Please Note: The League Office will be coming out to talk to all the currently qualified teams halfway through each session. Teams that finish the session below the top half of their division will be subject to heavy scrutiny of handicaps or potential loss of qualification; as stated below per your team manual. Failure to comply with the 50% rule must be noted and on file prior to our World Qualifier event. Reasons can include: teams losing players or wildcard qualified teams.

APA Team Manual - Page 77

5. 50% Rule For Qualified Teams

Qualified teams that do not finish in the top half of their division in the session(s) after they qualify are subject to heavy scrutiny of their handicaps and/or potential loss of qualification at the discretion of their League Operator. Summer Session qualified teams must finish in the top half of their division in the subsequent Fall and Spring Sessions leading into the World Qualifier. Fall Session qualified teams must finish in the top half of their division in the subsequent Spring Session of the League year leading into the World Qualifier.

Also listed on that page of the team manual...so...heck... read this too:

6. Spring Rosters Are World Qualifier Rosters

Your roster at the end of the Spring Session will be your team's roster for the World Qualifier. Players who were on the roster when the team qualified, but are not on the roster in the Spring Session leading into the World Qualifier, are not eligible because they are no longer considered part of the team. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE.

A team with only four available or eligible players on their roster will have to play in the World Qualifier with those four players. All roster changes for qualified teams must be made prior to the teams submitting their week four scoresheets during the Spring Session. All qualified team rosters are frozen at the conclusion of week four. No one may be dropped or added. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE.

7. The Skill level You Must Play With

Each player will start the World Qualifier and World Championships at their Highest Skill Level. A player's Highest Skill Level is the highest of the following:

• The skill level that the player and team believe represents the player’s best playing ability.

• The player’s current APA assigned skill level.

• The player’s session-ending skill level in the session in which the team qualified for the World Qualifier.

• The player’s highest session-ending skill level in any session following the session in which the team qualified.

• The player’s highest skill level in any APA League area in which the player currently plays.

• The player’s skill level at the end of the World Qualifier in the corresponding League year.