Overview
- Play takes place at WV Active Aldersley from November 8–16, live on Sky Sports every day, with £650,000 on offer including £150,000 to the champion.
- The format features eight four-player groups with best-of-9 legs, the top two advancing to a knockout phase that lengthens to best-of-31, with tiebreaks that can reach a nine-dart shootout.
- Group G pairs Michael van Gerwen with Gary Anderson, Niko Springer and Beau Greaves, with van Gerwen versus Greaves scheduled for opening day.
- Defending champion Luke Littler anchors Group E alongside Daryl Gurney, Connor Scutt and Karel Sedlacek, opening his campaign against Sedlacek on Saturday.
- World No. 1 Luke Humphries leads Group A with Nathan Aspinall, Michael Smith and debutant Alex Spellman, and Smith meets Aspinall in his first match.