WPA World 9-Ball China Open 2017

2017 World 9-Ball China Open will be held on June 4th-11th in Shanghai, China. The main tournament starts 8th of June and the final is the 11th. 64 men players and 48 women players will be put into groups and apply double elimination format until men’s last 32 and women’s last 16. Until then the game changes from race to 9 for men and 7 for women, to race to 11 for men and race to 9 for women with alternate breaks.

第一階段男子64名選手和女子48名，採分組雙敗淘汰賽制，男子搶9局、女子搶7局，男子每組4名選手 (勝部2名、敗部2名) 和女子每組2名選手 (勝部1名、敗部1名) 晉級進入第二階段。第二階段的男子32強及女子16強為單敗淘汰賽，男子搶11局、女子搶9局，比賽採輪流衝球。

Men Division 男子組 – Double Elimination 雙敗階段

A.f.W.B. = Advance from Winners’ Bracket

A.f.L.B. = Advance from Losers’ Bracket

Women Division 女子組 – Double Elimination 雙敗階段

Stage 1 (Qualifying Tournament): June 4th – 6th

Men Division – Shanghai APEX Billiard Club (B1, No.773 Siping Road, Hongkou District)

Women Division – Zhongdu Billiard Club (3/F, No.651 Hangbei Road, Minhang District)

Stage 2 (Main Stage): June 8th – 11th

Venue – Pudong Tangzhen Culture & Sports Center

FORMAT:

Stage 1 (Qualifying Tournament)
※ Single Elimination、Winner Breaks.

※ Men Division: 8 winners qualifiers、Race to 9; Women Division: 8 winners qualifiers; Race to 7.
( 2 qualifiers from Day 1, 2 qualifiers from Day 2 and 4 qualifiers for the last day.)

※ No seeded player in stage 1.

Stage 2 (Main Event)
※ WPA 9- ball rule with The 3 Point Break Rule.

※ Double Elimination (Group Round) to Men last 32 & Women last 16, Men division: Race to 9. Women division: Race to 7、Alternate breaks.

※ Men last 32 & Women last 16 – Single Elimination (Final Round), Men Division: Race to 11. Women Division: Race to 9、Alternate breaks.

※ Stage 2 seeded player: Top 16 men players and women players according to current WPA rankings.

※ Stage 2: 2 from winner’s bracket will be seeded into Final Round according to their results from group rounds, 2 from loser’s bracket will be drawn randomly (Men’s); 1 from winner’s bracket will be seeded into Final Round according to their results from group rounds, 1 from loser’s bracket will be drawn randomly (Women’s).

Registration:

For foreign players, send your entry form to [email protected] , and mail cc [email protected]

Deadline: May 15th 2017 (Foreign players)

Fee (USD is unacceptable):

※ Stage 1 Players: $1,500 RMB for 3 matches

※ Stage 2 Players: $1,000 RMB

Notice:

※ All Stage 2 players who are participants the China Open in Shanghai, All players are recommended to book rooms through the Organizing Committee. If players choose book by themselves, the room fees below the standard will be deducted from the players’ prize. Coaches, team leaders, managers and family members, friends etc. are not mandatory to book hotels through the organizing committee. But if they do, they will be given free entry passes to the venue.

For make reservations, please contact the Organizing Committee
( E-mail: [email protected] , Contact: Ms. Zhang )

※ All players are obliged to participate in the sponsor activities by the Organizing Committee. All players are forbidden to attend in any of commercial activities or other tournaments during the China Open (2nd-12th June) without the permission from the Organizing Committee. Violators will receive a fine of 5,000 CNY or even be disqulified.

※ All players must be attended all event’s related activities, which including the Organizing Committee’s sponsor activities, players meeting, Opening Ceremony and Awarding/Closing Ceremony. Meanwhile, the players who promoted to the single elimination (Last 32 of men division and Last 16 of women division) must be attended to the drawing ceremony, Violators who go absent without offical leave will receive a fine of 1,500 CNY.

The interpretation of the competition information belongs to the Host. Matters not mentioned herein will be announced.

Alison

會外賽: 8月21-23日

男子組 – 上海 APEX桌球俱乐部 ( 虹口區四平路773號B1 )

女子組 – 上海 總都台球 上海總部 ( 閔行區航北路651號3樓)

會內賽: 8月25-28日

比賽地點 – 唐鎮文化体育中心

競賽辦法：

(1) 賽事執行WPA規則。

(2) 比賽分為會外賽和會內賽兩個階段。

(3) 會外賽共分3場進行，全部為單敗淘汰賽，男子搶9局，女子搶7局，勝方開球，第一、二場男子組和女子組各取2名，第三場各取4名晉級會內賽。

(4) 會內賽第一階段為雙敗淘汰賽，男子搶9局、女子搶7局，輪流開球，男子前32名和女子前16名晉級第二階段；第二階段為單敗淘汰賽，男子搶11局、女子搶9局，輪流開球；決賽男子搶13局、女子搶11局。

注意事項:

※ 參加上海 China Open 的會內賽選手。所有選手必須透過組委會訂房，如果選手自行訂房，差額 (價差) 部分，屆時將會從選手獎金中扣除。 組委會 – E-mail: [email protected] / 張希

※ 所有會內賽選手有義務參加組委會舉辦的贊助商活動。未經組委會同意，會內賽選手在比賽期間 (6月2-12日) 不得參加非組委會舉辦的商業活動和其它賽事，如有違反一經查實，組委會將予以每人每次5000元人民幣的處罰，情節嚴重者可取消參賽資格。

※ 由組委會舉辦的贊助商活動、賽前全體選手會議暨抽簽儀式、 媒體見面會、歡迎宴會、賽事開幕式、第二階段抽簽儀式 (男子 32 強和女子 16 強)、閉幕式暨頒獎儀式均為參賽選手必須出席的賽事相關配套活動，非正當理由並未經組委會同意而缺席活動的參賽選手，組委會將予以每人每次 1500 元人民幣的罰款。