Mezz Cues Baltic pool tour - stage IV (OPEN)

PLAN of the tournament:



Friday - 18th October

Arrival date

 

16:00 - Mini

16:00 - PRO

Saturday - 19th September

Open, women, seniors start

 

09:00 – start of the matches

 

19:00 - end of day 1

 



Sunday - 20th September

Open, women, seniors single knock out

 

09:00 – continue of the matches

 

16:30 – Final

 

17:30 - Award ceremony



Max limitations per city: 

Vilnius (Uptown) – 72x16x24 (open x women x seniors)
Klaipeda (Black Ball) – 72x16x24
Riga (Bams) – 96x16x24
Tallinn (Hill Hill) and Club 147– 96x16x32
Tournament regulations:

Dress code

Saturday: The dress code is nice and tidy pants or jeans in one color, polo shirt or long sleeved shirt with collar. No untidy clothing is allowed.

Sunday: Dress code B.

The head referee reserves the right to decide on the clothing. Additionally, the organizers reserve the right to make exceptions on clothing based on the circumstances, e.g. sweater for cold pool hall, short smart pants for very hot weather etc. All the exceptions will be announced no later than 2 days prior to start of the matches.

Entry fee (mandatory for Riga stage)

All players HAVE to pay their entry fees by transfer to below details before registration ends:

IBAN: LT273250007823857496

Receiver: Gintaras Petrovas

Purpose: Entry fee for BPL xxxxx (xxxx means division, i.e. open, mini, senior or all together or separate)

Paying at a tournament desk on the day of the tournament is 50€ extra.

Time out

Time out can be taken at any time in a match in between the racks. Time out cannot be more than 5 minutes and no smoking and drinking alcohol during time out is allowed. Time out can be taken by any player.

Alcohol, smoking, snuff, chewing tobaco or any other drugs

It is not allowed to use any of these drugs during the match. It is not allowed to use alcohol during whole tournament day. As time out is part of the match it is not allowed to use any of these during time out.

Mobile phones, smart watches

It is not allowed to use mobile phones or smart watches during the matches, unless smart watch is on flight mode. If such a situation occurs, participant will get a warning at first occasion and at 2nd - penalty is 1 rack to opponent.

Unsportsmanlike behavior

Unsportsmanlike behavior will not be tolerated and will be evaluated by the head referee and penalized accordingly to the WPA tournament regulations.

Protest against referee decision

There might be some situations where athlete will not agree with referees decision. In these circumstances protest can be given by an athlete in writing no later than 3 days since the situation happened and 100 Eur paid at the front desk as a protest analyze fee. If after investigation protest is valid to athlete side, fee is returned and valid actions to be taken. In case the athletes protest is not satisfied the 100 Eur fee will not be returned to the athlete.

Tournament page and setup system

Tournament will be running in www.cuescore.com and all tables for main event will have score boards for scoring. There will be no live scoring for Riga`s stage. 

Late cancellations

Participant has to pay an entry fee if on the day of the tournament or after draw they cancel their participation.

30 minutes before the match

Each participant has to be 30 minutes before the match is scheduled as ther might be that the match will be called earlier.

Open division:



Name

Mezz Cues Baltic 9 Ball Tour main event

Description

Main event can be participated by everyone. Men, women, seniors, wheelchair, youth, etc. Matches will be played on 9ft tables.

Saturday

9 AM

Player type

Singles

Tournament type

DOUBLE ELIMINATION

Game type

9 ball

Race to

7 - until last 32, 9 from last 16.

Bracket size

max 80 participants

Tables - As many as possible

Break format - Alternate break

Rules - WPA

Entry fee - 70 Eur

Draw type

Best players according to MCBPL2024 rankings will be seeded. The rest will be randomly drawn.

Draw to single KO

Losers qualification winners will be drawn to single elimination to meet winners from Winners qualification.

Participation in multi events

Applicable for women and seniors only. If participation in multi events will result conflict in a game schedule, participant will need to choose the priority in which tournament shall he or she should proceed further and cancel participation in one or another. That means that the player will forfeit one or another group and will not be able to compete in one or another.

Tournament Referee - Gintaras Petrovas

Payouts (guaranteed)

1st x 1000 Eur

2nd x 600 Eur

3rdx2 x 250 Eur

5-8th x 100 Eur

Total: 2500 Eur