19th European Youth Championships (EYC) - Rules
03/26/06
5.1.3. European Youth Championships (EYC), including a girls and a boys division.
5.2.2. For the EYC players must not reach the age of 19 years in the season in which the championships takes place. With season is meant 1 September until 31 August the following year.
5.3.3. The EYC is conducted each year, preferably in the period up to and during the Easter week.
5.4. Teams
5.4.1. Each team consists of maximum 6 players
5.4.2. The teams must come from affiliated ETBF federations
5.5. Events
5.5.1. The following events exist
a) Doubles, 6 games
b) Trios, 6 games
c) Team, 6 games
d) All Event, consisting of the above 18 games
e) Masters
Exceptions for the EYC
c) All games will be played on only one oil condition.
d) There will be no finals in the doubles, the trios and the team events
5.5.6. Specifications for the matches of the Masters event
a) The 24 highest positioned players in the final All Event standing are qualified for the Masters event, seeded as 1-24 in all steps of the Masters event according to their position in the final All Event standing.
b) In all steps of the Masters event there will head to head matches, where the highest seeded players will be matched against the lowest seeded player.
c) Each match will consist of 2 or 3 games. If the same player is the winner of the first two games, the 3rd game will not be played.
d) Each match will be played on one pair of lanes, where the left lane will be dressed with short oil and the right lane with long oil.
e) Each game in a match will be played on the same lane.
f) In each match the highest seeded player will decide whether the first game will be played on the left lane or the right lane. The second game will be played on the other lane and an eventually third game at the same lane as the first game.
g) In each match the highest seeded player is deciding whether he wants to begin the first game or not. In the second game the order of players will be opposite to the first game and in an eventually third game the order of players will be the same as in the first game.
h) In case of withdrawals from any match in the Masters event, the player without opponent will be declared the winner of the match.
5.5.7. The steps of the Masters event
a) There will be 8 matches in the Masters event Step 1, including the players seeded 9-24. The winners of the 8 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 2.
b) There will be 8 matches in the Masters event Step 2, including the players seeded 1-8 plus the 8 winners of the Masters event Step 1. The winners of the 8 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 3.
c) There will be 4 matches in the Masters event Step 3, including the 8 winners of the Masters event Step 2. The winners of the 4 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 4.
d) There will be 2 matches in the Masters event Step 4, including the 4 winners of the Masters event Step 3. The winners of the 2 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 5.
e) There will be 1 match in the Masters event Step 5, including the 2 winners of the Masters event Step 4. The winner of the match is the European Masters Champion.
5.5.8. The final positioning
a) The winner of the match in the Masters event Step 5 will be positioned as number 1 and the loser of this match as number 2.
b) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 4 will be positioned in the interval 3-4 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
c) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 3 will be positioned in the interval 5-8 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
d) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 2 will be positioned in the interval 9-16 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
e) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 1 will be positioned in the interval 17-24 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
f) The remaining players will be positioned 25-NN according to their scores in the All Event standing.
2006 EYC
5.2.2. For the EYC players must not reach the age of 19 years in the season in which the championships takes place. With season is meant 1 September until 31 August the following year.
5.3.3. The EYC is conducted each year, preferably in the period up to and during the Easter week.
5.4. Teams
5.4.1. Each team consists of maximum 6 players
5.4.2. The teams must come from affiliated ETBF federations
5.5. Events
5.5.1. The following events exist
a) Doubles, 6 games
b) Trios, 6 games
c) Team, 6 games
d) All Event, consisting of the above 18 games
e) Masters
Exceptions for the EYC
c) All games will be played on only one oil condition.
d) There will be no finals in the doubles, the trios and the team events
5.5.6. Specifications for the matches of the Masters event
a) The 24 highest positioned players in the final All Event standing are qualified for the Masters event, seeded as 1-24 in all steps of the Masters event according to their position in the final All Event standing.
b) In all steps of the Masters event there will head to head matches, where the highest seeded players will be matched against the lowest seeded player.
c) Each match will consist of 2 or 3 games. If the same player is the winner of the first two games, the 3rd game will not be played.
d) Each match will be played on one pair of lanes, where the left lane will be dressed with short oil and the right lane with long oil.
e) Each game in a match will be played on the same lane.
f) In each match the highest seeded player will decide whether the first game will be played on the left lane or the right lane. The second game will be played on the other lane and an eventually third game at the same lane as the first game.
g) In each match the highest seeded player is deciding whether he wants to begin the first game or not. In the second game the order of players will be opposite to the first game and in an eventually third game the order of players will be the same as in the first game.
h) In case of withdrawals from any match in the Masters event, the player without opponent will be declared the winner of the match.
5.5.7. The steps of the Masters event
a) There will be 8 matches in the Masters event Step 1, including the players seeded 9-24. The winners of the 8 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 2.
b) There will be 8 matches in the Masters event Step 2, including the players seeded 1-8 plus the 8 winners of the Masters event Step 1. The winners of the 8 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 3.
c) There will be 4 matches in the Masters event Step 3, including the 8 winners of the Masters event Step 2. The winners of the 4 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 4.
d) There will be 2 matches in the Masters event Step 4, including the 4 winners of the Masters event Step 3. The winners of the 2 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 5.
e) There will be 1 match in the Masters event Step 5, including the 2 winners of the Masters event Step 4. The winner of the match is the European Masters Champion.
5.5.8. The final positioning
a) The winner of the match in the Masters event Step 5 will be positioned as number 1 and the loser of this match as number 2.
b) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 4 will be positioned in the interval 3-4 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
c) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 3 will be positioned in the interval 5-8 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
d) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 2 will be positioned in the interval 9-16 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
e) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 1 will be positioned in the interval 17-24 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
f) The remaining players will be positioned 25-NN according to their scores in the All Event standing.