Why Have
PLAYER RANKINGS
?
In the SINGLES and TEAM Events at ACS and CCS Championships, there are different DIVISIONS based on Skill Level:
A – ADVANCED
B – OPEN
C – STANDARD
By ranking Players and Teams and restricting the Division that they can play in, this provides everyone a better chance in competing and enjoying success. The PLAYER RANKINGS are:
P - PROFESSIONAL
M - MASTER
A - ADVANCED
B - OPEN
C - STANDARD
U - UNRANKED--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How Do PLAYER RANKINGS Get Assigned? The approach taken by the ACS and CCS is to base every player's ranking on their actual performance at previous ACS or CCS Championships. Based on how a player does in successive Championships, a player's ranking may automatically go up or down. For the first ever Championship attended, every player or team starts on the bottom rung unless assigned otherwise based on 'KA - Known Ability'.
Player Rankings will be updated at the end of each league year based on player performance in all tournaments competed in that year.1. ACS and CCS PERFORMANCE RANKINGS All Players are assigned a PERFORMANCE RANKING after every 8Ball SINGLES or 8Ball TEAM Event of any CCS or ACS Championship as follows:8Ball SINGLESM MASTERSTop 12% of A-Advanced Finals
A ADVANCEDTop 12% of B-Open Finals
Made $ but not in top 12% in A-Advanced Finals
Top 1 of B-Open Qualifying (CCS only)
B OPENTop 12% of C-Standard Finals
Made $ but not in top 12% in B-Open Finals
Made no $ in A-Advanced Finals
Top 1 of C-Standard Qualifying (CCS only)
C STANDARDNot in Top 12% of C-Standard Finals
Made no $ in B-Open Finals
8Ball TEAMA ADVANCEDTop 12% of B-Open Finals
Made $ in A-Advanced Finals
Top 1 of B-Open Qualifying (CCS only)
B OPENTop 12% of C-Standard Finals
Made $ but not in top 12% in B-Open Finals
Made no $ in A-Advanced Finals
Top 1 of C-Standard Qualifying (CCS only)
C STANDARDNot in Top 12% of C-Standard Finals
Made no $ in B-Open Finals
2. ACS and CCS PLAYER RANKINGS The PERFORMANCE RANKINGS are then used to assign two PLAYER RANKINGS to each player, one for Team play and one for Singles play that will apply in future Championships.A PLAYER'S 'TEAM' RANKING Will consist of the highest of the Player's last 2 PERFORMANCE RANKINGS in 8Ball TEAM Events since 2005 in any CCS or ACS Championship, prior to the current league year. A Player's 'TEAM' RANKING may not be lower than their 'SINGLES' RANKING.A PLAYER'S 'SINGLES' RANKING Will consist of the highest of the Player's last 2 PERFORMANCE RANKINGS in 8Ball SINGLES Events since 2005 in any CCS or ACS Championship, prior to the current league year. A Player's 'SINGLES' RANKING may not be more than one level lower than their 'TEAM' RANKING.3. ACS and CCS Professional and Master Players Any player who is on the NE – ACS Professional List is not eligible to compete in any ACS or CCS Championship. Players who have achieved the M Masters PLAYER RANKING ranking will stay at that ranking until they have successfully petitioned through ACS or CCS to be moved down to a lower ranking.4. KA - Known Ability The ACS and CCS reserves the right to assign or change any PLAYER RANKING based on KA – Known Ability. A 'U - Unranked Player' will be considered a 'C - Standard Player' unless ranked higher on KA - Known Ability.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How Are The PLAYER RANKINGS Used?8Ball SINGLES The PLAYER 'SINGLES' RANKING of either M Master, A Advanced, B Open or C Standard assigned to a player will directly determine the lowest Division of Singles that the Player is eligible to compete in. An M Master ranked player must play in the Advanced Division. A player may enter a Division higher than their ranking if they want to.
8Ball TEAM
The PLAYER 'TEAM' RANKING of either A Advanced, B Open or C Standard assigned to each of the Players on the Team Roster will determine an overall TEAM RANKING of either A Advanced, B Open or C Standard which in turn will directly determine the lowest Division that the Team is eligible to play in, as follows:
A Advanced Division
2 or more Players are A Advanced or M Master 'TEAM' ranked
B Open Division
No more than 1 Player is A Advanced or M Master 'TEAM' ranked
2 or more Players are B Open 'TEAM' ranked
C Standard Division
All other
A team may enter a higher Division than their ranking if they want to.
8Ball SCOTCH DOUBLES
If one or more of the Players are A Advanced or M Master ranked, the entry must play in the A Advanced Division. All others are eligible to play in the B Open Division. A team may enter a higher Division than their ranking if they want to.9Ball SINGLES and 9Ball TEAM 9Ball Singles and 9Ball Team events including any ranking restrictions will be as listed in the Tournament Brochure.
For 9Ball Teams, the highest ranked player on the team will determine the ranking of the team.