TRI-CUP TOURNAMENTS


 Middle Tennessee APA uses Tri-Cup Tournaments for both 8 & 9 Ball. 
 

 Tri-Cup Tournaments are City Tournaments at the end of each session to qualify teams into the Once a Year “June Local Team Championship City Tournament”.

 All 8 Ball Divisions have ONE WEEK OF PLAYOFFS.  When the session ends the Top Team will advance straight into the next Tri-Cup Tournament (usually a few weeks into the next session) three teams & a wildcard will play to qualify two teams into the end of session Tri-Cup Tournament.  Example: 2nd place team plays wildcard, 3rd place team plays the 4th place team and the two winners advance to the next Tri-Cup Tournament. 

 All 9 Ball Divisions have ONE WEEK OF PLAYOFFS. When the session ends the Top Team will advance straight into the next Tri-Cup Tournament. (usually a few weeks into the next session) three teams and a wildcard will play to qualify two teams into the end of session Tri-Cup Tournament. Example: 2nd place team plays wildcard,  3rd place team plays 4th place team and the two winners advance to the next Tri-Cup Tournament.

All teams qualifying into the Tri-Cups must be Active Teams in the next session, regardless of Summer, Spring or Fall Session. Players must be Active and have 4 matches from the Previous Session on the qualified team to play in Tri-Cups.  A “Qualified” Team must have at least 4 Original players on the roster from the session just played to play in Tri-Cups. For example: If your team qualified for Tri Cups in Fall, then your Fall roster is the roster you use in Tri Cup. These are National Requirements. You must have an active membership to participate in Tri Cups.

 The Middle Tennessee Bylaws describe all National Requirements.

Both 8 Ball and 9 Ball Tri-Cups are usually scheduled 3 or 4 weeks into the next session.  Numerous Teams will qualify from each Tri-Cup into the “June LTC City Tournament”.  Please check the “Schedule of Events” for exact Tournament Dates.