The 2024 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 11 to 17 March 2024 at the Changping Gymnasium in Dongguan, China.[1] Organised by World Women's Snooker, the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association, and Cantonese Snooker,[2] the tournament was the 41st edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship and the first to be staged in China.[3][4] The winner received £10,000 from a total prize pool of £33,400, as well as a two-year tour card to the main professional World Snooker Tour from the start of the 2024–25 snooker season.[3]
A total of 45 players participated in the tournament's round-robin group stage,16 of whom qualified for the knockout stage. Baipat Siripaporn was the defending champion, having defeated Bai Yulu 6–3 in the 2023 final,[5] but she lost 0–4 to Reanne Evans in the last 16.[6] After coming from 0–3 behind to defeat Evans 5–3 in the semi-finals,[7] Bai defeated Mink Nutcharut 6–5 in the final,[8] winning the deciding frame on the last pink ball to secure her first women's world title.[9][10] It was Bai's second ranking title from her five ranking event appearances on the women's tour. She became the fourth Asian player to win the women's world title—following Hong Kong's Ng On-yee and Thailand's Mink and Baipat—and the first winner from mainland China.[11] The event produced six century breaks, of which Bai's 122 break in the final was the highest of the tournament and the highest ever made in a women's world final.[12][8]
The World Women's Under-21 Championship and World Women's Seniors Championship were staged concurrently with the main tournament.[2] Bai also won the Under-21 title, defeating Narucha Phoemphul 3–0 in the final.[13][14]Tessa Davidson won her second Seniors world title, beating Han Fang 3–1 in the final.[15][14]
A total of 45 players participated in the tournament's round-robin group stage,16 of whom qualified for the knockout stage. The group stage consisted of nine groups of five players, with two seeded players in each group. The nine group winners advanced to the knockout stage. The nine group runners-up and the best five third-placed players played a preliminary round for the seven remaining places. The 16 players were placed in the draw based on their performance in the group stage.
All group stage and preliminary round matches were played as the best of five frames . The last-16 and quarter-final matches were played as the best of seven, semi-finals as the best of nine, and the final as the best of 11 frames.[20]
The tournament was streamed in China on Huya, TikTok, and WeChat. International coverage was available via the World Women's SnookerFacebook page and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association's YouTube channel.[21] The audience peak in China was 300,000 via a streaming platform, and the cumulative viewing figure for the country was 175.4 million. Over six million people accessed coverage via Douyin.[22] There were 700,000 views via YouTube, including 200,000 for the final.[22]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[1]
Winner: £10,000
Runner-up: £5,000
Semi-final: £2,500
Quarter-final: £1,500
Last 16: £800
Highest break: £1,000
Total: £33,400
Group stage
The results for the group stage of the tournament is shown below. All matches were played as the best of five frames .[20] The nine group winners advanced to the knockout stage. The nine group runners-up and the best five third-placed players contested a preliminary round for the seven remaining places. The 16 players were placed in the draw based on their performance in the group stage.
In the tables below, L16 = Qualified to last 16 of knockout stage; Prelim. = Qualified to preliminary round of knockout stage; Elim. = Eliminated from tournament.
Source: Group H results from WPBSA SnookerScores[23] and snooker.org[24]
Emma Parker
2–3
Liu Ziling
Amee Kamani
3–0
He Danni
Emma Parker
2–3
He Danni
Liu Ziling
3–0
Katrina Wan
Emma Parker
2–3
Katrina Wan
Liu Ziling
2–3
Amee Kamani
Katrina Wan
3–1
Amee Kamani
He Danni
3–2
Liu Ziling
Emma Parker
0–3
Amee Kamani
He Danni
0–3
Katrina Wan
Group I
Pos
Player
Pld
W
L
FF
FA
FD
1
Anupama Ramachandran(IND)
4
4
0
12
3
+9
L16
2
Mary Talbot-Deegan(ENG)
4
3
1
10
4
+6
Prelim.
3
Mo Tiantian(CHN)
4
2
2
7
7
0
4
Lau Yuk Fan(HKG)
4
1
3
5
9
−4
Elim.
5
Altangerel Bolortuya(MNG)
4
0
4
1
12
−11
Source: Group I results from WPBSA SnookerScores[23] and snooker.org[24]
Mary Talbot-Deegan
3–1
Mo Tiantian
A. Ramachandran
3–0
Altangerel Bolortuya
Mary Talbot-Deegan
3–0
Altangerel Bolortuya
Mo Tiantian
3–0
Lau Yuk Fan
Lau Yuk Fan
0–3
Mary Talbot-Deegan
Mo Tiantian
0–3
A. Ramachandran
Lau Yuk Fan
2–3
A. Ramachandran
Altangerel Bolortuya
1–3
Mo Tiantian
Mary Talbot-Deegan
1–3
A. Ramachandran
Lau Yuk Fan
3–0
Altangerel Bolortuya
Knockout stage
The results for the knockout stage of the tournament are shown below.[25] Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote their seeding based on group stage performance, and players in bold denote match winners. The last-16 and quarter-final matches were played as the best of seven, semi-finals as the best of nine, and the final as the best of 11 frames .[20]
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Bai Yulu (CHN) (122)
Mink Nutcharut (THA)
