Tournament Conditions
Players entering Billiards Australia Events agree to these terms and conditions
Players entering Billiards Australia Events agree to these terms and conditions
Seeding of the Group Draw
Seeding of the group draw will initially be conducted as per the Australian rankings, with any international players inserted into the list where deemed appropriate. After this, the long established ABSC custom will be observed, where players travelling from interstate for an event will, if possible, be split into different groups.
Note:
* The top seed in each group will never be moved.
* The seeds in the other groups will be moved the minimum number of places required to achieve the objective.
It should be noted that this is a long standing practice across all round-robin events - open, women, juniors, snooker and billiards. Players travelling have stated that they do not want to travel long distances to play the people they play every week at home. It should also be noted that this policy offers some protection against two travelling friends in the same group being tempted to manipulate the points differential in their match to benefit one or both of them.
The group draw will be reviewed and approved, before publication, by a tournament committee which will include, wherever possible, one or more representatives from the host state.
Seeding of the group draw will initially be conducted as per the Australian rankings, with any international players inserted into the list where deemed appropriate. After this, the long established ABSC custom will be observed, where players travelling from interstate for an event will, if possible, be split into different groups.
Note:
* The top seed in each group will never be moved.
* The seeds in the other groups will be moved the minimum number of places required to achieve the objective.
It should be noted that this is a long standing practice across all round-robin events - open, women, juniors, snooker and billiards. Players travelling have stated that they do not want to travel long distances to play the people they play every week at home. It should also be noted that this policy offers some protection against two travelling friends in the same group being tempted to manipulate the points differential in their match to benefit one or both of them.
The group draw will be reviewed and approved, before publication, by a tournament committee which will include, wherever possible, one or more representatives from the host state.
Conducting the Knock-Out draw from the group results
Seeding the knock-out stage of a round-robin tournament
The Global Standard
How is it done?
What is the goal in any tournament?
Who uses this system?
Why do they use this system?
Things to Remember
Performing the Draw
It is always preferable for this to be done using the computerized systems in place, such as the ABSC system, rather than for it to be done manually by anyone involved in running the tournament.
Seeding the knock-out stage of a round-robin tournament
The Global Standard
How is it done?
- The runner-up in each group goes into the opposite half of the draw to the group winner.
- If three players are taken through from the group stage, then third in the group goes into the same half as the group runner-up, opposite quarter.
- If four players are taken through to the group stage, fourth goes into the same half as the group winner, opposite quarter.
What is the goal in any tournament?
- To allow the best players, on the day, to progress as deep into the tournament as possible, regardless of any anomalies created by imperfect ranking systems or random draws, and to test each players skill against a variety of opponents.
Who uses this system?
- Every global cue sports organisation that runs tournaments with a group stage, including the IBSF and WSF
- The ABSC
- The International Olympic Committee, for Olympic team sports
- The organisations that run the world cups for all major sports, including Cricket, Soccer, Rugby etc.
Why do they use this system?
- The primary principle is that a player going from the group stage into the knockout stage should not play someone they have already played in the group stage until as deep into the tournament as possible.
- This system provides that players meet the maximum number of different opponents as the tournament progresses.
- If the best two players on the day are drawn into the same group, they can still both reach the final.
- If a top seeded player in his group (perhaps not event playing well) is fortunate enough to draw an easily beaten second seed, he or she cannot then meet that same easily beaten player in the first knockout round and progress to the quarter-final and prize money without playing anyone outside his own group.
- If the second seed in a group puts in an outstanding performance to defeat the top seed, he then cannot face the possibility of having to repeat that performance against the same player in the first knock-out match – he will meet a second-place getter from a different group who will almost certainly be a player of lower ability, giving him the best chance of benefiting from his good win.
Things to Remember
- If you win your group, you will be seeded into the knockout exactly as per your points differential (and match wins). Your position will not be moved or adjusted. If you do not want your position potentially being moved from one half of the draw to the other – win all your group matches.
- If you finish group second, your position in the draw may not exactly match the position you think you deserve. For example, if your points differential seems to offer you the #12 or #13 spot – you might end up in the #14 spot (the other half of the draw) – HOWEVER – you might also find yourself with the #10 or #11 spot. If you play enough events, it will all even out. This should be accepted as part of the process to run a tournament properly, and complainants should bear in mind that this is system used globally, across most sports, for sound reasons.
Performing the Draw
It is always preferable for this to be done using the computerized systems in place, such as the ABSC system, rather than for it to be done manually by anyone involved in running the tournament.