Brazilian Double at the 2026 Pan American Snooker Championships
Morreira's 5-4 decider over Holoyda earns a WST tour card nomination; Figueiredo beats Luersen 5-1 for a Crucible return.
Brazil completed a home-soil sweep at the 2026 Pan American Snooker Championships, held October 31 to November 8 at the Sociedade Recreativa Mampituba in Criciuma, Santa Catarina. Noel Rodrigues Morreira won the Open Championship and Igor Figueiredo defended his Seniors title — both finals carrying career-changing prizes.
Open: Morreira edges Holoyda in a five-hour decider
Noel Rodrigues Morreira beat the USA's Daniel Holoyda 5-4 in a deciding frame on Sunday to win the Open Championship. The marathon final ran close to five hours before the Curitiba man closed it out — and with the title comes a nomination for a two-year World Snooker Tour card from the 2027-28 season, the first of his career.
Morreira topped an all-Brazilian six-player group, then whitewashed compatriots Felipe Santos Silva and Rayan Menechini in the knockout rounds before a deciding-frame semi-final win over Claudio Menechini, a former Q Tour Americas event winner. Holoyda had beaten Canada's Jason Williams 4-1 in the other semi-final.
| Stage | Winner | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final | Noel Rodrigues Morreira | Claudio Menechini | 4-3 |
| Semi-final | Daniel Holoyda | Jason Williams | 4-1 |
| Final | Noel Rodrigues Morreira | Daniel Holoyda | 5-4 |
Morreira also collected the tournament's highest-break prize in the Open category.
Seniors: Figueiredo defends title, books Crucible return
A week earlier, Igor Figueiredo beat Fabio Anderson Luersen 5-1 in the November 3 final to retain the Pan American Seniors title he won in Sacramento last year. Morreira finished third and Canada's Jason Williams fourth in the Seniors event.
The victory earns Figueiredo a place at the 2027 World Seniors Championship — a return to the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, where he won the 2024 world seniors title against Ken Doherty to become snooker's first South American world champion.
What does the Open champion receive?
A nomination for a two-year World Snooker Tour card starting with the 2027-28 season.
What did the Seniors title earn?
A place at the 2027 World Seniors Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
Sources: official draw records, the WPBSA tournament report, and reports from hosts Sociedade Recreativa Mampituba. Note that WPBSA's published report lists different final scores; the scores above match the recorded draw and the hosts' reports. More snooker results: Q Tour Event 3: Powell Beats Lloyd 4-1 in Oberhausen.
