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Tournament delimitations

Category Open
Event Signle mixed
Woman handicap 8 pins per game
Max women scratch game 292
Other kind of handicaps Juniors to 15 years of age – 8 pins per game
Entry fee See the qualification squads and fees
Re-entry fee See the qualification squads and fees
Desperado fee No

 

Qualification

  • Entries and re-entries, 6 games
  • The top 78 athletes will qualify for the following final steps:
  • Athletes in positions 7-78 will qualify to the Final step 1
  • Athletes in positions 1-6 will qualify to the Final step 3

Final step 1

  • 72 athletes play 4 games with the pin fall from the qualification carried forward
  • Athletes in positions 1-45 will qualify to the Final step 2
  • The athletes not continuing to the Final step 2 will be ranked 52-78 according to their position in the Final step 1.

Final step 2

  • 45 athletes will play 4 games starting from scratch
  • Top 22 will continue to the Final step 3
  • The remaining 23 athletes will be ranked 29-51 according to their positions in the final step 2

Seeding for the final step 3-6

  • In the final step 3-6 athletes will be seeded according to their scores in the previous step.
  • In step 3 the Top 6 after qualification will be seeded 1-6.

Matching in the final step 3-6

  • In each of steps 3-6 there will be pools of 4 athletes.
  • Before composing the pools the athletes will be divided in 4 equally sized groups (1-4) according to their seeding.
  • Athletes in group 1 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in direct seeding order.
  • Athletes in group 2 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in inverse seeding order.
  • Athletes in group 3 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in direct seeding order.
  • Athletes in group 4 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in inverse seeding order.
  • In each step a pool will be assigned to a pair of lanes.
  • Two games will be played in each step starting from scratch, total pinfall to count.

Final step 3

  • 28 athletes. There will be 7 pools of 4 athletes. 2 games. Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 4.
  • Also advancing to final step 4 are two Lucky Losers, which will be the four 3rd positioned with the highest pin falls.
  • The remaining 12 athletes will be ranked 17-28 according to their scores in the step 3.

Final step 4

  • 16 athletes. There will be 4 pools of 4 athletes. 2 games. Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 5.
  • The remaining 8 athletes will be ranked 9-16 according to their scores in the step 4.

Final step 5

  • 8 athletes. There will be 2 pools of 4 athletes. 2 games. Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 6
  • The remaining 4 athletes will be ranked 5-8 according to their scores in the step 5

Final step 6

  • 4 athletes. There will be 1 pool of 4 athletes. 2 games.
  • The athletes will be ranked 1-4 according to their scores in the step 6.

 

Tournament tie rules

Qualification and all final steps

In case of a tie, the highest ranked athlete will be the athlete with the highest last game in a step. If a tie still exists the highest ranked athlete will be the athlete with the highest second last game in a step etc. If all games in a step are tie, then the tie will be broken by following the same procedure for the last game in the previous step, then the second last game in the previous step etc.

 

Lane assignments and lane movements
Lane draw Done by the organizer
Athletes per pair in squads 4
Frequency of movement Every two games (Qualification, Final step 1 and 2)
Movement method Right lane to the right pair, left lane to the left pair
Number of lanes to move 4
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