Panchaya Channoi

Panchaya Channoi
Born2008 (age 17–18)
Sport country Thailand
NicknameMind[1]
Professional2026–present
Highest ranking
Medal record
Women's snooker
Representing  Thailand
SEA Games
2025 Bangkok Snooker singles
2025 Bangkok Snooker team

Panchaya Channoi (Thai: ปัณชญา จันทร์น้อย) is a Thai professional snooker player. She won the World Women's Snooker Under-21 Championship in 2025 aged 16 and retained it in 2026. She won the World Snooker Federation Women's Under-21 Championship in 2026.[2][3][4] She competes on the main tour from the 2026-27 season after winning the 2026 World Women's Snooker Championship.[1][5]

Biography

Channoi was born in 2008 and attended Thepleela School[1] Her family runs a snooker table business.[1] She first competed on the World Women's Snooker circuit at the 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship aged ten, and won two matches.[2] In 2022, she won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship by defeating Anupama Ramachandran 4–1 in the final.[6][7][8] She was a semi-finalist in the IBSF World Snooker Championship that year, but lost 0–4 to Vidya Pillai.[9]

At the 2025 World Women's Snooker Championship she reached the last-16 round, where she lost 3–4 to the eventual champion Bai Yulu.[2] Together with Mink Nutcharut and Ploychompoo Laokiatphong, she was part of the Thailand team that won the women's snooker team event at the 2025 SEA Games.[10] A few days later, she was runner-up to Nutcharut in the individual women's SEA championship.[11]

She was runner-up in the Women's Asian Snooker Championship in 2023 and 2024.[12][13] Channoi won the World Snooker Federation (WSF) Women's Under-21 Championship in 2026 with a 2–1 defeat of Narucha Phoemphul, who was top of the under-21 rankings, in the final.[4][14] She also reached the semi-finals of the main championship, but lost 2–4 to Ng On-yee.[15]

Channoi won the 2026 World Women's Snooker Championship by beating twelve-time winner Reanne Evans 6–2 in the final, compatriot Mink Nutcharut 5–3 in the semi-finals and reigning champion Bai Yulu 4–3 in the quarter-finals, all of whom were in the top four in World Women's Snooker rankings at the time.[16][1] By winning the event she has also attained a two-year tour card to play on the World Snooker Tour from the 2026-27 season. Aged 18, she became the youngest winner of the event since Ann-Marie Farren won it aged 16 in 1987.[5] She also won the under-21 title, recovering from 0-2 behind to win 3–2 against Wang Ruotong.[3]

She is nicknamed "Mind" or "Mind Sakol".[17][1] She has been coached by Ajarn Tik Sakol and Ajarn It Sittai.[1] As of May 2026 she was ranked 7th by World Women's Snooker, a career high.[2]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2026/
27
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League
China Open LQ
Wuhan Open LQ
British Open
English Open
Xi'an Grand Prix
Northern Ireland Open
International Championship
UK Championship
Shoot Out
Scottish Open
German Masters
Welsh Open
World Grand Prix
Players Championship
World Open
Tour Championship
World Championship
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) 		QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ Players qualified through Women's Tour started the season without ranking points

Career finals

World Women's Snooker Tour

Legend
Women's World Championship (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2026 Women's World Championship  Reanne Evans (ENG) 6–2 [1]

Other Events

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2022 IBSF World Under-21 Women's Championship  Anupama Ramachandran (IND) 4–1 [18]
Runner-up 1. 2023 ACBS Asian Women's Championship  Bai Yulu (CHN) 0–3 [19]
Runner-up 2. 2024 ACBS Asian Women's Championship  Anupama Ramachandran (IND) 1–3 [20]
Winner 2. 2025 World Women's Under-21 Championship  Liu Ziling (CHN) 3–1 [21]
Runner-up 3. 2025 SEA Games – Women's singles  Mink Nutcharut (THA) 1–3 [22]
Winner 3. 2026 WSF Women's Under-21 Championship  Narucha Phoemphul (THA) 2–1 [4]
Winner 4. 2026 Belgian Women's Open Under-21  Narucha Phoemphul (THA) 2–0 [23]
Winner 5. 2026 World Women's Under-21 Championship  Wang Ruotong (CHN) 3–2 [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Thai teen Panchaya Channoi wins world women's snooker title". The Nation. 19 May 2026. Archived from the original on 20 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d "Panchaya Channoi". World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "Evans to Face Channoi in World Final". World Women's Snooker. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  4. ^ a b c "Bai Yulu Wins WSF Women's Championship". World Snooker Federation. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  5. ^ a b "A Star is Born as Channoi Wins First World Snooker Title Aged 18". World Women's Snooker. 19 May 2026.
  6. ^ "Double podium finish for India in IBSF World Junior Snooker Championships". Times of India. PTI. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  7. ^ "Panchaya, 14, earns Prawit's praise as new world U21 snooker champion". The Nation. Thailand. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  8. ^ "Panchaya lifts her maiden world title". World Confederation of Billiards Sports. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  9. ^ "Feisty Vidya sails into final". Times of India. TNN. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  10. ^ "Thailand's women's snooker team wins gold at the SEA Games". SEA Games 2025. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  11. ^ "Mink Saraburi Reaffirms World No. 1 Status with SEA Games Gold Medal". SEA Games 2025. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  12. ^ "India's Advani retains Asian billiards title". The Peninsula. Qatar. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  13. ^ "Dhruv Sitwala and Anupama Ramachandran win Asian billiards & snooker ch'ips". The Hindu. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  14. ^ Lord, Annette (February 2026). "WSF Women's Championship: Bai number one with Bulgaria rout". Snooker Scene. p. 32.
  15. ^ Caulfield, David (24 January 2026). "Bai Yulu becomes world no.1 and Mykhailo Larkov also triumphs at WSF Championships". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  16. ^ "Panchaya Channoi". Snooker.org.
  17. ^ "Panchaya to take part in world c'ships". Bangkok Post. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  18. ^ "Double podium finish for India in IBSF World Junior Snooker Championships". Times of India. PTI. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  19. ^ "India's Advani retains Asian billiards title". The Peninsula. Qatar. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  20. ^ "Dhruv Sitwala and Anupama Ramachandran win Asian billiards & snooker ch'ips". The Hindu. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  21. ^ World Snooker Tour (26 May 2025). "Bai And Mink To Meet In Final". World Snooker Tour. World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  22. ^ "Mink Saraburi Reaffirms World No. 1 Status with SEA Games Gold Medal". SEA Games 2025. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  23. ^ "2026 Belgian Women's Open (Under-21) - Matches". WPBSA SnookerScores. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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