Sanchez-Ruiz completes field ahead of inaugural Premier League Pool staging

All four wildcards are now known for the 16-player tournament, which takes place from February 14-21

(Photo: Taka Wu/Matchroom)

Newly-crowned Derby City Classic champion Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz was named as the final of four wildcards for the inaugural staging of Premier League Pool, which takes place from February 13-21 in Milton Keynes.

Two-time women’s world champion Kelly Fisher, American Skyler Woodward and Poland’s Mieszko Fortunski were Matchroom’s other three wildcard selections.

Two-time world champion Albin Ouschan, the reigning champion of the Championship League which has rebranded into Premier League Pool, headlines twelve automatic qualifiers via the 2022 Nineball world rankings.

All 16 players will face one another before the field is whittled down to ten players. An additional four players will then be eliminated after those ten players have faced off once again.

The remaining six play each other once more on day eight before the top four contend the play-offs. All group matches are race to five, alternate break.

2022 PREMIER LEAGUE POOL

February 13-21

Milton Keynes, England

Participants

Nineball World Rankings

Albin Ouschan

David Alcaide

Joshua Filler

Shane van Boening

Max Lechner

Aloysius Yapp

Naoyuki Oi

Eklent Kaci

Alexander Kazakis

Omar Al-Shaheen

Jayson Shaw

Oliver Szolnoki

Wildcards

Kelly Fisher

Skyler Woodward

Mieszko Fortunski

Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz