Organizers: Estonian Billiard Federation, Lithuanian Pool Federation, Latvian Pool Federation, Belarusian Association of Billiard Sports and Finnish Billiard Federation.

Venue: Arena Billiards, Savanoriu 363, Kaunas, Lithuania.

10th of November 2018

• 9:00         Doors open
• 9:30         Opening ceremony
• 10:00       Start of matches

11th of November 2018

• 11:00       Semifinals
• 13:00       Finals
• 15:00       Award ceremony

Discipline: 10-ball

Distance: women and old boys race to 6 and men race to 8. Semifinal and final +2.

Entry fee: 30 euros (for all divisions).

Prize fund: 5000 Euros

Women dv.        Old boys dv.         Men dv.

1st - 500 EUR     1st - 500 EUR      1st - 1200 EUR
2nd - 250 EUR    2nd - 250 EUR    2nd - 600 EUR
3rd - 125 EUR     3rd - 125 EUR     3rd - 300 EUR                                                                                5th–8th - 150 EUR

Dress code:

• A shirt with a collar (polo shirt) with short or long sleeves. It is not allowed to wear the shirt outside of the trousers.
• One coloured trousers, preferably black. No jeans look alike.
• Trousers matching the belt.
• Black shoes and socks.
• No sweaters are allowed except with head referees agreement.
• No headwear is allowed.
• Clothing must be neat and tidy.

Participants: Best 8 ranked women, best 8 ranked old boys and best 32 ranked men players are invited to take part in final BPL event. The list of players: http://balticpoolleague.eu/events/2018/final

Players with shared ranking points are also invited.                                                 

Tournament regulations:

• In women divisions, 8 double elimination chart will be used. 4 best players by BPL ranking will be seeded and the rest of places will be decided by draw.
• In old boys divisions, 8 double elimination chart will be used. 4 best players by BPL ranking will be seeded and the rest of places will be decided by draw.
• In men’s division, 32 double elimination chart will be used. 8 best players by BPL ranking will be seeded and the rest of places will be decided by draw.
• Brake: Special „out of the box“ rule applies. All matches alternative break.
• All participants must confirm participation by sending an announcement to BPL organizers or local federations not later than 2^nd of November, 2018. Each federation is responsible to inform the BPL organizers about the participants.
• The participant must pay an entry fee in the amount of 30 euros.
• The draw is made before the start of the tournament on the 10th of November.
• No smoking is allowed during a time-out.
• Time-out can be taken by the player on his own brake. In case the time-out is for some reason taken at the opponent’s break then the opponent will be added one won rack, i.e. in case the score is 3:2 then the score will be 3:3.
• No exceptions are made unless with the agreement of the head referee

Tournament director Tomas Brikmanis                  Stage head referee Gintaras Petrovas