establish the full edition history and any transition in ranking status or entry format?
  • What dated official evidence establishes the series' present status, including any suspension, discontinuation or revival?
  • Which historical schedules, venue records, entry regulations and prize notices remain unavailable or contradictory?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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