Premier League Pool takes place from March 18-25 as the unique event heads stateside for the first time, with US1 Billiards in West Haven, Connecticut hosting the world’s elite for an eight-day marathon.
Defending champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz headlines the 16-player lineup after beating Jayson Shaw in last year’s final, while two-time winner Albin Ouschan returns, having won two of the three stagings of the event.
Nine of the world’s top ten will compete in Connecticut, including both Shane van Boening and Joshua Filler, with US Open champion Ko Ping-Chung and runner-up Fedor Gorst both making their debuts alongside Austria’s Mario He.
Matchroom’s eight wildcard selections include European Open champion David Alcaide, Spanish Open winner Dang Jinhu and World Masters champion Ko Pin-Yi as well as two-time Mosconi Cup MVP Skyler Woodward.
Teenage sensation Bernie Regalario of the Philippines will make his anticipated debut, while Wiktor Zielinski, Michael Feliciano and Vietnam’s number one Nguyen Anh Tuan complete the star-studded lineup.
All 16 players will face each other once across the first five days play, after which the bottom six in the league table will be eliminated, before the remaining ten players face one another again across days six and seven.
An additional four players will then be eliminated ahead of the remaining six players renewing rivalries on the eighth day. Four players will contest the play-offs following the conclusion of the final league matches to determine the champion.
All matches will be race-to-five, alternative break in a format identical to the famous Mosconi Cup, with Joshua Filler and Fedor Gorst opening the coverage in a mouth-watering contest on Monday morning.
Table One and Table Two coverage will be broadcast live on the Matchroom Pool and Matchroom Multi-Sport YouTube channels respectively unless otherwise stated on the nineball website.
PREMIER LEAGUE POOL 2024
League Fixtures
Monday March 18
Afternoon Session (11am)
Table One
Fedor Gorst 2-5 Joshua Filler
Ko Ping-Chung 5-3 Skyler Woodward
Jayson Shaw 0-5 Wiktor Zielinski
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-1 Dang Jinhu
Wiktor Zielinski 5-3 Skyler Woodward
Jayson Shaw 4-5 Mario He
Table Two
Albin Ouschan 5-2 Bernie Regalario
Shane van Boening 5-3 Nguyen Anh Tuan
David Alcaide 4-5 Michael Feliciano
Mario He 4-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Ko Pin-Yi 5-4 David Alcaide
Fedor Gorst 5-2 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Evening Session (5.30pm)
Table One
Shane van Boening 5-1 Michael Feliciano
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-2 Albin Ouschan
Fedor Gorst 5-2 Michael Feliciano
Mario He 1-5 Skyler Woodward
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 4-5 Bernie Regalario
Shane Van Boening 3-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Table Two
Ko Ping-Chung 5-3 Dang Jinhu
Joshua Filler 3-5 Bernie Regalario
Joshua Filler 5-4 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Jayson Shaw 5-2 David Alcaide
Wiktor Zielinski 5-2 Dang Jinhu
Ko Ping-Chung 1-5 Albin Ouschan
Tuesday March 19
Afternoon Session (11am)
Table One
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 0-5 Joshua Filler
Mario He 5-1 Dang Jinhu
Skyler Woodward 5-3 David Alcaide
Shane van Boening 5-4 Jayson Shaw
Albin Ouschan 5-3 Mario He
Ko Pin-Yi 3-5 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Table Two
Albin Ouschan 5-3 Wiktor Zielinski
Michael Feliciano 5-3 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Fedor Gorst 3-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Ko Ping-Chung 5-3 Bernie Regalario
