Overview
- Play runs January 15–16 at the Bahrain International Circuit, with first-round ties best of 11 legs and a £100,000 purse that pays £30,000 to the winner.
- World champion Luke Littler headlines the opener against Paul Lim, with other first-round ties including Michael van Gerwen vs Alexis Toylo and Gerwyn Price vs Motomu Sakai.
- The 16-player field pits eight PDC representatives — Littler, Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Stephen Bunting, Danny Noppert and Nathan Aspinall — against eight Asian qualifiers.
- UK viewers can watch live on ITV4 and ITVX, while international streaming is available via DAZN or PDCTV, with sessions beginning late afternoon UK time.
- ITV named Pete Graves and Gabbie Partington as hosts with pundits Wayne Mardle, Glen Durrant, Mark Webster and Chris Mason, as former regular Alan Warriner-Little objected publicly to his omission.