| Tournament format |
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| Qualification Entries and re-entries, 6 games Desperado Squad Desperado squad, 1 game Composing Top 56 A: Top 44 from the 6 games qualification B: Top 6 from the a separate standing of the squads conducted on 22-25 October C: Top 2 from the a separate standing of the squads conducted on 26-27 October D: Top 4 from the 1 game desperado squad Players are qualified in the order A – B – C – D This means for instance, that if an athlete is qualified from both A and B, he will qualify from A and the next positioned in the B standing will qualify in his place. Seeding for the Final Step 1-2-3 Players positioned 1-8 from general standing will qualify for the Final step 3. Players positioned 9-16 from general standing will qualify for Final step 2 Players positioned 17-52 from the general standing (36) and players qualifyed from category D (4) will qualify for the Final Step 1
Final step 1 40 players will play 4 games starting from scratch Top 20 will qualify for Final step 2 Players positioned 21-40 will be ranked 37-56 according to their position in the Final Step 1
Final step 2 28 players will play 4 games starting from scratch Top 12 will qualify for Final step 3 Players positioned 13-28 will be ranked 21-36 according to their position in the Final Step 2
Final step 3 20 players will play 4 games starting from scratch Top 10 will qualify for Final step 4 Players not continuing to the final step 4 will be ranked 11-20 according to their position in the Final Step 3
Final step 4 10 players will play 4 games with the total pin fall after the final step 3 carried forward. Top 4 will qualify for Final step 5 The players not continuing to the final step 5 will be ranked 5-10 places according to their position in the standing of the final step 4
Final step 5 There will be 3 stepladder matches Stepladder match 1 The player seeded 4 and the player seeded 3 will play a one-game match The loser of the match will be ranked 4 Stepladder match 2 The winner of match 1 and the player seeded 2 will play a one-game match The loser of the match will be ranked 3 Stepladder match 3 The winner of match 2 and the player seeded 1 will play a one-game match The loser of the match will be ranked 2 The winner of the match will be ranked 1
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| Tournament tie rules |
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| Qualification and the final step 1 In case of a tie, the highest ranked player will be the player with the highest last game. If a tie still exist the highest ranked player will be the player with the highest second last game, then the player with the highest third last game etc. Final step 2-5 Desperado A tie influencing who will qualify for the first final step will be broken by playing a 9thand 10thframe roll off, repeated until the tie is broken.
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| Lane assignments and lane movements | |
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| Lane draws | By impartial notaries public |
| Athletes per pair in squads | Two to Four. The squad with fewer than six athletes registered will be cancelled. |
| Frequency of movement | After every two games |
| Movement method | Left lanes moves left, right lanes moves right |
| Number of lanes to move | Two lanes in small and four lanes in big squads |
| Booking policies | |
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| Booking restriction before | A maximum of three squads can be booked before the tournament starts and maximum two of the bookings can be for squads on Friday and Saturday |
| Booking restriction during | Maximum three none played entries |
| Total number of bookings | Unlimited |
| Booking cancellations | Possible |
| Registration deadline | 20 minutes before scheduled squad times |