From 12 to 14 September in the ORSI Pool Room in Verona and the ROCKET POOL Pool Room in Bussolengo (VR)! Play on 16 "ProStar Table", with Iwan Simonis cloth (new) and Aramith Tournament DURAMITH balls.

• round robin with 8 athletes (7 hours of play with 7 different opponents for all registered athletes);
• the first 2 Athletes from each round qualify;
• the best 8 (out of 12) thirds in each round qualify;
• 32 athletes will then enter the final round (on 14 September);
• 8 seeded players will be drawn based on the ranking of the top 12 athletes in each group;
• the 8 top seeds in the first round of the final draw will meet the 8 third-placed Athletes, random draw with the possibility of a clash with an Athlete already met;
• the 4 first classified but not seeded Athletes will be drawn against a second classified Athlete;
• the remaining 8 second-placed Athletes will be drawn against each other;
• the event is open to all registered and non-member Athletes;
• the event does not have any groupings by category, but as it is an International Open, all the Athletes, even those in different categories, will be drawn, without any kind of piloting;
• the event is of an international nature and has a maximum limit of 96 registered athletes. Beyond this limit, a waiting list will be opened;
• It is advisable to go on the waiting list, as historically there are always defections, even at the last minute;

• Entry fee € 150

• Premium Entry fee 200 € (guaranteed play on Saturday)

• Registrations will be handled independently at www.federspia.it;
• payments can only be made by Credit Card through Stripe's secure circuit which guarantees the transactions, there will be a surcharge due to Stripe's commissions;
• Athletes on the waiting list will be able to request to pay their own registration fee in order to be in the first places in case of defection of regularly registered Athletes. The request must be made by e-mail here after registering.

• • Friday 12 September

from 12:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (2 rounds in the ORSI Pool Room and 2 in the ROCKET Pool Room) 

• • Saturday 13 September

from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (2 rounds from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 2 rounds from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the ORSI Pool Room and 2 rounds from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 2 rounds from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the ROCKET Pool Room) 

• • Sunday 14 September

from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (only qualified Athletes, 32 knockout rounds, in the ORSI Pool Room 

• each Athlete will only be called upon to play in a single time slot (the one linked to his/her draw round). If he qualifies he will be called to play on Sunday;
• the matches of the elimination rounds will be at the best of 9 games;
• the matches of the final draw at the best of 17 games;
• the Athletes in the final draw will be drawn;
• the draws are random;
• the Athletes who have registered with the PREMIUM formula will be drawn on Saturday (either in the Orsi Pool Room or in the Rocket Pool Room);
• As every year, at the explicit request of Longoni, some Athletes representing the image of the Company will be drawn in the Saturday rounds.

• Playing speciality: 9-ball
• Alternating Break
• Dry Break
• Nine ball in the Spot
• Break from any position in the attack quadrant
• No time out during Friday and Saturday rounds
• Possibility of match timing
• 12 rounds of 8 Athletes with completely free draw (no head of series, no category distinction, no distinction between Italian and foreign Athletes, no preclusion of registered and non registered Athletes)
• Round robin for eliminations, each Athlete will face the other 7 Athletes in their group
• The tournament will start at 9:00 a.m. sharp, Athletes not present at their time will lose the first of seven matches for forfeit and will take a penalty point (-1);
  2 points will be awarded in the event of a win and zero in the event of a loss (-1 only in the event of a forfeit)
• At the end of the seven matches in their group, a ranking will be drawn up, determined according to the following criteria and in this order:

1. 1. Score gained (sum of points)

   2. Difference between total racks won and total racks lost (matches won minus matches lost)

   3. Direct clash

   4. Racks won

   5. The best 8 thirds will be determined on the basis of the comparison of the AVG (Average Points Per Game) coefficient of all rounds

In case these criteria are not sufficient for the determination of the ranking, the respective positions will be determined by a free draw.

• Pilot-drawn final draw. (Matches already played may occur);
• They qualify:
• The first of each group (12 Athletes)
• The second of each group (12 Athletes)
• The best 8 thirds of the 12 groups (8 Athletes)
• From the first 12 Athletes, the best 8 will be seeded (1 to 8) and will be drawn against one of the 8 third-placed Athletes
• The remaining 4 first-placed Athletes will be drawn against four of the 12 second-placed Athletes
• The remaining 8 runners-up will be drawn against each other

Friday and Saturday during the qualifying rounds

Polo shirt

Sunday

Polo shirt
Dress trousers
Elegant shoe or black sneaker

Winner 3800,00 €
Runner Up 2000,00 €
3^rd class. (no. 2) 1000,00 €
5^th class. (no. 4) 600,00 €
9^th class. (no. 8) 270,00 €
17^th class. (no. 16) 200,00 €

Refunds are calculated based on maximum registered Athletes capacity. The prize pool will be comprised of all registration fees.