{"id":9362,"date":"2026-05-13T02:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9362"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:05:02","slug":"world-womens-championship-begins-in-giant-new-arena-built-just-for-snooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9362","title":{"rendered":"World Women&#8217;s Championship begins in giant new arena built just for snooker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Venue-e14c.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28339898\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Snooker Sports Arena in Changping, Dongguan (Picture: Matt Huart)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The World Women\u2019s Snooker Championship is underway in a huge new venue which has been built specifically for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s commitment to snooker is only growing stronger, as evidence by the Snooker Sports Arena in Changping, Dongguan.<\/p>\n<p>The new venue is hosting the World Women\u2019s Championship over the next week but is only in a temporary set-up.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event is already big, with eight match tables and eight practice tables, but it will get a lot bigger in future. An awful lot bigger.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is that by this time next year there will be 350 tables, with the possibility of expanding to 1,000 across the giant complex.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously that number is not just for the World Women\u2019s Championship, but as part of a bid for Changping to become a \u2018Snooker Strong Town\u2019 with extensive practice facilities and the possibility of more tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>With backing and support from local government, Changping, Dongguan hopes to remain the home of the World Women\u2019s Snooker Championship for years to come.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arena1-458e.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28339904\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The new arena is set to be significantly expanded in the next year (Picture: Matt Huart)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the third year the tournament has been held in Dongguan, but clearly the first time in the brand new arena.<\/p>\n<p>World Women\u2019s Snooker president Mandy Fisher said ahead of the tournament: \u2018We are delighted to be back in Dongguan Changping for a third successive year and even more so to be at the incredible new Snooker Sports Arena for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is again fantastic to see such a strong entry for the event, which is set to be the biggest ever since WWS was founded almost 45 years ago.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2147666841.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28340681\" alt=\"2024 World Championship Qualifiers - Day 1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Bai Yulu is the reigning women\u2019s world champion (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bai Yulu is the two-time, back-to-back women\u2019s world champion and favourite to win it for a third year on the spin this time round.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old is an increasingly big star in China and a home favourite in Dongguan, where she moved with her parents as a child.<\/p>\n<p>Her first world title win in 2024 sparked huge viewing figures in China across various streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2092464528.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28339945\" alt=\"2024 World Women's Snooker Championship - Day 7\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Bai Yulu (right) has beaten Mink Nutcharut in the last two world finals (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WWS reported: \u2018In China, the event attracted cumulative viewing figures of 175.4 million, with a peak audience of 300,000 via the Huya streaming platform. The total accumulated viewing time totalled 104.7 million hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This was complemented by over 6 million unique viewers recorded by video-sharing platform Douyin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018On Western platforms the event also boasted record figures via the official WWS Facebook page, with over 725,000 total views across the week.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Bai said of being an inspiration to girls getting into snooker: \u2018Throughout all my practising, what I have always wanted to do is let more people, or more girls, see snooker, become interested, and want to try it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There isn\u2019t much I can do personally, except try my best to maintain good form and achieve good results in competitions to increase exposure, so more people want to understand the sport.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bai4-2b8b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28339911\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The 2026 World Women\u2019s Championship is underway (Picture: Matt Huart)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Contenders for Bai\u2019s title this year include England\u2019s Reanne Evans, Thai star Mink Nutcharut and Hong Kong\u2019s Ng On-Yee, all of whom have won the tournament before.<\/p>\n<p>Bai has beaten Mink in the last two finals, winning her first world title 6-5 in 2024 and her second 6-4 last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 World Women\u2019s Snooker Championship runs from May 12-19 and two tables are available to stream on the WPBSA\u2019s YouTube.<\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--sport\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>Football Newsletter \u2013 In The Mixer<\/h4>\n<p>Punchy analysis, transfer talk and more from Metro&#8217;s football experts, sent straight to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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