Wiktor Zielinski 5-2 Bernie Regalario
Joshua Filler 5-0 Michael Feliciano
Evening Session (5.30pm)
Table One
David Alcaide 4-5 Dang Jinhu
Fedor Gorst 5-3 Jayson Shaw
Ko Ping-Chung 4-5 Joshua Filler
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-2 Wiktor Zielinski
Jayson Shaw 5-4 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Mario He 5-1 Bernie Regalario
Table Two
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-4 Ko Ping-Chung
Shane van Boening 5-3 Skyler Woodward
Shane van Boening 5-1 Dang Jinhu
Albin Ouschan 5-1 David Alcaide
Ko Pin-Yi 5-2 Michael Feliciano
Fedor Gorst 5-4 Skyler Woodward
Wednesday March 20
Afternoon Session (11am)
Table One
Jayson Shaw 5-1 Michael Feliciano
Ko Ping-Chung 5-4 Wiktor Zielinski
Skyler Woodward 5-2 Nguyen Anh Tuan
David Alcaide 3-5 Bernie Regalario
Shane van Boening 5-2 Bernie Regalario
Dang Jinhu 2-5 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Table Two
Fedor Gorst 5-3 Dang Jinhu
Shane van Boening 5-1 Albin Ouschan
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 2-5 Mario He
Joshua Filler 5-1 Ko Pin-Yi
Joshua Filler 4-5 Wiktor Zielinski
Skyler Woodward 5-2 Michael Feliciano
Evening Session (5.30pm)
Table One
Ko Ping-Chung 5-2 Mario He
Fedor Gorst 3-5 Albin Ouschan
Mario He 4-5 Wiktor Zielinski
Ko Ping-Chung 5-1 David Alcaide
Jayson Shaw 4-5 Joshua Filler
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 2-5 Shane van Boening
Table Two
Jayson Shaw 1-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-4 David Alcaide
Ko Pin-Yi 4-5 Skyler Woodward
Michael Feliciano 5-0 Dang Jinhu
Albin Ouschan 4-5 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Fedor Gorst 5-3 Bernie Regalario
Thursday March 21
Afternoon Session (11am)
Table One
Ko Pin-Yi 5-0 Dang Jinhu
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 1-5 Fedor Gorst
Jayson Shaw 3-5 Skyler Woodward
Albin Ouschan 3-5 Michael Feliciano
Michael Feliciano 5-2 Bernie Regalario
Mario He 5-1 David Alcaide
Table Two
Wiktor Zielinski 5-1 David Alcaide
Joshua Filler 2-5 Mario He
Nguyen Anh Tuan 5-3 Bernie Regalario
Shane van Boening 5-3 Ko Ping-Chung
Jayson Shaw 1-5 Dang Jinhu
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 4-5 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Evening Session (5.30pm)
Table One
Albin Ouschan 1-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Shane van Boening 5-3 Wiktor Zielinski
Fedor Gorst 5-2 Wiktor Zielinski
Shane van Boening 5-2 Mario He
Joshua Filler 5-3 David Alcaide
Jayson Shaw 2-5 Albin Ouschan
Table Two
Fedor Gorst 2-5 Ko Ping-Chung
Joshua Filler 5-1 Skyler Woodward
Skyler Woodward 5-4 Dang Jinhu
Ko Pin-Yi 5-1 Bernie Regalario
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-1 Michael Feliciano
Ko Ping-Chung 4-5 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Friday March 22
Afternoon Session (11am)
Table One
Joshua Filler 5-2 Dang Jinhu
Wiktor Zielinski 5-2 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Ko Ping-Chung 5-2 Michael Feliciano
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-3 Ko Pin-Yi
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 3-5 Jayson Shaw
Dang Jinhu 5-1 Bernie Regalario
Table Two
Fedor Gorst 2-5 Mario He
Shane van Boening 5-3 David Alcaide
Albin Ouschan 4-5 Skyler Woodward
Joshua Filler 5-2 Albin Ouschan
Wiktor Zielinski 5-4 Michael Feliciano
Fedor Gorst 5-2 David Alcaide
Evening Session (5.30pm)
Table One
Shane van Boening 5-1 Joshua Filler
Ko Ping-Chung 5-2 Ko Pin-Yi
