QIANG SUN will represent China at the William Hill World Darts Championship after winning through the 32-player Qualifier in Suzhou, where youngster Xiaochen Zong won the year's final ranking event.
A series of 12 ranking events have been held in China during 2016, with the standalone events counting towards qualification for the Betway World Cup of Darts Qualifier and Shanghai Darts Masters Qualifier earlier this year as well as the World Championship Qualifier.
Xiaochen Zong, who represented China in the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship recently, took victory in Event 12, which was the final ranking event of the year.
Zong defeated Yuyi Ling, Jianhua Shen, Jianxin Wang, Weihong Li and Wenge Xie on his way to the final, where he defeated Yuanjun Liu 2-0 in sets (3-1, 3-2).
Zong then reached the semi-finals of the World Championship Qualifier on the following day, only to lose 3-1 in Sets to Liu.
However, Liu subsequently lost 3-2 in the final to Qiang Sun, who took the deciding set 3-1 as he secured a place in the World Championship for a second successive year.
Sun also defeated Qiang Wei, Bin Zheng and Zhongwei Guo to reach the semi-finals without dropping a set, and overcame Yisen Liang 3-2 at the last four stage.
The weekend also saw Momo Zhou defeat Lianping Ma 5-0 in the final of the Women's knockout event, while Yongjun Dong defeated Jianfeng Lu 5-2 in the final of a B-Level event for amateur players.
China Stage 12
Last 16
Yuanjun Liu 5-1 Lulu Zhang
Zhongwei Guo 5-2 Bin Xu
Yanlai Shi 5-0 Hailong Chen
Di Zhuang 5-1 Hao Li
Wenge Xie 5-4 Qiang Wei
Yisen Liang 5-1 Qiang Sun
Xiaochen Zong 5-3 Jianxin Wang
Weihong Li 5-3 Jun Wang
Quarter-Finals
Yuanjun Liu 2-0 Zhongwei Guo
Yanlai Shi 2-0 Di Zhuang
Wenge Xie 2-0 Yisen Liang
Xiaochen Zong 2-0 Weihong Li
Semi-Finals
Yuanjun Liu 2-0 Yanlai Shi
Xiaochen Zong 2-1 Wenge Xie
Final
Xiaochen Zong 2-0 Yuanjun Liu
World Championship Qualifier
Last 32
Xiaochen Zong 2-0 Bangyun Yin
Weihong Li 2-1 Bin Ling
Yanlai Shi 2-1 Shijian Sun
Luming Zhao 2-1 Lianping Ma
Jianhua Shen 2-0 Chengan Liu
Di Zhuang 2-1 Bin Ouyang
Jianxin Wang 2-0 Weijie Zhao
Yuanjun Liu 2-0 Hailong Chen
Lihao Wen 2-0 Lulu Zhang
Yin Deng 2-0 Zijian Li
Yisen Liang 2-0 Hao Li
Wenqing Liu 2-1 Xiaohua Chen
Qiang Sun 2-0 Qiang Wei
Bin Zheng (Zhengzhou) 2-0 Bin Zheng (Qingdao)
Qiugang Su 2-1 Shengping Shou
Zhongwei Guo 2-1 Wenge Xie
Last 16
Xiaochen Zong 2-0 Weihong Li
Yanlai Shi 2-1 Luming Zhao
Di Zhuang 2-1 Jianhua Shen
Yuanjun Liu 2-0 Jianxin Wang
Yin Deng 2-1 Liaho Wen
Yisen Liang 2-0 Wenqing Liu
Qiang Sun 2-0 Bin Zheng
Zhongwei Guo 2-0 Qiugang Su
Quarter-Finals
Xiaochen Zong 2-0 Yanlai Shi
Yuanjun Liu 2-0 Di Zhuang
Yisen Liang 2-0 Yin Deng
Qiang Sun 2-0 Zhongwei Guo
Semi-Finals
Yuanjun Liu 3-1 Xiaochen Zong
Qiang Sun 3-2 Yisen Liang
Final
Qiang Sun 3-2 Yuanjun Liu