The 2026 World Women's Snooker Championship (officially the 2026 Liber Win Nanjiang World Women's Snooker Championship) was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 19 May 2026 at Changping Snooker Center in Dongguan, China. The tournament was organised by World Women's Snooker in conjunction with the Chinese Billiard Sports Association (CBSA) and Cantonese Snooker (Changping). The winner received £13,000 from a total prize pool of £42,000, as well as a two-year professional tour card from the start of the 2026–27 snooker season.
Bai Yulu was the defending champion, having defeated Mink Nutcharut 6–5 in the 2025 final, but she lost 3–4 to Panchaya Channoi in the quarter-finals. Channoi, aged 18, reached her first ranking women's final, where she defeated Reanne Evans 6–2 to claim her first world title. The third Thai player to win the event, after Mink Nutcharut in 2022 and Baipat Siripaporn in 2023, she became the youngest World Women's Champion since 16-year-old Ann-Marie Farren in 1987. Evans lost in the final of the event for the first time, having won all 12 of her previous world finals. The event produced two century breaks, 107 and 100, both made by Channoi in the final. She became the second player, after Evans in 2013, to make two centuries in a women's world final.
The event also included the World Women's Seniors Championship and the World Women's Under-21 Snooker Championship, whose respective defending champions were Tessa Davidson and Channoi. In the seniors event, Davidson lost 1–3 in the semi-finals to Deng Xin Shun, who went on to beat Han Fang 3–2 in the final, winning the on the last . In the Under-21 event, Channoi recovered from 0–2 behind to defeat Wang Ruotong 3–2 in the final, retaining the title. She became the second player to hold the world title and world Under-21 title simultaneously, after Bai in 2024.
Overview Background The Women's Professional Snooker Championship was held ten times between 1934 and 1950, with no tournaments staged between 1941 and 1947. Ruth Harrison won eight of those ten events. The Women's World Open, first held in 1976, is recognised as the beginning of the modern World Women's Snooker Championship. Reanne Evans holds the record for the most wins, having won 12 titles, including ten consecutive victories from 2005 to 2014.
Prize fund The winner of the event received £13,000 from a total prize fund of £42,000. The winner was also awarded the Mandy Fisher trophy and a two-year card for the professional World Snooker Tour. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
Winner: £13,000 Runner-up: £6,500 Semi-finalists: £3,000 Quarter-finalists: £1,500 Last 16: £1,000
Total: £42,000
Results Main event Group stage Group standings are shown below.
Group A PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 2 10 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 11 5 6 3 4 2 2 8 6 2 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 3 10 -7 5 4 0 4 1 12 -11
Group B PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 0 12 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 9 4 5 3 4 2 2 6 6 0 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 4 9 -5 5 4 0 4 0 12 -12
Group C PlayerQualification 1 3 3 0 9 1 8 Progressed to knockout stage 2 3 2 1 6 4 2 3 3 1 2 3 6 -3 Eliminated 4 3 0 3 2 9 -7 5 0 0 0 0 0 -12
Group D PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 0 12 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 9 6 3 3 4 2 2 7 8 -1 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 5 9 -4 5 4 0 4 2 12 -12
Group E PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 0 12 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 9 4 5 3 4 2 2 6 6 0 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 4 10 -6 5 4 0 4 1 12 -11
Group F PlayerQualification 1 4 3 1 10 5 5 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 10 5 5 3 4 3 1 9 6 3 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 8 10 -2 5 4 0 4 1 12 -11
Group G PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 0 12 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 10 4 6 3 4 1 3 6 10 -4 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 4 10 -6 5 4 1 3 4 11 -7
Group H PlayerQualification 1 3 3 0 9 3 6 Progressed to knockout stage 2 3 2 1 7 6 1 3 3 1 2 7 6 1 Eliminated 4 3 0 3 1 9 -8
Group I PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 2 10 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 10 3 7 3 4 2 2 7 7 0 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 4 10 -6 5 4 0 4 1 12 -11
Group J PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 0 12 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 9 5 4 3 4 2 2 6 6 0 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 5 11 -6 5 4 0 4 2 12 -10
Group K PlayerQualification 1 3 3 0 9 3 6 Progressed to knockout stage 2 3 2 1 8 3 5 3 3 1 2 4 8 -4 Eliminated 4 3 0 3 2 9 -7
Group L PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 1 11 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 10 3 7 3 4 2 2 6 6 0 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 3 11 -8 5 4 0 4 2 12 -10
Group M PlayerQualification 1 3 3 0 9 1 8 Progressed to knockout stage 2 3 2 1 6 5 1 3 3 1 2 4 8 -4 Eliminated 4 3 0 3 4 9 -5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Group N PlayerQualification 1 4 4 0 12 3 9 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 10 6 4 3 4 2 2 7 8 -1 Eliminated 4 4 1 3 6 10 -4 5 4 0 4 4 12 -8
Group O PlayerQualification 1 4 3 1 10 4 6 Progressed to knockout stage 2 4 3 1 10 6 4 3 4 2 2 7 7 0 Eliminated 4 4 2 2 9 8 1 5 4 0 4 1 12 -11
Group P PlayerQualification 1 3 2 1 8 5 3 Progressed to knockout stage 2 3 2 1 7 3 4 3 3 2 1 6 5 1 Eliminated 4 3 0 3 1 9 -8
Knockout Results from the knockout rounds are shown below. The match winners are shown in bold.
Side events Seniors Results from the World Women's Seniors Championship are shown below. The match winners are shown in bold.
Under-21 Results from the World Women's Under-21 Championship are shown below. The match winners are shown in bold.
Century breaks The event produced two century breaks, a 107 and a 100, both by Panchaya Channoi in the final.
References
External links 2026 World Women's Snooker Championship at WPBSA SnookerScores Nanjiang Women's World Championship at snooker.org