Teenager Panchaya Channoi produced a tremendous performance to beat Reanne Evans 6-2 and claim the 2026 World Women’s Snooker Championship title on Tuesday.
The young Thai compiled a brace of century breaks, including a tournament-high contribution of 107, to defeat the 12-time women’s world champion.
Evans, appearing in her first world final since 2019, had never before been beaten at this hurdle of the competition but a record-extending 13th crown proved elusive.
Channoi began the title-deciding affair with a break of 100 and subsequently took the following two frames as well to orchestrate a commanding 3-0 advantage.
Evans won an important fourth frame on the black to get on the scoreboard ahead of the mid-session interval, and she later won a close fifth as well to reduce the gap to one.
But Channoi’s excellent run of 107 restored her buffer, and she duly moved to the brink of glory by winning the seventh frame.
A brilliant break of 59 finally saw her etch her name onto the Mandy Fisher Trophy.
The 18 year-old, who successfully defended her world women’s under-21 title on Monday, becomes the third women’s world champion from Thailand.
She undoubtedly did it the hard way, taking the scalps of both two-time reigning world champ Bai Yulu in the quarter-finals and Thai trailblazer Mink Nutcharut in the last four.
Ng On Yee, who had won the last two ranking events leading up to the season-concluding World Championship, reached the semi-finals before losing to her old rival Evans.
Channoi won a top prize of £13,000 for her victory at the Dongguan Changping Snooker Centre in China, and her triumph also earns her a spot as a professional on the World Snooker Tour.
2026 World Women’s Snooker Championship
Selected Results
Last 16
Mink Nutcharut 4-0 Anupama Ramachandran
Narucha Phoemphul 4-3 Tessa Davidson
Bai Yulu 4-1 Yang Meng
Panchaya Channoi 4-0 Fong Mei Mei
Ng On Yee 4-1 Baipat Siripaporn
Liu Ziling 4-0 Yao Yaqi
Narantuya Bayarsaikhan 4-3 So Man Yan
Reanne Evans 4-0 Huang Qingning
Quarter-Finals
Mink Nutcharut 4-1 Narucha Phoemphul
Panchaya Channoi 4-3 Bai Yulu
Ng On Yee 4-2 Liu Ziling
Reanne Evans 4-2 Narantuya Bayarsaikhan
Semi-Finals
Panchaya Channoi 5-3 Mink Nutcharut
Reanne Evans 5-1 Ng On Yee
Final
Panchaya Channoi 6-2 Reanne Evans
Featured photo credit: WWS
The two centuries in the final were the only ones made during the tournament.
A fabulous achievement from Channoi. She’s backed up her shock win over Bai Yulu and saved her best display for the final.