TRI-ANNUAL TOURNAMENT – PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS “THE BLAST”
(Preliminary Rounds of the World Qualifiers - WQ)

 

The Tri-Annual tournaments are held at the end of each session. Tri-Annual winners advance to the SDAPA World Qualifiers (WQ).
 
In order to participate in a session-ending Tri-Annual tournament, a team must win the division (as high Page 11 points finisher in the regular session) or win one round of session-ending playoffs. Members must have a minimum of 4 matches with the team during the session and must have been on the roster at the end of the session in order to be eligible to play in that session's Tri-Annual tournament. In addition, by the end of the session, participants must have a minimum of 6 matches played in the appropriate format since joining the APA. The Tri-Annual is a single-elimination event. The League Operators will record a random draw to determine matchups.

 

2025 Summer Tri-Annual Info 

8-Ball:

Date: Event Tab in Member Services (app or online)
Pockets opens 30 minutes before the first scheduled match of the day
 
8-Ball Rosters (will be posted by Sept 24th)

8-Ball TRI-ANNUAL Event Guide & Rules

Players in italics with an "I" next to their name are ineligible to participate either because they did not play 4 times with the team during the Session in which the team qualified or they did not have 6 matches lifetime in that format by the end of that Session. Ineligible players' skill levels may be used toward meeting the 23-Rule in the Tri-Annual tournaments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9-Ball:

Date: Event Tab in Member Services (app or online)
Pockets opens 30 minutes before the first scheduled match of the day


9-Ball Bracket & Schedule (posted)
 
9-Ball Rosters (posted)
 


Players in italics with an "I" next to their name are ineligible to participate either because they did not play 4 times with the team during the Session in which the team qualified or they did not have 6 matches lifetime in that format by the end of that Session. Ineligible players' skill levels may be used toward meeting the 23-Rule in the Tri-Annual tournaments.