Tournament Play Guidelines for Double Elimination Format
- For tournament play beginning on a weekday, games may not start earlier than 4:00 pm.
- Games on a weekend may begin as early as 8:00 am.
- No game shall start after 9:30pm on any day and no new inning may begin after 12:59 am (or such earlier time as may be provided by local by-law or park curfew)
- If a published schedule has a team starting a game at 8:30 pm or later, then the team cannot be scheduled to play earlier than 9:00 am on the following day.
- In the case of a rained out tournament, games shall be completed in the week following the original scheduled dates. The Convenor and VP or designate will work with the teams to complete the tournament schedule.
- Completing the tournament as close as possible to the original date is required.
- Rookie teams shall not play more than 3 games in a calendar day.
- For the 2020 season's championship tournaments WOBA will be using 2019 arm care/pitch limitations. In all divisions 10/11U to 18U no team shall play more than 3 games in a calendar day.
- League year-end standings shall determine the home team in the first round of games. Regardless of the tournament format, whereby the team finishing with the higher standing during season play will be the "home" team for their first tournament game.
- Coin flip not required in the first round of games but shall be used for all games thereafter. It is recommended that the "heads" or "tail" call be made prior to the flip of the coin or while the coin is in mid air.
- Objective is to guarantee the teams a minimum of 3 games.
Double_Elimination_Tournament_Schedules
You may download the above attachment. Double elimination schedules for multiple sized team tournaments.