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8-Ball Session Playoffs
Session Playoffs will be used to determine which teams qualify for the Tri-Annual Tournament. The structure of a division’s Session Playoffs will depend upon the number of teams in the division.
NOTE: A team cannot forfeit more than three individual matches within the last 2 weeks of regular session weekly play. Teams that forfeit more than three individual matches will lose that ability to participate in Playoffs and the Tri-Annual Tournament.
The 1st round of Playoffs will be scheduled on corresponding League nights.
The next session will begin the following week.
Player Eligibility for Session Playoffs: Players must have played at least 4 times with the team during the session to be eligible to play in the Playoffs.
9- Ball Session Playoffs
During the last two weeks of a session’s regular weekly play, a team cannot forfeit more than three individual matches. Teams who do not adhere to this rule will forfeit their eligibility in the Playoffs.
During each session, the 1st and Second round of Playoffs will be scheduled on the same day of the week as your regular League play.
The next session will begin the week following the 2nd round of Playoffs.
Player Eligibility: Players must have played at least 4 times with the team during the session to be eligible to play in the Session Playoffs. And at least 10 times in the league to be eligible to play in the World Qualifier.
Wildcard
At the end of each session, a weighted wildcard draw will take place via a random wheel spin. Amongst the teams eligible for the draw, the highest placing team will receive the most entries and the lowest placing team will receive the least entries. For example, the last place team will receive 1 entry, the second to last place team will receive two entries, etc.
Tri-Annual Tournament A Tri-Annual Tournament will be held during each session of the League year for the 8-Ball team format. The Tri-Annual Tournament will be a Single Elimination Format tournament. The Tri-Annual Tournament will be used to distribute the cash prize fund from the corresponding session. Amounts will be determined based on the team count during the session and will be announced prior to the start of the tournament.
Player Eligibility for Tri-Annual Tournaments: Players must have played at least 4 times with the team during the session to be eligible to play in the session’s Tri-Annual Tournament.
Best of the Rest Tournament
Every year Lee County APA will hold a Best of the Rest Tournament to give teams who made it to the final round of a Tri-Annual, but did not qualify for the WQ, one more opportunity to qualify. The event will take place prior to the WQ following the Spring Session. This is a bonus tournament and is subject to change based on team count. There will be no more than 1 team in the 8-Ball format per year sent to the WQ through this tournament. There will be no Best of the Rest in the 9-Ball format.
Trophies
End of session awards will be given at the Tri-Annual tournament for 8-Ball and will be delivered to teams for 9-Ball. Each member of the first-place team will receive an award.
World Qualifier
The World Qualifier is an annual tournament that takes place at the end of the League year. The winning team(s) win Travel Assistance to Las Vegas and the opportunity to represent the Lee County APA in the APA World Pool Championships.
All players on teams that qualify for the World Qualifier and World Pool Championships must remain active in the same format of the following League year’s Summer Session or may forfeit their eligibility.
*A maximum of 16 teams will participate in the 8-Ball World Qualifier:
*Summer - 5 Teams from the Tri-Annual
*Fall - 5 Teams from the Tri-Annual
*Spring - 5 Teams from the Tri-Annual
*Best Of The Rest – 1 Team
*subject to change based on team count
• Teams that qualify for a World Qualifier slot more than once during a League year will be the first teams eligible for a random draw into any bye slots, if available, that occur on the World Qualifier boards.
• Any team that loses in the finals of a Tri-Annual Tournament to a team already qualified, except for teams from a 4-team division, from a previous Tri-Annual may also be qualified (unless already qualified from a previous Tri-Annual).
• Teams that qualify for the World Qualifier must remain active in the Lee County APA to retain their qualified status.
• All qualified teams must finish in the top half of their division in all sessions following qualification prior to the World Qualifier or risk the loss of their qualified status.
• The Travel Assistance Fund will be used to provide travel assistance to those teams advancing to the APA World Pool Championships. If a team chooses not to go to this event, the slot and the Travel Assistance will be given to the team they last eliminated on their World Qualifier board.
Travel Assistance for the World Pool Championships
The Travel Assistance Fund will be used to pay travel expenses actually incurred by the eligible members of those teams advancing to the APA World Pool Championships. If a team chooses not to go to this event, the slot and the Travel Assistance will be given to the last team eliminated by the non-attending team on their World Qualifier board.
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