World Ladies’s Snooker (WWS), the Chinese language Billiards and Snooker Affiliation (CBSA) and Cantonese Snooker (Changping) are delighted to collectively announce that the World Ladies’s Snooker Championship will return to Dongguan Changping, China from 20 Might 2025.
The announcement follows the landmark first staging of the occasion in Changping final yr which noticed house star Bai Yulu turn out to be world champion following an exhilarating remaining and earn qualification to the combined gender World Snooker Tour for the primary time.
The most important ever staging of the Championship attracted an all-star area of gamers and witnessed excellent viewership with cumulative viewing figures of 175.4 million and complete gathered viewing time totalling 104.7 million hours.
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This yr’s occasion is provisionally set to run from 20-27 Might 2025, with the precise period of the occasion to be confirmed in the end. Additional data, together with the confirmed venue and the way to enter, may also observe as quickly as potential.
Ideally located near main transport hubs in Guangzhou and Hong Kong China, Dongguan Changping is ready to welcome gamers from all over the world to compete for the best prize in ladies’s snooker.
The celebrated match will proceed to be supported by snooker’s world governing physique the WPBSA, in partnership with China’s nationwide governing physique the CBSA, occasion promoter Cantonese Snooker and the Changping authorities. All events stay dedicated to the long-term improvement of the World Ladies’s Snooker Championship and the expansion of ladies’s snooker globally.
The occasion may also embody the World Ladies’s Below-21 Snooker Championship and the World Ladies’s Seniors Championship, received by Bai Yulu and England’s Tessa Davidson respectively final yr.
“A dream come true”
Mandy Fisher, WWS President mentioned: “I’m completely delighted with at present’s announcement that we are going to return to Dongguan Changping for the staging of the 2025 World Ladies’s Snooker Championship.
“Final yr’s occasion was a dream come true for me and all of us concerned with World Ladies’s Snooker. I’m already massively excited to have the ability to return in 2025 and for the match to be even larger and higher than ever earlier than.
“I want to thank Mr Huang and his workforce at Cantonese Snooker, in addition to the CBSA not just for their help, but in addition for his or her ardour which has helped to raise ladies’s snooker to new heights.
“It has been unbelievable to see what Bai Yulu has been capable of obtain on the skilled tour since successful the match final yr and I’ve little doubt that this may solely encourage extra ladies and ladies to observe in her footsteps sooner or later.”
Jason Ferguson, WPBSA Chairman mentioned: “I’m happy to see that the World Ladies’s Snooker Championship will proceed to be held in Dongguan Changping, China following the profitable occasion held in 2024.
“The World Ladies’s Snooker Championship is likely one of the jewels within the crown of main tournaments organised by the WPBSA Group and represents a recognised qualifying pathway to the skilled World Snooker Tour with the champion assured their place subsequent season.
“This prestigious occasion is a vital ingredient of our long-standing sport improvement exercise with our companions on the CBSA as we proceed to develop ladies’s snooker all over the world. We sit up for offering one other incredible alternative for girls and ladies all over the world to contest the long-lasting Mandy Fisher Trophy.”
Additional data, together with venue data, the occasion entry pack and extra might be launched as quickly as potential.
