General Tournament Regulations
PLAN of every stage in 2025:
Friday |
Arrival date |
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16:00 - Mini 16:00 - PRO |
Saturday |
Open, women, seniors start |
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09:00 – start of the matches |
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12:30 – Opening |
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13:30 – Continue of matches |
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19:00 – Shoot out (side event - optional) |
Sunday |
Open, women, seniors single knock out |
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09:00 – continue of the matches |
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16:30 – Final |
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17:30 - Award ceremony |
Max limitations per city:
- Vilnius (Uptown) – 72x16x24 (open x women x seniors)
- Klaipeda (Black Ball) – 72x16x24
- Riga (Bams) – 96x16x24
- Tallinn (Hill Hill) – 64x8x16
Tournament regulations:
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. |
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. |
BPL MINI
Name |
Mezz Cues Baltic 9Ball Tour MINI Tournament |
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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. |
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Friday |
4:00 PM |
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Player type |
Singles |
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Tournament type |
Double elimination |
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Game type |
9 Ball |
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Race to |
4 |
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Bracket size |
48 |
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Tables |
Tournament will be played on as many tables as possible |
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Break format |
Alternate break |
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Rules |
WPA. 9 ball on the spot. 3 point rule. |
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Entry fee |
40 Eur (5 Eur cloth fee) |
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Draw type |
Random |
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Tournament Director |
Gintaras Petrovas |
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Payouts (in case of full chart) |
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PRO event
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PRO event |
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Description |
Event is open for everybody, but mainly for all PRO who cannot compete in MINI. |
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Friday |
4 PM |
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Player type |
Singles |
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Tournament type |
Double knock out |
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Game type |
9 ball |
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Race to |
8 |
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Bracket size |
16 |
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Tables |
Depending on availability, but not less than 2 tables |
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Break format |
Winner break |
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Rules |
WPA |
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Entry fee |
80 Eur (200 Eur cloth fee in total) |
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Draw type |
Random |
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Tournament Director |
Gintaras Petrovas |
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Payouts (in case of full chart) |
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Open division:
Name |
Mezz Cues Baltic 9 Ball Tour main event |
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Description |
Main event can be participated by everyone. Men, women, seniors, wheelchair, youth, etc. Matches will be played on 9ft tables. |
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Saturday |
9 AM |
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Player type |
Singles |
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Tournament type |
Double elimination |
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Game type |
9 ball |
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Race to |
8 all tournament matches |
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Bracket size |
max according to plan participants |
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Tables |
As many as possible |
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Break format |
Alternate break |
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Rules |
WPA |
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Entry fee |
70 Eur |
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Draw type |
Best players according to BPL2024 rankings will be seeded in a groups and first places from the groups will be randomly seeded in a single knock out. |
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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. |
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Tournament Director and Referee |
Event Head Referee - TBA |
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Payouts (In case of not less than 50 participants) |
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Women:
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Mezz Cues Baltic 9 Ball Tour women division |
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Description |
Women division will be played on the first day of the tournament as early as possible. |
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Saturday |
9 AM |
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Player type |
Singles |
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Tournament type |
Round robin qualification and single depending from amount of participants |
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Game type |
9 ball |
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Race to |
5 in a group stages, race to 7 in single knock out and race to 9 in semi and final. |
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Bracket size |
max according to plan participants | ||||||||||
Tables |
As many as possible |
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Break format |
Alternate break |
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Rules |
WPA |
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Entry fee |
50 Eur |
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Draw type |
Best players according to BPL2024 rankings will be seeded in a groups and first places from the groups will be randomly seeded in a single knock out. |
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Tournament Director and Referee |
Event Head Referee - TBA |
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Payouts (100% women entry fees + 8% of entry fees collected in OPEN) |
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Seniors:
Name |
Mezz Cues Baltic 9 Ball Tour Seniors division event |
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Description |
Seniors division will be played at the earliest convenience as possible on day 1. |
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Saturday |
9 AM |
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Player type |
Singles |
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Tournament type |
Double elimination |
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Game type |
9 ball |
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Race to |
7 all matches |
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Bracket size |
max according to plan participants |
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Tables |
As many as possible |
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Break format |
Alternate break |
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Rules |
WPA |
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Entry fee |
60 Eur |
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Draw type |
Best players according to BPL2024 rankings will be seeded in a groups and first places from the groups will be randomly seeded in a single knock out. |
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Draw to single KO |
2 best players will qualify to single knock out from each group. We understand that there might be not equal number, i.e. not last 32 or last 64 in the first round of SE and that is absolutely fine. |
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Tournament Director and Referee |
Event Head Referee - TBA |
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Payouts (in case of not less than 24 participants) |
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- Prize fund will be paid only if an athlete is present at the awards ceremony
- In all prize fund splits (except for women) designated amount of participants has to be reached. If not, then the percentage of the participants lack is counted. For example in OPEN has to be 50 participants to get 2500 Eur price fund, but only 40 participants registered, then 20% will be deducted from each prize listed in the chart.