Once the winner's group has been assembled, the real fun can start.
The players will be ranked by matches won, then most frames won, then least frames lost.
If two players are tied, the player who won the head-to-head match finishes higher.
The play-off semi-finals are played between 1st and 4th and 2nd and 3rd, with the two winners meeting and then playing for a place in the Winners' Group.
The overall winner secures a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions and a tidy prize of £10,000.
If you're new to the tournament, think of it as a relentless Champions League-style format - before Uefa ruined it, at least.
Players will compete across seven intense group stages, with the winners progressing to the Winners’ Group, where the ultimate champion will be crowned.
Each group follows a round-robin format, with the top four players advancing to a play-off to determine the group winner.
The winners from Groups 1–7 will then battle it out in the Winners’ Group, scheduled for February 3–4.
