1. EVENT

The event of the tournament is singles, only for women.


2. QUALIFICATION

All players will bowl 6 games.
Unlimited re-entry will be allowed, the best result will count for the standings.
The 12 invited players must play the qualification squads.
Top 24 players will qualify for the Quarter Final.


3. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION RULES

50% of the pin fall from the highest qualification score produced by each of the qualified players will be carried forward to the Quarter Final.


4. QUARTER FINAL

The 24 players will bowl 8 games (2 squads of 4 games).
There will be no substitutes in case of withdrawals.
Top 4 are qualified for the semi final.


5. SEMI FINAL

Semi final round consisting of 2 matches.
Match A: Position 1 vs. Position 4 (best of three games).
Match B: Position 2 vs. Position 3 (best of three games).


6. FINAL

Final round consisting of 1 match including the winning players from the semi final. The match to be combined as follows: Match C: Winner match A vs. Winner match B.


7. TOURNAMENT TIE RULES

Tie breaking for qualification and quarter final

In case of tie the highest ranked player will be the player with the highest last game. If a tie still exists the highest ranked player will be the player with the highest second last game, then the player with the highest third last game, etc.

Tie breaking in matches in the semi final and final

In case of a tie in any game in any match, a one ball roll off on a full set of pins will be played, repeated until the tie is broken.

 
 

Lane assignments and lane movements
Lane draws
Carried through by the management by a neutral person.
Players per pair in squads
The number of players per lane will be 2 or 3 (maximum 5 players per pair of lanes).
Frequency of movement
The lane movement will be one pair of lanes after each game.
Movement method
Left lane players moves left and right players moves right.
Number of lanes to move
2
Entry policies
Entry restriction before
Maximum one entry and maximum one re-entry can be pre-ordered.
Entry restriction during
A player can keep a maximum of 2 non played entries.
Max number of entries
Unlimited
Cancelling of re-entries
Possible
Re-entry procedure
During the tournament, players are signed up by using the first-come-first-served method. When a player is signed up for a squad, he will get a priority number, which will be one higher each time another player with a higher priority number is removing his entry from the squad.
Result and media services
Results in the centre
Yes
Results at the website
Yes
Squad standings
Yes
Qualification standing
Yes
All final stages
Yes
All game scores presented
Yes
Press room available
Yes
Connection by cable
No
Wireless connection
Yes
Players internet
Wireless laptop connection
TV channel
TV3 Public Television of Catalonia
Bowling CAT-TV on live by Internet
Broadcasted stages
Stepladder final live at our website www.tbowling.cat