Group Matchplay Qualifying - August 24th - 10:30am - Late.

Finals will be played on the following day, Sunday 25th, 10:30am start.

*Residence will open 30 minutes before the start of the tournament for practice/warmup*

$30 Buy In - Prize money 1st - 8th


Tournament Format: Group Matchplay

*There is no warmup/practice before each game*

Rounds: 8 rounds of group match play, 2 games per round.


Scoring: IFPA 4 player groups - 7/5/3/1, 3 player groups - 7/4/1, linear scoring, no bonus points to the winner.


Seeding: Random, players are seeded randomly at the start of the tournament


Player pairing: Balanced pairing, players will be randomly paired with previously unfaced opponents.


Playing order: Random, players will be randomly assigned a play order.


Arena assignment: Balanced, attempts will be made to assign an arena that has been played the fewest times by all opponents.


Tiebreakers: In case of a tie, an additional game will be played on a randomly selected machine, with randomly generated playing ordered.

Advancement:
The top 16 players will advance to the finals, which will take place on the following day, Sunday 25th 10:30am.


Finals will feature single elimination head-to-head matches, played in a Best of 5 series.

The highest seeded player will have the privilege of selecting the first arena or playing order, while the opponent decides the remaining option. For subsequent games, the loser of the previous match will have the preference to pick the arena or playing order, and the winner selects the remaining option.

If an arena is already being played, you may wait until it is available if they are on the last ball, otherwise another arena must be selected. An arena cannot be selected multiple times in the same head-to-head series.

Once a player verbally announces their game choice or position, the decision is final and cannot be changed.

Final bracket.

Round of 16

1 vs. 16

2 vs. 15

3 vs. 14

4 vs. 13

5 vs. 12

6 vs. 11

7 vs. 10

8 vs. 9

Quarterfinals
1/16 winner vs. 8/9 winner

2/15 winner vs. 7/10 winner

3/14 winner vs. 6/11 winner

4/13 winner vs. 5/12 winner

Semi-Finals
1/8/9/16 winner vs. 4/5/12/13 winner

2/7/10/15 winner vs. 3/6/11/14 winner


Finals
1/8/9/16/4/5/12/13 winner vs. 2/7/10/15/3/6/11/14 winner