Panchaya Channoi (; 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. She competes on the main tour from the 2026-27 season after winning the 2026 World Women's Snooker Championship.
Biography Panchaya Channoi was born on 12 February 2008 and attended Thepleela School. Her family runs a snooker table business. She first competed on the World Women's Snooker circuit at the 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship aged ten, and won two matches. In 2022, she won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship by defeating Anupama Ramachandran 4–1 in the final. She was a semi-finalist in the IBSF World Snooker Championship that year, but lost 0–4 to Vidya Pillai.
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. 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. A few days later, she was runner-up to Nutcharut in the individual women's SEA championship.
She was runner-up in the Women's Asian Snooker Championship in 2023 and 2024. 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. She also reached the semi-finals of the main championship, but lost 2–4 to Ng On-yee.
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. 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. She also won the under-21 title, recovering from 0-2 behind to win 3–2 against Wang Ruotong.
She is nicknamed "Mind" or "Mind Sakol". She has been coached by Ajarn Tik Sakol and Ajarn It Sittai. As of May 2026 she was ranked 7th by World Women's Snooker, a career high.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2026/27RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonPlayers qualified through Women's Tour started the season without ranking pointsRanking tournamentsChampionship LeagueRRChina OpenLQWuhan OpenLQBritish OpenLQEnglish OpenLQShenzhen OpenLQNorthern Ireland OpenLQInternational ChampionshipLQUK ChampionshipShoot OutScottish OpenGerman MastersWelsh OpenWorld Grand PrixPlayers ChampionshipWorld OpenTour ChampionshipWorld Championship Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not heldNR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking eventR / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking eventMR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event
Career finals World Women's Snooker Tour LegendWomen's World Championship (1–0) OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreWinner1.2026Women's World Championship6–2
Other Events OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreWinner1.2022IBSF World Under-21 Women's Championship4–1Runner-up1.2023ACBS Asian Women's Championship0–3Runner-up2.2024ACBS Asian Women's Championship1–3Winner2.2025World Women's Under-21 Championship3–1Runner-up3.2025SEA Games – Women's singles1–3Winner3.2026WSF Women's Under-21 Championship2–1Winner4.2026Belgian Women's Open Under-212–0Winner5.2026World Women's Under-21 Championship3–2
References
External links Panchaya Channoi at World Women's Snooker Panchaya Channoi at WPBSA SnookerScores Panchaya Channoi at Snooker.org