🎱 Telford International Centre is the place to be for the 2025 UK Open Pool Championship featuring a 256-player field. Read on for a preview and the latest ticket information.
Taking place from 6-11 May, the UK Open Pool Championship is a World Nineball Tour Ranking event. Battling it out for a share of the $200,000 prize fund the world’s best players will take to the baize at Telford International Centre in Telford. UK Open Pool Championship tickets are on sale now.
The defending champion is Robbie Capito who beat Mieszko Fortunski 13-10 in the 2024 final. The newly crowned UK Open Pool Champion, Capitio said: “I’ve been working so hard for his moment. I made it clear at the start of the week that I wasn’t just here to participate, I was here to win my first Matchroom Major. And today, I have achieved just that.”
Capito followed in the footsteps of Eklent Kaçi who beat Joshua Filler 13-4 to claim the 2023 UK Open Pool Championship title at the Copper Box Arena. Filler was dethroned after he had secured the inaugural 2022 title beating Francisco Sanchez Ruiz from Spain.
256 players enter the tournament which includes the top 128 World Nineball Tour professionals. The players compete to get through to a seeded double elimination stage. Only the last 16 will make it through to the straight knockout stage. The winner takes home a cool $40,000 and the runner-up received $16,000.
Play takes place across multiple tables until the last-16 stage. From Saturday onwards the tournament adopts a one-table set-up through to Sunday’s final.
UK OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS & TIMINGS
🎟️ UK Open Pool Championship tickets are on sale here.
🔑 Doors open daily at 9.30am from Tuesday to Friday.
Sessions start daily at 10am from Tuesday to Friday. On Saturday and Sunday there are sessions at 12pm and 6pm.
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