We encounter many questions about what roster is eligible for each Tri-Annual and the World Qualifier. Here is a quick guide, hope it helps.
For 8-Ball and 9-Ball teams:
- 1st Session of the APA Year is Summer
Summer Tri-Annual is played with your Summer roster.
Summer Tri-Annual is played after the Fall session starts, your Fall roster could be different from your Summer roster. Only Summer roster players are eligible to play in Summer Tri-Annual.
If your team wins Summer Tri-Annual you must stay active and retain at least 4 members of your Summer roster throughout Fall and Spring to stay eligible for the World Qualifier.
- 2nd Session of the APA Year is Fall
Fall Tri-Annual is played with your Fall roster.
Fall Tri-Annual is played after the Spring session starts, your Spring roster could be different from your Fall roster. Only Fall roster players are eligible to play in Fall Tri-Annual.
***Be careful changing your Fall roster going into Spring. Spring rosters are locked after the 4th week for qualified teams. If your team wins Fall Tri-Annual....guess what.....you just became a qualified team and your roster is locked.*** Players that left the team for Spring cannot come back to the team and play in Spring Tri-Annual or the World Qualifier.
If your team wins Fall Tri-Annual you must stay active and retain at least 4 members of your Fall roster throughout Spring to stay eligible for the World Qualifier.
- 3rd Session of the APA Year is Spring
Spring Tri-Annual is played with your Spring roster.
Spring Tri-Annual is played after the Summer session starts, your Summer roster could be different from your Spring roster. Only Spring roster players are eligible to play in Spring Tri-Annual.
If your team wins Spring Tri-Annual you must stay active on a team in the corresponding format to stay eligible for the World Qualifier.
- BEST OF THE REST TOURNAMENT
This tournament immediately follows the Spring Tri-Annual. If your team lost in the finals of the Summer, Fall or Spring Tri-Annual you are eligible to play in this tournament with your SPRING roster.
- WORLD QUALIFIER
The World Qualifier is played with your Spring roster no matter what session you won in. You must have maintained 4 players from the winning roster to stay eligible.