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RULES & REGULATIONS
1. North
India Open Snooker Tournament in open only to bona fide
residents of J & K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh,
Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & Uttrakhand.
2. The
tournament shall be conducted at two venues Oudh Gymkhana Club
and The Green Baize.
3. The two
players who represented their state in the 2015 Nationals in the
Main Draw shall be seeded. (9 States x 2 Players = 18 Seeded
Players) along with last years Winner and Runner Up. 4 seats are
reserved for Railways & PSPB players who have a bona fide North
India residence & 2 players shall be selected by Tournament
Committee to play the main draw.
4. Incase 18
seeded players are not available then the first 2 vacancies will
go to U.P. No. 3&4, the next 2 be available to the qualifiers.
Remaining vacancies shall be allotted to the players with
highest ranking as per Cue Sports India Rankings.
5. Incase
more then 4 entries are received from Railways or PSPB then the
four with highest CSI Rankings will be in the Main Round.
6. Entry Fee
shall be Rs. 1000/= payable by all players including seeded
players.
7. Qualifiers will be played
in a Knock Out Format (Best of 5 frames) and 8 (depending on
main draw entries) players will qualify to play the main draw.
No referees shall be provided in the qualifiers.
8. Main draw shall be played first in league
format (Best of 5) and then knockout format.
9. For re-seeding in the knock
out stage all ties shall be broken by a game of chance, no
player can play a player of his league group in the first match
but can be in the same half. In case of shifting he shall be
shifted with a player closest to his seed and the other player
shall take his place.
10. No accommodation will be provided.
11. No entries shall be accepted after last date
of entry.
12. The tournament committee has the right to
change.
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any player by any wait listed player.
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the playing table of any match if the need is
there. No objections shall be entertained.
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the playing time of any match
if the need is there. No objections shall be entertained.
14. In the league stages players
shall refer their own matches. Referee shall be available from
Knockout stage only.
15. All the rules of fifteen red snooker shall be
applicable. Except the foul and miss shall be restricted to only
2 replacements during the qualifiers. Degree of difficulty shall
not be a consideration.
16. In the main draw the foul and miss shall be
unlimited. Degree of difficulty shall not be a consideration.
17. Dress code shall be semi formal: Formal
pants, Single colored shirt or collared T-Shirts and formal
shoes. Any deviation shall be automatic walkover.
18. No “No Value” matches will be played
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