24 teams will be participating in this year's Carp Classic. Games start Friday, January 24.
Pools
Draw
Line scores
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FORMAT
- 24 teams - 6 pools of 4 teams.
- First round – 3-match Round Robin within each pool. All teams will perform a single button draw at the end of each match, sweeping by team-mates only, with measurements tallied for total button draw scores over 3 matches. Measurements will be completed by event officials.
- Second round – 16 teams advance from Round 1, including top 2 teams from each pool plus 4 from 3 rd place teams. Tiebreakers for top 2 teams are based on head-to-head record followed by button draw scores, 3 rd place teams are ranked based on win record followed by button draw scores.
Team 1 vs Team 16, Team 2 vs Team 15, etc. Single knockout this round. - Quarter finals – 8 teams advance from Round 2 - all will win prize money.
Team 1 vs Team 8, Team 2 vs Team 7, etc, ranking based on button draw scores. Winners advance to A/B semis, losers to C/D semis. - Semi-Finals
- 4 teams compete for A/B, winners advance to A, losers to B
- 4 teams compete for C/D, winners advance to C, losers to D
- Finals
- 2 A-teams, 2 B-teams, 2 C-teams, 2 D-teams compete for cash prizes.
RULES:
- 8-end matches, 5-rock FGZ applies.
- The No-Tick rule will apply
- Round robin games may end in a tie
- 2nd round/playoffs will have extra ends in case of a tie
- Teams flip (any version) for hammer or rock colour (round robin play)
- 2nd round/playoffs higher ranked team will have choice of hammer or rock colour
- Teams may concede at any time.
- Rankings based on W/L record, head to head, draw to button score
