Taom UK Women’s Championship 2026 | Tournament Information

Tournament information for this weekend’s Taom UK Women’s Snooker Championship is now available:

• Player list (all events)
• Main event: Group stage draw
• Main event: Knockout draw – TO FOLLOW GROUP STAGES
• Under-21: Knockout draw
• Seniors: Knockout draw
• Match schedule (all events)
  

The 2026/27 World Women’s Snooker (WWS) Tour begins this Friday at England’s Northern Snooker Centre with the 39th staging of the Taom UK Women’s Snooker Championship.

Last year the event was won for a second time by China’s Bai Yulu, who defeated OnYee Ng 4-2 to successfully retain the title, while Narucha Phoemphul and Tessa Davidson claimed the Under-21 and Seniors titles respectively.

Held at the iconic venue since 2015, the UK Championship was first contested in 1982 and to this day remains one of the most sought-after titles on the WWS calendar.

Such prestige is reflected in a strong entry with each of the world’s top 10 ranked players present, including former champions Reanne Evans (12 times), OnYee Ng (four times), Tessa Davidson (three times) and defending champion Bai Yulu (twice).

Also set to compete will be the newly crowned world champion Panchaya Channoi, as well as her compatriot Mink Nutcharut – for whom the UK Championship remains the biggest tournament she is yet to land during her successful career to date.

Two-time finalist Rebecca Kenna will be hoping to make it third time lucky, while Thailand’s Narucha Phoemphul, India’s Anupama Ramachandran and So Man Yan of Hong Kong China will also be targeting a strong start to the season.

There will also be side-tournaments held for both Under-21 and Seniors (over-40) players, as well as a Challenge Cup competition staged on Sunday, for players already knocked out of the main competition prior to the quarter-finals.

The event will be sponsored for a fifth straight year by Taom Billiards, pioneers of the revolutionary Taom V10 chalk used by many snooker players around the world and our long-term hosts at the Northern Snooker Centre.

Format

This weekend’s format will be as follows:

• The 32 players have been drawn into eight groups of four players
• The top two players from each group will progress to the last 16 stage
• All qualifiers from the group stages will be positioned in the knockout draw according to group stage performance in line with our established qualifying criteria

Group matches will be played over the best of three frames, knockout rounds to provisionally be 5/5/7/7.

The format for all side-events will be straight knockout. All players not reaching the quarter-finals will be eligible for the Challenge Cup.

If you have any questions please contact a member of the team via our website or social media.