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| Explanation of Pool-Play Criteria |
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Single-elimination championships only apply to a pool-play bracket where there are divisions,
i.e., where a pool-play bracket has two or more divisions (a part of the whole). Typically,
divisional pool brackets are prepared to accommodate total team participations of 6, 8, 10, and
16 teams (we cap at 16). Small and odd number total teams (3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 teams) participate in a
straight pool bracket only. Team counts of 11, 13, and 14 teams are not conducive to pool-play since
they can not be evenly divided into pools, and there would be an inordinate number of straight pool
games.
When competition begins with a pool-play format, each team will play a pool-play schedule determined
by the Commissioner under whose jurisdiction the tournament falls. For age groups that have pitch count
requirements, the Commissioner must insure that each team in a straight, non-divisional pool, or in divisional
pools, plays the same number of games so that there is no advantage or disadvantage to a team.
At the end of the pool-play schedule, if the bracket includes divisions, a predetermined number of teams
(usually the top two) from each division will advance to a single-elimination championship. Participating
teams will be advised in writing (via the published online bracket), prior to the start of tournament competition,
of how many teams will advance to the single-elimination championship. Teams will be seeded at the beginning
of the single-elimination championship according to the position that they finished in a pool-play division.
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Policy 20190005
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