9-Ball Leagues:
4 Teams- In a division of 4 teams, the 1st place team and one Wild Card team advance to playoffs. There will be one week of playoffs and one team will advance to the yearly World Qualifier - WQ (City Tournament).
5 - 9 Teams (Summer & Fall Session ONLY)- In a division of 5-9 teams, the first place team will automatically advance to the yearly City Tournament (WQ). The 2nd place team will play the Wild Card. There will be one week of playoffs and one team will advance to the yearly World Qualifier - WQ (City Tournament).
5 – 9 Teams (Spring Session ONLY)- In a division of 5-9 teams, the first place team will automatically advance to the yearly City Tournament (WQ). The 2nd place team will play the Wild Card and 3rd place team will play the 4th place team. There will be one week of playoffs and two teams will advance to the yearly World Pool Qualifier - WQ (City Tournament).
10 - 16 Teams (Summer & Fall Session ONLY) - In a division of 10-16 teams, the first place team will automatically advance to the WQ. Then 2nd place will play the Wild Card and 3rd place will play 4th place. There will be one week of playoffs and two teams will advance to the yearly World Qualifier - WQ (City Tournament).
10 - 16 Teams (Spring Session ONLY)- In a division of 11 - 16 teams, the first place team will automatically advance to the yearly City Tournament (WQ). The 2nd place will play the Wild Card, 3rd place will play 4th place and 5th place will play 6th place. There will be one week of playoffs and three teams will advance to the yearly World Qualifier - WQ (City Tournament).
Due to the 9-Ball format being smaller we have to limit how many teams we qualify in the Summer & Fall because it would be very hard for teams to stay above 50% of the division and we do not Double Qualify teams.
Weighted Drawing For Playoff Wild Card:
When drawing for the Wild Card to participate in playoffs, the drawing will be weighted according to final standings of the teams that did not earn an automatic bid into the playoffs. The number of entries into the Wild Card Draw will be dependent on the number of teams in the division, as well as a team’s final standing in a division. The last place team will receive 1 entry into the Wild Card, the 2nd to last place team will receive 2 entries into the Wild Card Draw, the 3rd to last place team will receive 3 entries into the Wild Card Draw, and so on.
When a team earns a spot to the session playoffs, they are required to participate in the playoffs. If the team chooses not to participate, the team is still responsible for paying the applicable team fees for session playoffs. The only situation in which a team may forfeit their playoff spot is in the event that the session playoffs for the division can be filled (another team willing and eligible to participate).
Eligibility of a team to participate will be determined before the drawing. Teams will be ineligible to participate if any of the following apply:
1. League fees or membership dues are outstanding
2. Team has forfeited more than 5 individual matches during the session