Snooker at the 2025 World Games – women's six-red
| Women's six-red snooker at the 2025 World Games | |||||||
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| Venue | CAFUC Tianfu Arena, Chengdu, China | ||||||
| Dates | 10–13 August 2025 | ||||||
| Competitors | 8 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The women's singles six-red snooker competition at the 2025 World Games took place from 10 to 13 August 2025 at the Civil Aviation Flight University of China's Tianfu Campus Gymnasium, in, Chengdu, China.[1][2]
Eight players participated, with qualifying from each of two round-robin groups for the semi-finals.[1] Bai Yulu of China won the event by defeating Narucha Phoemphul of Thailand 2–0 in the final.[1] Bai, who was the reigning World Women's Snooker champion, had opted to play at the World Games instead of entering the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.[3]
For the group stage, players were ranked by most points, then by most frames won and then by least frames lost.[1] If these were all equal then the result of the match between the players in question would determine the ranking.[1] In Group A, where three players each won two maatches, Wendy Jans of Belgium qualified on frame difference and Phoemphul qualified ahead of Man Yan So as she had won their match.[4] Ploychompoo Laokiatphong of Thailand won all three of her matches in Group B, and Bai was runner-up.[4]
In the semi-finals, Bai had defeated Jans 2-0 (40–14 and 51–34), and Phoemphul eliminated Laokiatphong by the same match score, winning the frames 37–31 and 47–39.[5] Laokiatphong took the bronze medal by defeating Jans 2–1 after losing the first frame (23–38, 36–15, 45–4).[5] Bai won the first frame of the final against Phoemphul by 42 points to 18, and took the second frame 41–25.[6] For her victory, Bai won China's first ever World Games gold medal in snooker.[7]
Knockout stage
The results of the knockout stage are shown below.[8]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 12 August | ||||||
 Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA) | 0 | |||||
| 13 August | ||||||
| Narucha Phoemphul (THA) | 2 | |||||
| Narucha Phoemphul (THA) | 0 | |||||
| 12 August | ||||||
 Bai Yulu (CHN) | 2 | |||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) | 2 | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Wendy Jans (BEL) | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 August | ||||||
| Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA) | 2 | |||||
| Wendy Jans (BEL) | 1 | |||||
Group stage
The match result and final tables for the group stages are shown below.[1]
Group A
| Position | Player | Played | Won | Lost | FP | FW | FL | FD | Points | Outome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wendy Jans (BEL) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Qualified for the semi-finals |
| 2 | Narucha Phoemphul (THA) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 |  So Man Yan (HKG) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 4 |  Natasha Chethan (IND) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
| Player | Score | Player |
|---|---|---|
| So Man Yan (HKG) |
2–1 | Natasha Chethan (IND)
|
| Wendy Jans (BEL) |
2–0 | Narucha Phoemphul (THA)
|
| So Man Yan (HKG) |
2–1 | Wendy Jans (BEL)
|
| Narucha Phoemphul (THA) |
2–0 | Natasha Chethan (IND)
|
| Narucha Phoemphul (THA) |
2–1 | So Man Yan (HKG)
|
| Wendy Jans (BEL) |
2–1 | Natasha Chethan (IND)
|
Group B
| Position | Player | Played | Won | Lost | FP | FW | FL | FD | Points | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Qualified for the semi-finals |
| 2 | Bai Yulu (CHN) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Narantuya Bayarsaikhan (MNG) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 4 | Fong Mei Mei (HKG) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Player | Score | Player |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Yulu (CHN) |
2–1 | Fong Mei Mei (HKG)
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| Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA) |
2–1 | Narantuya Bayarsaikhan (MNG)
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| Narantuya Bayarsaikhan (MNG) |
2–0 | Fong Mei Mei (HKG)
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| Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA) |
2–0 | Bai Yulu (CHN)
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| Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA) |
2–0 | Fong Mei Mei (HKG)
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| Bai Yulu (CHN) |
2–0 | Narantuya Bayarsaikhan (MNG)
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References
- ^ a b c d e f "World Games – Women". snooker.org. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ Sahari, Shah (13 August 2025). "World Games: China extend gold-medal lead through Bai Yulu, Han Yu, Shang Chunsong". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "Xiao And Bai Strike Gold For China". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ a b "World Games 2025 – Day 2". World Confederation of Billiards Sports. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ a b "World Games 2025 – Day 3". World Confederation of Billiards Sports. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "World Games 2025 – Day 4". World Confederation of Billiards Sports. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ Pathak, Vivek (14 August 2025). "China's Golden Double in World Games Snooker; Xiao Guodong & Bai Yulu Shine on Home Soil". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "Results Book: Billiards" (PDF). Tissot. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.