The 2026 Ultimate Pool Women's Pro Series will feature eight events at four double-header long weekends throughout the year. All 32 professional players are eligible to enter these events. New for 2026, the Womens Pro Series will also feature in the British Open, Masters, European Open, Last Women Standing, Pro Cup, Players Championships and also Champions League which will feature for 11 weeks on TNT Sport.

2026 Women's Pro Series events are straight knockout. The top 16 ranked players will all be seeded in the Last 32 stage. The remaining players will be drawn in at random to play the top 16 ranked players. The top 16 seeds could change throughout the season per event as we have a rolling ranking system in place.

All matches are a races to seven frames, although all main arena matches will be played with a match-clock.

The Golden Break and Golden Duck rules are not in operation during this year’s Series.

The draws and schedules for each Series weekend will be released on the Live Scoring page around a fortnight before the event begins.

Dates

All Pro Series events in 2026 will take place at either the Premier Suite, Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton, Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan and New for 2026, Loughborough University, Loughborough.

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 3-5 - Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan
Events 3 & 4 | July 3-5 - Premier Suite, Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton
Events 5 & 6 | Aug 13-16 - Loughborough University, Loughborough
Events 7 & 8 | Dec 11-13 - Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Prize Money

The 2026 Ultimate Pool Women's Professional Series has a total prize fund of £74,700 spead over several events throughout the 2026 season. The prize money breakdown for the series weekends is as follows:

Winner: £1,900
Runner-Up: £950
Semi-Finalist: £450
Quarter-Finalist: £250
Last 16: £100

Ranking Points Distribution

For each 2026 Womens Professional Series event:

Winner: 6,000
Runner-Up: 3,000
Semi-Finalist: 2,000
Quarter-Finalist: 1,500
Last 16: 1,000
Last 32: 750

Coverage

Live coverage of the 2026 Ultimate Pool Womens Professional Series will be on ultimatepool.tv, Ultimate Pool App and TikTok and YouTube

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 72 player professional series. Throughout 2026, Ultimate Pool is set to pay out approximately over £880,000 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.

SERIES FORMAT

The Women’s Pro and Challenger Series will be a replica of the 2025 Series. The Women’s Pro Series will be based on 32 players playing two events each weekend (8 in total in 2026). The format will be single elimination with races to 7 and a race to 8 in the final. The Women’s Challenger Series will again have one event per weekend consisting of 16 groups of 4 players. The top 2 from each group will go through to the main knockout stages and the bottom two from each group will go into the plate competition. The group stage matches races will be to 5. In the knockout phase, the main draw will continue with races to 5, while the plate competition will consist of races to 4.

SERIES PROMOTION & RELEGATION

The top 4 from the 2026 Women’s Challenger Series Rankings will be promoted to the 2027 Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series. The bottom 4 from the Women’s Pro Series will be relegated to the 2027 Ultimate Pool Women’s Challenger Series.

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, YouTube and TikTok. For further details please visit ultimatepoolgroup.com.

WRISTBAND FEE

For the 2026 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 18s 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.

WOMEN’S PRO SERIES FEES PAYMENT STRUCTURE TOTAL FEES: £1350.00

Payment 1: £350 (Deposit): Due 31st October 2025
Payment 2: £350: Due 27th February 2026
Payment 3: £350: Due 30th April 2026
Payment 4: £300: Due 30th June 2026

WOMEN’S CHALLENGER SERIES FEES PAYMENT STRUCTURE TOTAL FEES: £650

Payment 1: £250 (Deposit): Due 31st October 2025
Payment 2: £200: Due 27th February 2026
Payment 3: £200: Due 30th April 2026

OFFICIAL ACCOMMODATION

Ultimate Pool are pleased to annouce our partnership with Hotel Planner. You can use the following link to book nearby accommodation with reduced rates via our official accommodations partner Hotel Planner https://ultimatepool.hotelplanner.com/

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