During Thursday night's 1st round we had two matches forced into Sudden Death and there were several questions on the way that it is required to be handled. The official ruling on Sudden Death is listed in your Official Rules of APA World Qualifier. Each captain has or will receive a copy when they check-in for their teams first match, to certify and pay their teams $30 greens fee. Please pull off of your Certification Statement before turning in. Captains should keep their copy available throughout the tournament to refer to if necessary. If you have any questions on the Official Rules, please see Aaron prior to your teams match.

Ideally the team’s captain & scorekeeper or a designated teammate should be tracking time during your match so this rule does not come into play. Sometimes the scenario is completely unavoidable, but for the most part it is in the team’s control. Please be familiar and mindful of all time limit guidelines throughout your match. 

See Sudden Death & time limit guidelines below:

4. SUDDEN DEATH FORMAT: When the Sudden Death format is in effect, all other League rules apply to player selection. We ask all players to help keep to the schedule by being ready to play when their match is called, and by observing the Match Time Guidelines. Prior to the Tournament, the Tournament Director will decide whether Sudden Death rules will apply, or teams will be instructed to split their match, if matches become exceedingly long, Sudden Death will go into effect. See the Tournament Director for more information. Unless the League Operator or Tournament Director chooses to split matches, the following Sudden Death rules will apply: 8-ball: This format is implemented 3 hours and 45 minutes* or a time designated by the Tournament Director into an 8-Ball match. The rack must be struck in the fifth individual match by the Sudden Death mark, or all subsequent individual matches will begin with a rack worth two team points. If that twopoint rack mathematically wins the team match, the team match will be over; if it does not win the team match, a second rack worth one team point will conclude that individual match. This procedure will continue in each subsequent individual match until a team mathematically wins or the overall match finishes in a tie: one two-point rack, followed by a one-point rack if necessary. Tie breakers will be decided by the team that won the most individual matches. Note: During 8-Ball Sudden Death, the individual match winner will be the player who wins the two-point rack.

Average Shot: 20 seconds

Special Shooting Situation: 45 seconds

Time-out: 1 minute

New Player Selection: 1 minute

Team Match Forfeit: 15 minutes(past appointed start time)