The UK Open Pool Championship returns for its fifth edition from March 10-15, as the World Nineball Tour ranking major takes place at the Brentwood Centre, near London, England.
A mixture of seasoned professionals and budding amateurs will compete in the $225,000 tournament, which follows on from Moritz Neuhausen’s European Open Championship triumph two months ago.
Players will be vying to follow in the footsteps of former champions Joshua Filler, Eklent Kaci, Robbie Capito and Aloysius Yapp, the latter of who completed a comprehensive 13-1 win over Jonas Souto Comino in last year’s final.
World number one Fedor Gorst and US Open champion Yapp will be the front runners in a star-studded lineup, which also involves Filler, European Open champion Neuhausen, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz and Jayson Shaw.
Vietnamese number one Duong Quoc Hoang has travelled, competing alongside the likes of Hanoi Open winner Pijus Labutis, Wojciech Szewczyk and Daniel Maciol, as well as David Alcaide, Max Lechner and Alex Kazakis.
Despite the notable absences of two-time world champion Carlo Biado and Johann Chua, the Philippines will be strongly represented by the likes of Bernie Regalario, Jefrey Roda, James Aranas, Michael Baoanan and Ronel Nalaunan.
Shaw, Chris Melling and Elliott Sanderson will provide the greatest hopes of a British success story, with former world champion Darren Appleton, Imran Majid, Dean Shields and Fraser Patrick also amongst the notable Brits involved.
As has become the norm at the UK Open Championship, snooker stars Stuart Bingham, Gary Wilson and Chris Wakelin have thrown their names into the hat, with former snooker world champion Bingham facing Mohammad Soufi in the first round.
The double elimination phase will take place from May 26-27, with 128 players then progressing to the single elimination phase which begins on March 13.
It will be race-to-nine racks on the winners’ side and race-to-eight racks on the one-loss side during double elimination, before the format increases to race-to-10 racks for the last 128 through to the quarter-finals.
The semi-finals and final will take place on Sunday, May 31 across two sessions, with the format being race-to-11 racks for the semi-finals and race-to-13 racks for the title decider.
Coverage will be broadcast via WNT TV for subscribers in most territories across the world, including the USA, Vietnam and the Philippines, while British coverage will be shown via the talkSPORT YouTube channel.
UK Open Pool Championship 2026
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full draw bracket via the WNT Live Scores website
Last 64
🇬🇧 Dean Shields 10-4 Fitim Haradinaj 🇽🇰
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-3 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 10-4 Besar Spahiu 🇦🇱
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 10-1 Maks Benko 🇸🇮
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-0 Imran Majid 🇬🇧
🇺🇸 Lukas Fracasso-Verner 10-5 Boris Ivanovski 🇩🇪
🇺🇸 Thorsten Hohmann 4-10 Elliott Sanderson 🇬🇧
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-1 Ronel Nalaunan 🇵🇭
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 10-8 Niklas Dohr 🇩🇪
🇬🇧 Gary Wilson 10-3 Joe Prince 🇬🇧
🇦🇹 Mario He 10-9 Tobias Bongers 🇩🇪
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 10-7 Fraser Patrick 🇬🇧
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 4-10 Casper Matikainen 🇫🇮
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 10-6 Quinten Pongers 🇳🇱
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 10-6 Konrad Juszczyszyn 🇵🇱
🇮🇹 Francesco Candela 6-10 Tyler Styer 🇺🇸
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-2 Kostiantyn Ivanov 🇺🇦
🇧🇦 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 10-4 Marc Bijsterbosch 🇳🇱
🇵🇱 Wojciech Szewczyk 10-3 Marcel Price 🇬🇧
🇵🇱 Mateusz Sniegocki 10-7 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-1 Felix Vogel 🇩🇪
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 10-7 Dimitris Loukatos 🇬🇷
🇵🇭 Michael Baoanan 7-10 Stuart Bingham 🇬🇧
🇪🇪 Karl Gnadeberg 8-10 Fabio Rizzi 🇫🇷
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-6 Ricardo Gutjahr 🇩🇪
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 10-6 Georgi Georgiev 🇧🇬
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 10-3 Lo Ho Sum 🇭🇰
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 10-7 Antonis Brabin 🇨🇾
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 5-10 Mustafa Alnar 🇹🇷
🇵🇭 Alexis Ferrer 10-3 Roman Hybler 🇨🇿
🇪🇪 Denis Grabe 10-7 Harry Vergara 🇵🇭
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-2 Nick Chatoupis 🇬🇷
Last 32
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 9-10 Dean Shields 🇬🇧
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 10-8 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-3 Lukas Fracasso-Verner 🇺🇸
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 8-10 Elliott Sanderson 🇬🇧
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 10-1 Gary Wilson 🇬🇧
🇦🇹 Mario He 10-4 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 10-8 Casper Matikainen 🇫🇮
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 10-7 Tyler Styer 🇺🇸
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-4 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 🇧🇦
🇵🇱 Wojciech Szewczyk 10-5 Mateusz Sniegocki 🇵🇱
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-5 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
🇬🇧 Stuart Bingham 9-10 Fabio Rizzi 🇫🇷
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-3 Marvin Asis 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 10-8 Oliver Szolnoki 🇭🇺
🇵🇭 Alexis Ferrer 9-10 Mustafa Alnar 🇹🇷
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-2 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
Last 16
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 10-6 Dean Shields 🇬🇧
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-4 Elliott Sanderson 🇬🇧
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 10-2 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 4-10 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 4-10 Wojciech Szewczyk 🇵🇱
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-7 Fabio Rizzi 🇫🇷
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 4-10 Jonas Souto Comino 🇪🇸
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-6 Mustafa Alnar 🇹🇷
Quarter-Finals
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 10-8 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 10-7 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 7-10 Wojciech Szewczyk 🇵🇱
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 8-10 Jonas Souto Comino 🇪🇸
Semi-Finals
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 11-2 Jayson Shaw 🇬🇧
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 3-11 Wojciech Szewczyk 🇵🇱
Final
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 13-1 Wojciech Szewczyk 🇵🇱
Prize Fund
Champion – $40,000
Runner-up – $18,000
Semi-finalists – $10,000
Quarter-finalists – $7,150
Last 16 – $4,000
Last 32 – $2,000
Last 64 – $1,000
Last 128 – $350
Total – $225,000
Roll of Honour
2022 – Joshua Filler 13-7 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
2023 – Eklent Kaci 13-4 Joshua Filler
2024 – Robbie Capito 13-10 Mieszko Fortunski
2025 – Aloysius Yapp 13-1 Jonas Souto Comino
