China’s Wu Yize has been crowned the 2026 World Snooker Championship winner, defeating England’s Shaun Murphy 18-17 in a nail-biting final at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. The 22-year-old from Lanzhou becomes the first world champion born in the 2000s, and the second Chinese player to claim snooker’s biggest prize – following in the footsteps of compatriot …
China’s Wu Yize becomes first world snooker champion born in the 2000s