World Championships Open

Tournaments system

Players are divided into eight basic groups and compete in one round within each group. The top 8 players from basic groups A, D, E, and H advance to the final division 1A, while the top 8 players from basic groups B, C, F, and G advance to the final division 1B. Players promoted to a final division from the same basic group will not face each other again; any mutual matches in this case will be counted.

Players who finish in 9th to 11th place in the basic groups will compete in division 2. Those who finish in 12th to 14th place will play in division 3, while players finishing in 15th to 17th place will compete in division 4. Players who finish in 18th to 20th place will play in division 5, and so on. If there are fewer than 5 players in any division, they will compete in the division that is one number lower. Players in these divisions will not carry over points accumulated in the basic groups.

The top 16 players from each final division will participate in a playoff, starting with a round of 16, played in a best-of-7 format.

The top 4 players from each division will also compete in a playoff (best of 5), with semifinals but without a third-place match.

Referee Committee:
Gustaf Hermansson (SWE)
Bjarne Axelsen (DEN)
Igor Saveljev (EST)
Mykhaylo Shalomayev (UKR)
Vesa Huotelin (FIN)
Gergely Regula (HUN)

For questions, please contact Joakim Åström - joakim.astrom@se.ey.com

Please note that only indoor shoes are allowed inside the venue. Furthermore, only liquid chalk is allowed.

Food

There will be a kiosk selling drinks/coffee, snacks and toast in the venue. Lunch will be offered on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the venue, but pre-orders are required in the registration file for the World Championships.

There is a gas station about 250 meters away that sells fast food and a supermarket about 400 meters away. It is about 1.5 km to the city center.