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Billiards (8-Ball) setup

Built for billiards (8-ball).

Pool league without the paperwork: lineups pass the 23-Rule before they hit the table, races score live, and the prize fund tracks to the penny.

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Your setup at a glance

What's set up by default.

Every value here is a setting you can change. Override at the league, division, or single-match level — no developers needed.

Scoring

single set · target score · no tiebreaker

Alternates available: Race to 4 racks, Race to 3 racks, Single rack.

Lineups

singles lines

5 lines per match by default (1–7 configurable).

Match shape

team vs team

Every match writes to the same scoreboard model — captains submit from any device, standings recompute live.

Sample league

Sample: River City APA, fall 2026

Forty teams of five play a sixteen-week APA-sanctioned 8-ball season on Monday nights. Each match is five individual sets with race lengths scaled to APA Skill Levels 1–7 — a Skill 2 races to 2 while a Skill 7 races to 7. The 23-Rule caps total team skill on the table. A parallel Thursday 9-ball league uses ball-count scoring with the push-out and three-foul rules.

What's in the box for billiards (8-ball)

  • Captain lineup builder with 23-Rule, Senior Rule, and sub-eligibility live validation
  • Fargo Rate first-class support as an alternative to APA Equalizer for serious players
  • Match dispute / protest workflow with LO ruling and full history
  • Vegas qualification tracker covering points plus travel-comp standings
  • Treasurer / prize-fund module via Stripe Connect for weekly dues and end-of-year payouts
  • Captain group chat with per-match threads built into the comms hub
  • Bracket builder with race-to-N, hot-seat double-elim, and Calcutta for tournaments
  • Federation sync for APA, BCAPL, and Fargo identity import

Player ratings

We recommend Elo

APA Skill Levels can be derived from Elo bands. Race-to-N matches map naturally to Elo updates per match.

You can swap engines anytime in League → Settings → Ratings. Or upload your last few seasons of results and we will generate starting ratings.

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