Mario He 4-5 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Shane van Boening 2-5 Fedor Gorst
Wiktor Zielinski 0-5 Ko Pin-Yi
David Alcaide 5-3 Nguyen Anh Tuan
Table Two
Albin Ouschan 5-3 Dang Jinhu
Skyler Woodward 5-1 Bernie Regalario
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-1 Skyler Woodward
Jayson Shaw 5-2 Bernie Regalario
Ko Ping-Chung 2-5 Jayson Shaw
Mario He 5-4 Michael Feliciano
Saturday March 23
Afternoon Session (11am)
Table One
Shane van Boening 5-0 Albin Ouschan
Ko Ping-Chung 5-4 Fedor Gorst
Albin Ouschan 3-5 Ko Ping-Chung
Fedor Gorst 0-5 Joshua Filler
Mario He 4-5 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Skyler Woodward 5-1 Mario He
Table Two
Joshua Filler 5-3 Skyler Woodward
Ko Pin-Yi 5-3 Mario He
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-3 Wiktor Zielinski
Skyler Woodward 5-1 Wiktor Zielinski
Shane van Boening 5-2 Ko Pin-Yi
Evening Session (5.30pm)
Table One
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 1-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Shane van Boening 4-5 Ko Ping-Chung
Mario He 5-3 Fedor Gorst
Ko Pin-Yi 5-3 Ko Ping-Chung
Ko Ping-Chung 5-3 Joshua Filler
Shane van Boening 1-5 Joshua Filler
Table Two
Fedor Gorst 5-2 Wiktor Zielinski
Albin Ouschan 0-5 Joshua Filler
Wiktor Zielinski 2-5 Albin Ouschan
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-0 Skyler Woodward
Mario He 5-3 Albin Ouschan
Fedor Gorst 5-4 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Sunday March 24
Afternoon Session (11am)
Table One
Shane van Boening 4-5 Wiktor Zielinski
Shane van Boening 5-3 Mario He
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-1 Albin Ouschan
Joshua Filler 2-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Joshua Filler 5-1 Wiktor Zielinski
Shane van Boening 1-5 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Table Two
Skyler Woodward 1-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Fedor Gorst 5-2 Skyler Woodward
Wiktor Zielinski 3-5 Ko Ping-Chung
Mario He 3-5 Ko Ping-Chung
Skyler Woodward 0-5 Albin Ouschan
Evening Session (5.30pm)
Table One
Ko Pin-Yi 5-3 Fedor Gorst
Albin Ouschan 2-5 Fedor Gorst
Mario He 2-5 Joshua Filler
Ko Ping-Chung 2-5 Skyler Woodward
Joshua Filler 4-5 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Wiktor Zielinski 5-1 Mario He
Table Two
Shane van Boening 3-5 Skyler Woodward
Ko Ping-Chung 5-3 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Wiktor Zielinski 3-5 Ko Pin-Yi
Ko Pin-Yi 4-5 Albin Ouschan
Shane van Boening 4-5 Fedor Gorst
Monday March 25
Afternoon Session (11am)
Table One
Ko Ping-Chung 5-0 Ko Pin-Yi
Joshua Filler 5-4 Ko Pin-Yi
Joshua Filler 3-5 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Ko Pin-Yi 5-4 Shane van Boening
Shane van Boening v Fedor Gorst
Table Two
Shane van Boening 5-4 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 2-5 Fedor Gorst
Fedor Gorst 2-5 Ko Ping-Chung
Joshua Filler 1-5 Ko Ping-Chung
Evening Session (5.30pm)
Table One
Ko Pin-Yi 5-1 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Ko Ping-Chung 5-2 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Shane van Boening 2-5 Ko Ping-Chung
Table Two
Joshua Filler 5-1 Shane van Boening
Joshua Filler 5-2 Fedor Gorst
Fedor Gorst 5-2 Ko Pin-Yi
Play-Offs
Semi-Finals
Ko Ping-Chung 3-7 Shane van Boening
Joshua Filler 3-7 Ko Pin-Yi
Final
Shane van Boening 7-4 Ko Pin-Yi
Prize Fund
Champion – $20,000
Runner-up – $12,000
Semi-finalists – $8,000
5th – $7,000
6th – $6,250
7th – $5,250
8th – $5,000
9th – $4,750
10th – $4,500
11th – $3,750
12th – $3,500
13th – $3,250
14th – $3,000
15th – $2,750
16th – $2,500
Total – $100,000
