Premier League Pool will return to the pool hall from February 18-22 as the stunning Classic Billiards in Lauderhill, Florida hosts 16 of the world’s best players in the World Nineball Tour invitational.
Having been successfully staged at Jayson Shaw’s US1 Billiards room in Connecticut two years ago, Matchroom’s Premier League will once again grace one of the USA’s best pool halls, this time near Miami, Florida, with the $25,000 top prize up for grabs.
Despite just six of the world’s top 16 having accepted invitations due to the conflicting Las Vegas Open, a mixture of elite names and emerging talents will compete in the unique round robin event.
Defending champion Moritz Neuhausen, who won 127 racks across eight days to emerge victorious last year in Bosnia and Herzegovina, headlines this year’s field alongside US Open champion Aloysius Yapp and 2023 winner Francisco Sanchez Ruiz.
Hanoi Open champion Pijus Labutis, Robbie Capito and Chris Melling will return to the Premier League stage, while Vietnamese number one Duong Quoc Hoang, Reyes Cup MVP AJ Manas and Albanian brothers Eklent and Kledio Kaci will also return.
Jonas Souto Comino, John Morra, Jesus Atencio, the returning Justin Bergman, Indonesian phenom Albert Januarta and two-time world champion Thorsten Hohmann will all make their debuts in the unique Premier League in Florida.
In a shorter version of the event for 2026 and therefore a format adjustment, the 16 players involved will play one another once across the first three days, with the bottom six players in the league standings subsequently being eliminated.
Whoever qualifies for the second phase will then face their opponents once more on Saturday, before the top six players advance to Sunday and then the top four players in the league standings contest the play-offs to determine the champion.
All league phase matches will be race-to-five racks and alternate break in a format identical to the famous Mosconi Cup, while the semi-finals and final will be a slightly extended race-to-seven racks.
Table One and Table Two coverage will be broadcast live on WNT TV for subscribers across the five days, including the semi-finals and final on Sunday evening.
Premier League Pool 2026
Schedule of Play
Phase One
Wednesday February 18
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-2 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-4 Justin Bergman 🇺🇸
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-1 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 5-1 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-4 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-4 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-3 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 5-2 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-4 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-2 Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-1 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Justin Bergman 5-3 AJ Manas 🇵🇭
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-1 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-4 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 5-4 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-4 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-3 Justin Bergman 🇺🇸
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-3 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-4 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-3 AJ Manas 🇵🇭
🇺🇸 Thorsten Hohmann 5-4 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-2 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇨🇦 John Morra 5-4 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-3 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-2 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 5-0 Justin Bergman 🇺🇸
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-2 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-4 AJ Manas 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-3 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇺🇸 Thorsten Hohmann 5-1 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇨🇦 John Morra 5-4 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-3 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 5-4 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-3 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-1 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-2 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇺🇸 Justin Bergman 5-3 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-3 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto 5-1 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-3 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
Thursday February 19
🇺🇸 Justin Bergman 4-5 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-2 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-0 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 0-5 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 3-5 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-3 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇺🇸 Thorsten Hohmann 3-5 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 5-2 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-4 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 4-5 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-3 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇺🇸 Justin Bergman 5-3 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 3-5 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇺🇸 Thorsten Hohmann 3-5 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 3-5 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 5-4 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇺🇸 Justin Bergman 5-2 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 5-3 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 4-5 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-2 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 5-4 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇺🇸 Thorsten Hohmann 5-2 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-1 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 5-3 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-1 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇨🇦 John Morra 4-5 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 4-5 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 3-5 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇺🇸 Justin Bergman 5-2 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-1 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 5-4 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 1-5 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 4-5 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇨🇦 John Morra 5-3 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-3 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 5-2 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 4-5 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 5-4 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 0-5 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-2 Justin Bergman 🇺🇸
Friday February 20
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-2 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-2 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-2 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 5-2 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 5-0 Justin Bergman 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Thorsten Hohmann 5-4 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-3 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-4 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-2 AJ Manas 🇵🇭
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-3 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 5-3 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-3 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇨🇦 John Morra 5-4 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 5-3 Justin Bergman 🇺🇸
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-3 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-1 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-2 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-1 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 5-1 AJ Manas 🇵🇭
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-3 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 5-1 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-2 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-3 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-4 Justin Bergman 🇺🇸
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-3 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 5-4 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 5-2 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-4 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-3 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 5-2 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇺🇸 Justin Bergman 5-1 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-4 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-2 AJ Manas 🇵🇭
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 5-4 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-3 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-1 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 5-2 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-1 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 5-1 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 5-2 Justin Bergman 🇺🇸
Phase Two
Saturday February 21
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 2-5 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 5-3 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-2 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-4 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 5-1 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-4 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-1 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 5-2 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 3-5 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 4-5 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 4-5 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-3 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 3-5 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 2-5 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 5-4 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 4- Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 4-5 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 3-5 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 2-5 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 1-5 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-1 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-2 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 0-5 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇻🇪 Jesús Atencio 3-5 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 4-5 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 5-0 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 2-5 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 4-5 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 3-5 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 5-4 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-2 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 3-5 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 1-5 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-3 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇪🇸 Jonás Souto 5-4 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-2 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-1 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 5-1 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 4-5 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 0-5 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 5-3 Jesús Atencio 🇻🇪
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaçi 3-5 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 5-2 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-1 Jonás Souto 🇪🇸
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 4-5 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
Phase Three
Sunday February 22
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-2 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-3 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 5-0 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 0-5 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-0 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-1 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 3-5 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-1 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 5-1 Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 5-0 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 4-5 Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-4 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-3 Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 1-5 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 0-5 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
Play-Offs
Semi-Finals
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 7-6 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 5-7 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
Final
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 7-4 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 🇪🇸
Prize Fund
Champion – $25,000
Runner-up – $12,250
Semi-finalists – $10,000
5th – $8,000
6th – $7,000
7th – $6,000
8th – $5,000
9th – $4,000
10th – $3,000
11th – $2,500
12th – $2,000
13th – $1,750
14th – $1,500
15th – $1,250
16th – $1,000
Total – $100,000
Roll of Honour
2021 – Albin Ouschan 5-1 David Alcaide
2022 – Albin Ouschan 7-5 Joshua Filler
2023 – Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 7-4 Jayson Shaw
2024 – Shane van Boening 7-4 Ko Pin-Yi
2025 – Moritz Neuhausen 7-0 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
One Comment
Matchroom needs to do a better job of publishing the format. Sounds like another round robin of the remaining 10 players on the fourth and fifth days. Pretty rushed.
I also wonder if the races to 7 for the final session involving the semifinalists will be alternate or winner break. Two years ago, it was alternate break the entire PLP. But last year the semis became winner break.
I thought it was bad and unfair to switch to winners break in short races to 7.