Panchaya Channoi
Mind
2026 World Women's Snooker Champion
Highest Ranking
7 (May 2026)
WWS Debut
2019
Thai
Bio
Thailand’s Panchaya ‘Mind’ Channoi became only the second player ever to win the World Women’s Snooker Championship and Under-21 Championship during the same year in 2026.
Aged just 18, the talented cueist enjoyed a dream week in China as she became only the 16th player to become world champion on the WWS Tour since 1976 and in doing so lifed her first career ranking title.
She became the youngest world champion since Ann-Marie Farren in 1987 as she brilliantly claimed the scalps of former winners Bai Yulu, Mink Nutcharut and Reanne Evans 6-2 to reach the summit of women’s snooker. She also emulated the achievement of Bai in 2024 by completing the main and Under-21 world title double during the same year, having come back from 0-2 down to defeat Wu Ruotong 3-2 in the final.
Panchaya notably hit two century breaks during the final, including a tournament high run of 107, becoming only the second woman to achieve the feat, emulating the feat of Evans in 2013.
Early Career
The highlight of her career previously came at the 2025 World Championship as she lifted the World Women’s Under-21 title for the first time in Dongguan Changping.
Then aged 17, Channoi defeated Mo Tian Tian, Li Bi Han, Phakwalan Kongkaew and in the final Liu Zi Ling in Dongguan Changping to become the third Thai winner of the event, following Mink Nutcharut and Ploychompoo Laokiatphong.
Victory followed her Tour debut some six years earlier at the 2019 World Championship, when aged just 10 she won two matches in the main competition, as well as scoring a notable victory against the experienced Jaique Ip Wan In from Hong Kong China in the Challenge Cup tournament.
In 2025, Channoi reached the last 16 of two world ranking events, most notably at the 2025 World Championship where she hit a top break of 91 and secured a notable win against former ranking event winner Tessa Davidson in the last 32, before losing 4-2 to eventual champion Bai Yulu in the following round.
The following year she reached her maiden semi-final at the WSF Women’s Championship in Bulgaria, whilst also reaching the knockout rounds of the mixed gender WSF Junior Championship during the same week.
