Start a league.
Own a night.
Join a league, or start one
Join a league
Find Your Local League
Meet other Popdarts players in your area by finding leagues near you.
Visit A League Night
Show up as a guest at your local league night and meet other players.
Start a league
No league near you? Then you are the league. Start a group, pick a night, and the APL plugs you into the format, the rulebook and the national rankings.
Join the APL
Become a member, start earning points, build your rank, become a legend.
Don’t see a league near you? Do this
Check the map first
Open the club map and look for a sanctioned league near you. If there is one, show up as a guest, still the fastest way in. Open the map.
Tell the league
Use the form below: pick I’ll run it to apply as an organizer, or I just want to play to be matched to the nearest night. This is the official way to start a league, an APL organizer follows up within 48 business hours. Go to the form. While you wait, play Virtual League Night: every Tuesday, hosted by Luke Stutzman, from anywhere, even with no league near you. Two steps: 1. create your free Bronze membership (upgrade any time) → 2. join Virtual League Night. The VLN group has the schedules and chat.
Certify with the APL
Create your Organizer profile, set up your club on Scoreholio, then apply through the organizer form above. That sends your organizer names and contact details straight to the APL organizer team for approval, League Rule L-1, in full below.
Run the night, every quarter
Four round-robin games per player per week, a double-elimination Club Championship at the end of every quarter, one bracket submitted, and your results feed the national board.
Visit our interactive map to see local leagues and players near you. Open the map.
Visit our partner Scoreholio and see local tournaments and league events near you. Find events.
2026 APL Official League Table
Tempered glass top, powder-coated steel legs, collapsible frame, built for standing play at the competition height of 36". Ships with the APL-branded table skirt, carrying bag, tower holder and wire holder. The same table the 2026 season was played on.
Certify with the APL
- Create an Organizer profile
Your organizer identity with the APL. The person the league is certified under.
- Establish a league club on Scoreholio
The club is where your round robins, standings and quarterly championship brackets live.
- Apply through the organizer form
Send your organizer names and contact information through the organizer form for approval. It reaches the APL organizer team directly.
Every quarter, a certified club:
- Offer a minimum of four Round Robin games per player each week, you may exceed four.
- Offer at least four weeks of Round Robin play per quarter, a 16-game opportunity per player within your club.
- Hold a mandatory double-elimination Club Championship at the end of every quarter, seeded from the round-robin win/loss record.
- Submit one championship bracket per quarter, plus all scheduled league weeks, to the APL for approval. That is what feeds the APL Leaderboard.
- Keep a leaderboard of scheduled competition (a spreadsheet is advised) and run everything under the current-season APL rules.
When you create an event in Scoreholio, select the APL Official 2026/27 Full Season (Bracket only): that is what puts your night on the APL calendar and the club map, and it is how your players’ results count toward the national rankings.