What is Phoenix Official League (POL)?

POL is an official Phoenixdarts league that is organized by Phoenixdarts USA and run collaboratively with Phoenixdarts operators. There are two Phoenix Official League finals tournaments that are held throughout the year:

• POL Season 1 (Las Vegas, NV)
• POL Season 2 (Las Vegas, NV)

To compete in a season’s League Finals, players must compete a Qualifier League for that season. Players can compete in multiple divisions at the League Finals so long as they have completed a Qualifier League for those divisions.

• For example, a player must form a team that fits within the POL division caps (listed in the following section) and complete a POL Season 1 Bronze Doubles Qualifier and a POL Season 1 Silver Doubles Qualifier to compete in the Bronze Doubles and Silver Doubles League Finals at the POL Season 1 League Finals tournament. The player must compete in the Bronze Doubles finals event with their Bronze Doubles Qualifier teammate, and likewise for the Silver Doubles finals event.
• The player must follow the same steps above for POL Season 2 to compete in those divisions at the POL Season 2 League Finals tournament.

Since the POL Finals Tournaments are League Finals, the tournament events are a direct extension of the Qualifier Leagues and can be considered as a “Play-Offs” for each division. Therefore, there are no payouts for the Qualifier Leagues themselves; the players/teams must compete in the League Finals to be paid out. Regardless of their performance at the League Finals, a $100 prize for the 1st Place team in a Doubles Qualifier League, or a $50 prize for the 1st Place player in a Singles Qualifier League, can be claimed at the League Finals. Players must compete at the League Finals with the teammate that they completed their Qualifier League with. If a player needs a substitute player to compete at a League Finals with, please refer to the POL Finals Tournament – Tournament Rules section.

Why should you play?

Our goal is to run an honest league that our players can trust and enjoy for years to come. We don’t need to be the only league that darters players play, but we thrive to be a league that players never want to miss. We take great care when forming our divisions and caps. It’s extremely important to us that our players feel that they have a competitive chance to win in their division. Sandbagging is not taken lightly, and we take many precautionary measures to prevent teams from having an unfair advantage at the league finals. Player ratings are reviewed quarterly, with outlier matches flagged and overall match history reviewed at league end. Official Ratings are assigned to players for each season’s POL Finals Tournament based on our analyses and reviewed by operators for confirmation. There is no method that guarantees the elimination of sandbagging, but Phoenixdarts spares no effort in the fight for ensuring fair play.
Our payouts are based on player participation, meaning that they will increase in direct correlation with the number of players that qualify for a division. We do not cap or subtract from the payout, ever. At our current trajectory, there is a strong chance that sooner-than-later, POL will pay out more than any soft-tip darts league in the USA ever has.

The benefits of signing up for Phoenix Official League:

• Playing in a Phoenix Official League will qualify players to compete in a season’s POL Finals Tournament while also granting qualification credits towards our annual Phoenix Cup Las Vegas tournament.
• Completing a season’s POL Qualifier allows players to compete in that division’s league finals at that season’s POL Finals Tournament.
• Example: Completing a Bronze Doubles POL Season 1 Qualifier allows a player to compete in the Bronze Doubles league finals event at the POL Season 1 League Finals tournament.
• Completing Qualifier Leagues for both POL Season 1 and Season 2 automatically qualifies players for Phoenix Cup.
• Much higher payouts than traditional self-ending leagues.
• Players gain tournament experience and become better prepared to compete in larger stage competitive national tournaments such as our annual Phoenix Cup tournament.
• All levels of dart players are welcome!