Usually the tournament is played with 24 teams. However, if fewer teams report, B-teams will be admitted according to the following allocation mode:
Title holder (here: Netherlands)Netherlands
Organizing nation (here: Germany)Germany
Next nation according to world rankings (here: Belgium)Belgium
2016, a new system has been implemented for decision at undecided matches, the " Scotch Doubles ". This year, for the first time, the entire world championship will be organized in this way. This means that no longer every player in the team plays a game, but that the players of a team play together at billiards. The starting team starts with the white ball from the starting position and is free to choose who takes the first shot. After each successful stroke, it is the partner's turn. It is played alternately, only one shot per player until the recording is finished. Now the opposing team proceeds accordingly. Each team that is in contact stays together at the billiards table and consultation with one another is permitted, taking into account the time limit. The game is played with a push-up if the starting team has first reached the goal of 40 points. If a match ends in a draw from the quarter-finals onwards, a decision sentence (without a follow-up shot) of up to 15 points is made. This also reduced the number of tables from four in previous years to just two tables.
Timing
There is a time limit of 40 seconds per shot. The time limit is visually displayed as a countdown using a timer. In addition, a warning signal is given after 30 seconds. If the time is exceeded, a penalty signal sounds and the opposing team continues the game with the balls set up according to the starting position. Each team can take a maximum of three time-outs per match, which means that an additional 40 seconds are available for each time-out for the shot. The time-outs can be taken at any time (even in direct succession for the same shot). From the quarter-finals onwards, the three time-outs for the match and the possibly necessary decision-making set apply.
Break regulation
When half the game distance (20 points) is reached, there is a pause of 5 minutes immediately after the end of the current recording.
Since the Jordanian players did not get a visa to enter Germany in time, they had to cancel their participation in the World Cup. As a result, Germany provides a B-team with Dustin Jäschke and Markus Schönhoff.
On the final day of the World Cup, the President of the UMB , Farouk el-Barki , announced that from 2018 the tournament will only be played with 16 teams instead of the previous 24. There will be a preliminary round with four groups of four players each. The two best in the group will then move into the final round.
"That will further increase the quality, but we will also have to have a more restrictive invitation policy."
- Farouk el-Barki : Markus Schönhoff, Kozoom , March 12, 2017
↑ News: Jordan canceled. Viersen.billiard-worldchampionship.org, February 22, 2017, archived from the original on March 8, 2017 ; accessed on March 8, 2017 .
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