Friday 8th November

Arrival date

16:00 - Mini

16:00 - PRO

Saturday 9th November

Open, women, seniors start

09:00 – start of the matches

12:30 – Opening

13:30 – Continue of matches

18:00 – Shoot out

Sunday 10th November

Open, women, seniors single knock out

09:00 – continue of the matches

16:30 – Final

17:30 - Award ceremony

Dress code

Qualifying rounds: The dress code is nice and tidy pants or jeans in one color, polo shirt or long sleeved shirt with collar. No untidy clothing is allowed.

Play offs: Dress code B.

The head referee reserves the right to decide on the clothing. Additionally, the organizers reserve the right to make exceptions on clothing based on the circumstances, e.g. sweater for cold pool hall, short smart pants for very hot weather etc. All the exceptions will be announced no later than 2 days prior to start of the matches.

Time out

Time out can be taken at any time in a match in between the racks. Time out cannot be more than 5 minutes and no smoking and drinking alcohol during time out is allowed. Time out can be taken by any player.

Alcohol, smoking, snuff, chewing tobaco or any other drugs

It is not allowed to use any of these drugs during the match. It is not allowed to use alcohol during whole tournament day. As time out is part of the match it is not allowed to use any of these during time out.

Mobile phones, smart watches

It is not allowed to use mobile phones or smart watches during the matches, unless smart watch is on flight mode. If such a situation occurs, participant will get a warning at first occasion and at 2nd - penalty is 1 rack to opponent.

Unsportsmanlike behavior

Unsportsmanlike behavior will not be tolerated and will be evaluated by the head referee and penalized accordingly to the WPA tournament regulations.

Protest against referee decision

There might be some situations where athlete will not agree with referees decision. In these circumstances protest can be given by an athlete in writing no later than 3 days since the situation happened and 100 Eur paid at the front desk as a protest analyze fee. If after investigation protest is valid to athlete side, fee is returned and valid actions to be taken. In case the athletes protest is not satisfied the 100 Eur fee will not be returned to the athlete.

Tournament page and setup system

Tournament will be running in www.cuescore.com and all tables for main event will have tablets for live scoring and result entering. Players will need to update their scores on the tablets and at the end FINISH the match by pressing the button.

Late cancellations

Participant has to pay an entry fee if on the day of the tournament or after draw they cancel their participation.

30 minutes before the match

Each participant has to be 30 minutes before the match is scheduled as ther might be that the match will be called earlier.

Name

Mezz Cues Baltic 9Ball Tour Mini Tournament

Description

Event played on 9tf tables. Pro players are forbidden to participate in this event. PRO players are to be determined by tournament organisator. This event is a fun part for all BPL and not only, participants. Like a weekly tournament for arrivers on Friday to BPL and locals who maybe not want to participate in big event but would love to have a big game with foreigner. Action starts at 16:00. All players are free to enjoy the evening as they wish.

Friday

4:00 PM

Player type

Singles

Tournament type

Double elimination

Game type

9 Ball

Race to

4 (in case more than 32 players, then race to 3 in looser side)

Bracket size

48

Tables

Tournament will be played on 6 tables

Break format

Alternate break

Rules

WPA. 9 ball on the spot. 3 point rule.

Entry fee

30 Eur (5 Eur cloth fee)

Draw type

Random

Tournament Director

Gintaras Petrovas

Payouts (in case of full chart)

 Name

PRO event

Description

Event is open for everybody, but mainly for all PRO who cannot compete in MINI.

Friday

4 PM

Player type

Singles

Tournament type

Double knock out

Game type

9 ball

Race to

8

Bracket size

16

Tables

Depending on availability, but not less than 2 tables

Break format

Winner break

Rules

WPA

Entry fee

100 Eur (100 Eur cloth fee in total)

Draw type

Random

Tournament Director

Gintaras Petrovas

Payouts (in case of full chart)

Name

Mezz Cues Baltic 9 Ball Tour main event

Description

Only top 48 players are invited to participate according to 2024 Mezz Cues Baltic pool league rankings. Player must be played at least 2 qualifying stages in 2024.

Saturday

9 AM

Player type

Singles

Tournament type

Double to single elimination

Game type

9 ball

Race to

race to 9, race to 11 semi final and final

Bracket size

48-16

Tables

As many as possible

Break format

Alternate break

Rules

WPA

Entry fee

70 Eur

Draw type

16 best players according to BPL2024 rankings will be seeded. The rest will be randomly drawn.

Participation in multi events

Applicable for women and seniors only. If participation in multi events will result conflict in a game schedule, participant will need to choose the priority in which tournament shall he or she should proceed further and cancel participation in one or another. That means that the player will forfeit one or another group and will not be able to compete in one or another.

Tournament Director and Referee

Gintaras Petrovas

Payouts (guaranteed)

Name

Mezz Cues Baltic 9 Ball Tour women division

Description

Only top 12 women players are invited to participate according to 2024 Mezz Cues Baltic pool league rankings. Player must be played at least 2 qualifying stages in 2024.

Saturday

9 AM

Player type

Singles

Tournament type

Double to single elimination

Game type

9 ball

Race to

race to 7, race to 9 semi final and final

Bracket size

Tables

As many as possible

Break format

Alternate break

Rules

WPA

Entry fee

50 Eur

Draw type

4 best players according to BPL2024 rankings will be seeded. The rest will be randomly drawn.

Tournament Director and Referee

Gintaras Petrovas

Payouts (guaranteed)

Name

Mezz Cues Baltic 9 Ball Tour Seniors division event

Description

Only top 16 Seniors players are invited to participate according to 2024 Mezz Cues Baltic pool league rankings. Player must be played at least 2 qualifying stages in 2024.

Saturday

9 AM

Player type

Singles

Tournament type

Double to single elimination

Game type

9 ball

Race to

race to 9, race to 11 semi final and final

Bracket size

16-4

Tables

As many as possible

Break format

Alternate break

Rules

WPA

Entry fee

60 Eur

Draw type

4 best players according to BPL2024 rankings will be seeded. The rest will be randomly drawn.

Tournament Director and Referee

Gintaras Petrovas

Payouts (guaranteed)