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Team 10-Ball Rules/Format

Format

  • This 10-ball tournament will be a double elimination team event consisting of singles, scotch doubles, and a possible deciding match of team scotch.

  • The 10-ball tournament will be call ball 10-ball as listed in the BCA rules.

  • The winner's and loser's side matches will be race to 7.  The finals will be single race to 9.

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

  • In doubles and team matches, teams will always alternate shots in scotch style.

  • Each race to 7 match will begin with 5 singles games where each player on the team must play one game.  Following the singles matches, there will be 5 scotch double games where no player can play more than twice and you can not have the same team play twice.  Round three consists of a captain's choice for a singes match and doubles match.  If the match is tied 6-6 at the end of the singles and doubles matches, there will be a deciding team scotch matches.


Race to 7

Player playing order will be decided by each team captain after the Home and Away designation is determined.

  • "Each player must play one match of singles which will consist of a best 2 out of 3  10-ball set."

Round 1

Game 1: Home - Player 1 vs. Away - Player 2

Game 2: Home - Player 3 vs. Away - Player 1

Game 3: Home - Player 2 vs. Away - Player 3

Game 4: Home - Player 4 vs. Away - Player 4

Game 5: Home - Singles Captain's Choice vs. Away - Singles Captain's Choice

 

 

  • "No player can play more than twice in Scotch doubles and you can not have the same team play twice.  Each Scotch doubles match will consist of a best 2 out of 3 10-ball set."

Round 2

Game 7: Home - Player 1 & 3 vs. Away - Player 1 & 4

Game 8: Home - Player 2 & 4 vs. Away - Player 2 & 3

Game 9: Home - Player 3 & 4vs. Away - Player 1 & 2

Game 10: Home - Player 2  & 1 vs. Away - Player 3 & 4

Game 11: Home - Doubles Captain's Choice vs. Away - Doubles Captain's Choice

 

Round 3

Game 11: Home - Singles Captain's Choice vs. Away - Singles Captain's Choice

Game 12: Home - Doubles Captain's Choice vs. Away - Doubles Captain's Choice

 

  • "Team Scotch will consist of a best 2 out of 3 10-ball set."

Game 13: Home Team vs. Away Team

 

Finals - Race to 9
Player playing order will be decided by each team captain after the Home and Away designation is determined.

  • "Each player must play one match of singles per round which will consist of a best 2 out of 3 10-ball set."

Round 1

Game 1: Home - Player 1 vs. Away - Player 2

Game 2: Home - Player 3 vs. Away - Player 1

Game 3: Home - Player 2 vs. Away - Player 3

Game 4: Home - Player 4 vs. Away - Player 4

Round 3 - Can not be the same order as round 1

Game 9: Home - Player 2 vs. Away - Player 4

Game 10: Home - Player 4 vs. Away - Player 3

Game 11: Home - Player 3 vs. Away - Player 2

Game 12: Home - Player 1 vs. Away - Player 1

 

  • "No player can play more than twice in in each round of Scotch doubles and you can not have the same team play twice in each round.  Each Scotch doubles match will consist of a best 2 out of 3 10-ball set."

Round 2

Game 5: Home - Player 1 & 3 vs. Away - Player 1 & 4

Game 6: Home - Player 2 & 4 vs. Away - Player 2 & 3

Game 7: Home - Player 3 & 4vs. Away - Player 1 & 2

Game 8: Home - Player 2  & 1 vs. Away - Player 3 & 4

Round 4 - Can not be the same order as round 2

Game 13: Home - Player 1 & 4 vs. Away - Player 3 & 4

Game 14: Home - Player 2 & 4 vs. Away - Player 2 & 3

Game 15: Home - Player 3 & 2 vs. Away - Player 1 & 2

Game 16: Home - Player 3  & 1 vs. Away - Player 1 & 4

 

  • "Team Scotch will consist of a best 2 out of 3 10-ball set."

Game 17: Home Team vs. Away Team


Time-outs

  • There will be one timeout allowed per game, limited to one minute.

  • The player at the table must call their own timeouts

  • Players should use the rest room and take care of any personal matters before the match begins.  This is only a race to 7 and should take no longer than 90 minutes.  There will be no bathroom or personal time outs, except in the finals.  As it is a race to 9, each team will be allowed a 5-minute bathroom break.  They must take that break between games.

  • The player may consult , a coach, an advisor, or a member of the team, but may only consult one person per time-out.  

  • It is acceptable for a player to consult one person for one time-out, but consult a different person for the next time-out.

  • It is acceptable for partners (or scotch team) to discuss the game in play while they are not shooting, but at a volume and in a manner that does not distract the opposing team.  Players must stop talking and cease all movement when the opposing team's shooter addresses the ball.

 

Forfeit

  • If members of a team are late for their match, they will forfeit one game for every 15 minutes of tardiness.

 

Push-out

  • In doubles and team games, if a player opts to push out after the break, and the opponent "gives it back", the original person who pushed out will shoot (not his partner).

  • In doubles and team games, if a player opts to push out after the break, the opposing team may consult each other for 30 seconds and decide collectively whether to shoot or give it back.

 

The Break

  • Home team will break first.  The home and away designation will be decided by a coin flip prior to the start of the match.

  • The break will alternate between teams.

  • 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. In either case, the original breaker is on one foul.

 

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

 

10-Ball bonus points are awarded as follows:

 

10-ball on the break (without scratching)

10

Run rack from the break

30

Run rack from opponent's fruitless break

20

Note: combinations on the 10-ball do not constitute a break and run, except when it is an 9-10 combo

 

No points  will be awarded if you make the 10-ball on the break and simultaneously foul.

 

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

 

 

 

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