**The 2025 Ultimate Pool Challenger Series will feature eight events at four double-header long weekends throughout the year. There will be 512 Players in total, these will be split into 4 x Tiers with 128 players in each.

Dates

All Challenger Series events in 2025 will take place at either the Premier Suite, Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton or the Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan.

There are four weekend stops, with two Pro Series events taking place at each one. Events will run from Fridays to Sundays. The dates are:

Events 1 & 2 | April 4-6 - Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan
Events 3 & 4 | May 23-25 - Premier Suite, Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton
Events 5 & 6 | July 11-13 - Premier Suite, Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton
Events 7 & 8 | September 19-21 - Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Prize Money

The 2025 Challenger Series has a total prize fund of £297,600. The prize money breakdown for each event is as follows: **Tier 1

Winner: £4,000
Runner-Up: £2,000
Semi-Finalist: £1,000
Quarter-Finalist: £650
Last 16: £300
Last 32: £200

**Tier 2

Winner: £3,000
Runner-Up: £1,500
Semi-Finalist: £750
Quarter-Finalist: £350
Last 16: £150
Last 32: £75

**Tier 3

Winner: £2,000
Runner-Up: £1,000
Semi-Finalist: £500
Quarter-Finalist: £250
Last 16: £125
Last 32: £75

**Tier 4

Winner: £1,000
Runner-Up: £500
Semi-Finalist: £250
Quarter-Finalist: £150
Last 16: £75
Last 32: £50

Ranking Points Distribution - To be Confirmed Soon

INFORMATION FOR PLAYERS

ABOUT ULTIMATE POOL

The Ultimate Pool Group organises and promotes professional 8-ball pool events featuring the world’s top players. Founded in 2020 when the QK Sports Entertainment and Orange Media Group brands merged forces, the Ultimate Pool Group harbours an exciting vision for the sport’s future, with an emphasis on supplying quality, entertainment and increased levels of professionalism, exposure and prize money.

Ultimate Pool hosts a portfolio of live televised tournaments including several major invitationals and a structured two-tier floor circuit that consists of an open amateur series and an elite 64 player professional series. Throughout 2025, Ultimate Pool is set to pay out approximately over £840,000 in prizes (subject to a fully paid fields).

SCHEDULE

Ultimate Pool Series Events will commence on Friday and conclude on Sunday. All matches will have an allocated start time: A comprehensive match schedule will be published a minimum of two weeks prior to each Series event.

RANKING SYSTEM

For 2025 all players are ranked under one Challenger Series umbrella, and will no longer be ranked under each Tier of the Series. The Tiers themselves will remain: and there will be 4 Tiers in 2025, meaning there will be 8 total Challenger Series Events per weekend. Each event will carry its own ranking points, with the value decreasing down the Tiers. Your initial placement at the beginning of the 2025 series will depend on your 2024 ranking. UP reserves the right to use its discretion. As the season progresses, your ranking will determine which Tier you will compete in each Series weekend. At the end of the season, the top 8 Challenger Series players will be promoted to the Ultimate Pool Pro Series for 2026.

SERIES FORMAT

There will be 512 players in the Challenger Series 2025, divided per weekend into 4 tiers of 128. The matches themselves are set to a race to 7 for Tier 1’s tournaments and races to 6 for Tiers 2, 3 and 4. Match races are subject to change throughout the events. All Challenger Series tournaments will be Single Elimination. Event 2 of both events will start on the Saturday.

DRESS CODE

All players will receive an official series shirt, which must be worn during your matches. No jeans or trainers allowed. Trousers and shoes to be worn whilst playing in all events. Any player who doesn’t wear the official Ultimate Pool Shirt will be fined £45.00 and a new shirt will be ordered for them.

TV & STREAMING

Our events will either be televised and/or livestreamed on ultimatepool.tv, Facebook and YouTube and TikTok. For further details please visit ultimatepoolgroup.com.

WRISTBAND FEE

For the 2025 season, we will be using a wristband system for each series event. If you are participating in the events, the charge will be £50.00 per weekend. If you are planning on bringing your partner, friend etc., weekend passes are available for £20.00. Under 16s go free, but must be accompanied by a fee-paying adult.

HOW TO ENTER

Please contact the Tournament Director via email: TD@ultimatepoolgroup.com and provide your full name and a contact telephone number. By entering the Ultimate Pool Series you agree to abide by the rules set out by the organisers of the Ultimate Series, accept they are subject to change and that decisions made by The Tournament Director will be final.

BY PAYING YOUR DEPOSIT YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE READ AND AGREED TO THESE RULES.

ENTRY FEE

Total Challenger Series Entry Fee: £720.00

PAYMENT STRUCTURE

AMOUNT PAYMENT NUMBER PAYMENT DATE

Payment 1: £220 (Deposit): Due ASAP
Payment 2: £200: Due 28th February 2025
Payment 3: £200: Due 30th April 2025
Payment 4: £100: Due 20th June 2025

Entry includes series shirt & Annual Ultimate Pool app subscription. DEPOSITS AND ALL ENTRY FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. If your application is not successful, your deposit will be returned as soon as possible.

The organisers reserve the right to remove and replace any entrant who fails to make the payment deadline as set out above. All players must pay all the entry fees, even if they do not attend all the Events. The organisers reserve the right to decline any unsuitable new applicants.

By applying to join the Ultimate Pool Series, you have read and agreed to the Ultimate Pool Players Terms and Conditions which can be found at https://www.ultimatepoolgroup.com/tournaments/terms-and-conditions