Team 8-Ball Rules/Format

Double elimination bracket, using BCA league play format; random draw for which team plays which.

 

Scoring

Each match will consist of 1 game, score will be kept on a modified version of the BCA league format for 4X4 players.  Each player will play all four members of the opposing team one time during the course of a match, for a total of 16 games per match.  The team that wins more games is the winner of that match.  See below for tiebreaker provisions.

 

Forfeit

If a team is late for its match, they will forfeit one game for every 15 minutes of tardiness.  If the match is being played on two tables, they will forfeit two games for every 15 minutes of tardiness. If the match is being played on three tables, they will forfeit three games for every 15 minutes of tardiness.   If the match is being played on four tables, they will forfeit four games for every 15 minutes of tardiness.  

 

Time-outs

• Each player gets one coaching time-out per game, limited to one minute.

• Time-outs must be called by the player, not by anyone else on the team.

• One coach must be designated; you may not confer with the entire team.

• There are no bathroom/personal breaks in 8-ball.  There are natural pauses during which you will not be playing, so use those wisely.

 

Substitutions can be made mid-match but not mid-game. Once a player is taken out, he cannot return in that match.

The Break

• If the shooter scratches on the break, the incoming player takes ball in hand behind the headstring.  

• If the shooter miscues on the break, and the cue ball goes past the headstring but does not contact the rack, the opponent earns the break.

• Impeding the cue ball from contacting the rack is a foul, and the opponent earns the break.

• If the 8-ball is pocketed on the break, it is not a win, but the player acquires bonus points. Per BCA rules, the player has two options: rerack and break again, or spot the 8-ball and proceed.

• If he scratches while pocketing the 8-ball on the break, no bonus points are accumulated; the incoming shooter has the same options.

 

Top finishers will be awarded points for their team, toward cumulative team standings.

 

Team points are awarded to the top 50% of the field as follows:

 

1st place	500 points
2nd	375
3rd	275
4th	190
5th-6th	100
7th-8th	30
Total points for this event	1600

 

8-Ball bonus points are awarded as follows:

 

8-ball on the break (without scratching)	50
Run rack from the break	20
Run rack from opponent's fruitless break	10
Run rack from opponent's scratch on break	10

Bonus points will be awarded to the team toward the overall team standings.

 

8-Ball Tie Breaker

If after all rounds of 8-ball the number of Wins is tied at 8-8, there will be a sudden-death playoff.

• Each team chooses a player to put in the "box".

• Lag for the break and race to 2.

• NEW:  Each player gets one coaching time-out per game, limited to one minute. 

• No bonus points are accumulated during the 8-Ball Tie Breaker.