Panchaya Channoi

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. 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. 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.

She is nicknamed "Mind" or "Mind Sakol".

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)