2024 World Pool Qualifier - Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, NJ 
The 2024 WPQ Tournament will be held at Harrah’s Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (777 Harrah's Blvd, Atlantic City, NJ  08401)  The APA of Philadelphia will have a registration desk on the 1st floor of the convention center area.  The tournament will begin on Friday, June 21, 2024 and will conclude on Sunday, June 23th.  
 
Rosters and Brackets are subject to change and are not official until start of first round at 7:30pm June 21. All team numbers and rosters are from the end of the Spring 2024 session. Be sure to verify your roster names and skill levels and report any issues prior to June 19.
 
Code for Harrah's AC - SH06PA4 phone number 888-516-2215

 

Click the links below for the forms
 

WPQ Shirt order form

 
 

WPQ Rosters

 

 8600 Bracket 8 Ball

 8700 Bracket 8 Ball 

 

 8800 Bracket 8 Ball 

8900 Bracket 8 Ball 

 

9600 Bracket 9 Ball 

 

9700 Bracket 9 Ball  

 

9800 Bracket 9 Ball 


 
 
 APA OF PHILADELPHIA WPQ MEETING NOTES
 
1. NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGES, IF CAUGHT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE TOURNAMENT
 
2. Registration will be open at 4pm on Friday, and 9am on Saturday, everything will be handed out at Registration. All teams must register before their first match or they will be disqualified.
 
3. Every team must sign the certification form that we have at registration prior to your first match.
 
4. Dress Code – no tank tops, no spaghetti strap tops, no cut offs, no pants with holes, no low cut tops
 
5. Our Floor Manager is Frank Maialetti, any issues need to go through him first, do not just go to the office or registration booth. Our Floor Manager and Referees will have radios to reach each other or the office as needed.
 
6. This is Single Modified elimination, you are not guaranteed to lose twice but you will play at least 2 matches. 
 
7. High Level Tournament rules in effect – No male 2s in 8 ball, no male 1s in 9ball, 1 time out per player per game, no talking to the shooter during the match except for when a time out is called by either team and between games, mark your pocket when shooting the eightball, prevent slow play by only taking 25 seconds for a standard shot and 45 seconds for a difficult shot – if a team is consistently taking longer for shots please notify a ref. Teams that slow play will be put on a shot clock. On a shot where the cue ball and object ball are within a chalk width apart the shooter must raise the back of the stick for a straight on hit or hit the ball at an angle. Call for a ref if there is a doubt on a clean hit. Be ready with your next shooter you will have 2 minutes to put up a player. No cell phones, head phones or blue tooth, do not have them on your person while in a match. Bathroom breaks allowed during match, please do it quickly and alone.
 
8. Referee – You must respect the referees and their calls, you cannot request or deny certain refs. Remember they are one of us and for each call they make there will be one team happy and one team mad or upset, do not take it out on the referees. Arguing or disrespecting the referees will get you removed from the tournament
-if you want a ref to watch a shot stop the shooter first then get the ref you also need to raise your stick to help the ref identify the table. A ref must be called to look at a shot to make a determination – even if the ref is watching the game he cannot make a determination of a shot unless he is called, if you do not stop the shooter and just ask the ref to watch a shot he cannot make a determination, please call a ref for all rule explanations do not argue with the other team.
 
9. 8 Ball sudden death is 3hrs 45 minutes, 9 ball is 3 hours 15 minutes.
 
10. Arguments, bad behavior, yelling and poor sportsmanship will not be tolerated. You will be given 1 warning then you will be removed from the tournament. Any matches where teams argue amongst each other, we will remove the teams and only allow the shooter and a coach to remain at the table area for the remainder of the match, all other team members will need to leave the room, any continued issues will result in a disqualification
 
11. Please show good sportsmanship at all times.
 
12. Make sure everyone has an ID on them to prevent delays, please call a ref if you are asking for an ID and the other person does not have one or has to go get one. If you ask a team for ID be prepared to also be asked for ID.
 
13. We have four 16 team brackets for 8 ball and three 16 team brackets for 9 ball. The Vegas rule is no more than 2 common players are allowed on team Qualifying for the Vegas tournament from each league area. Each bracket winner will be going to Vegas. Teams with 3 or more common players must be in the same bracket.
 
14. Tournament times are – Friday 7:30pm, Saturday 10am, 3pm and 8pm and Sunday will be 10am, 3pm and 8pm. Compusport will have the times and matches, it can be downloaded for free.
 
15. Trophies will be given to First and second place winners.
 
16. For the Vegas winners, I have booked 4 double bed rooms per team and each player on the team will be awarded $450 each for travel expenses. The league is not responsible for room assignments, Captains are responsible and each team member must have a room. I require that at least 5 members participate in the Vegas tournament, if this does not happen then the team will be responsible for returning the travel money. Any team that cannot have 5 players in Vegas will forfeit their spot and the team they beat will take their place.