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| Born | 12 February 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport country |  Thailand | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Mind[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional | 2026–present | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current ranking | 124 (as of 16 July 2026) | |||||||||||||||||
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Panchaya Channoi (Thai: ปัณชญา จันทร์น้อย; born 12 February 2008) 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.[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
[edit]Panchaya Channoi was born on 12 February 2008 and attended Thepleela School.[6][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.[7][8][9] She was a semi-finalist in the IBSF World Snooker Championship that year, but lost 0–4 to Vidya Pillai.[10]
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.[11] A few days later, she was runner-up to Nutcharut in the individual women's SEA championship.[12]
She was runner-up in the Women's Asian Snooker Championship in 2023 and 2024.[13][14] 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][15] She also reached the semi-finals of the main championship, but lost 2–4 to Ng On-yee.[16]
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.[17][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".[18][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
[edit]| Performance Table Legend | |||||
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| 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 | |||
Career finals
[edit]World Women's Snooker Tour
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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
[edit]| 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 | [7] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2023 | ACBS Asian Women's Championship |  Bai Yulu (CHN) |
0–3 | [13] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2024 | ACBS Asian Women's Championship | Anupama Ramachandran (IND) |
1–3 | [19] |
| Winner | 2. | 2025 | World Women's Under-21 Championship | Liu Ziling (CHN) |
3–1 | [20] |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2025 | SEA Games – Women's singles | Mink Nutcharut (THA) |
1–3 | [12] |
| 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 | [21] |
| Winner | 5. | 2026 | World Women's Under-21 Championship | Wang Ruotong (CHN) |
3–2 | [3] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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.
- 1 2 3 4 "Panchaya Channoi". World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Evans to Face Channoi in World Final". World Women's Snooker. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Bai Yulu Wins WSF Women's Championship". World Snooker Federation. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- 1 2 "A Star is Born as Channoi Wins First World Snooker Title Aged 18". World Women's Snooker. 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Panchaya Channoi". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Double podium finish for India in IBSF World Junior Snooker Championships". Times of India. PTI. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Panchaya, 14, earns Prawit's praise as new world U21 snooker champion". The Nation. Thailand. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Panchaya lifts her maiden world title". World Confederation of Billiards Sports. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Feisty Vidya sails into final". Times of India. TNN. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Thailand's women's snooker team wins gold at the SEA Games". SEA Games 2025. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Mink Saraburi Reaffirms World No. 1 Status with SEA Games Gold Medal". SEA Games 2025. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- 1 2 "India's Advani retains Asian billiards title". The Peninsula. Qatar. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Dhruv Sitwala and Anupama Ramachandran win Asian billiards & snooker ch'ips". The Hindu. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ Lord, Annette (February 2026). "WSF Women's Championship: Bai number one with Bulgaria rout". Snooker Scene. p. 32.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Panchaya Channoi". Snooker.org.
- ↑ "Panchaya to take part in world c'ships". Bangkok Post. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Dhruv Sitwala and Anupama Ramachandran win Asian billiards & snooker ch'ips". The Hindu. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ World Snooker Tour (26 May 2025). "Bai And Mink To Meet In Final". World Snooker Tour. World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Belgian Women's Open (Under-21) - Matches". WPBSA SnookerScores. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- Panchaya Channoi at World Women's Snooker
- Panchaya Channoi at WPBSA SnookerScores
- Panchaya Channoi at Snooker.org
