TOURNAMENT RULES:
1. Time will be kept by the field umpire.
2. Coin flip will determine "Home" team.
3. The home team will keep the official scorebook.
4. First and Second place teams in each pool, after pool play, will advance to the Championship Round.    .
5. In pool games no new inning will be started after 1 hr. & 15 minutes have been played unless game
    is tied. If game is tied see Rule 6 below. Innings already in progress at the 1 hr. & 15 minute mark
    will be completed.
6. If game is tied after 1 hr. & 15 minutes of play (or the completion of the inning started before the 1
    hour and 15 min.), 1 inning of sudden death will be played, using the international tiebreaker rule. If
    game still ends in a tie each team will get credit for a win.
7. All pool games will be stopped after 1 hr & 30 minutes, provided the inning is complete, and winner
    will be declared as follows:
·  - Team ahead on the scoreboard at that time will be declared the winner.
·  - All runs scored to that point count in the final score.
·  - If score is tied both teams are credited with a win.
8. Mercy rule will apply after:
·  - 4 innings of play if one team is 10 or more runs ahead.
9. Tie breaker rules to determine pool standing after pool play is completed:(In case of three or more teams, once one team is eliminated from the tiebreaker, the rules begin again with the remaining teams)

• - Won/lost record in pool play.
• - Head to head results.
• - Runs scored against your team in pool play.
• - Runs scored in pool play.
• - Won/lost record against seeded teams.
• - Runs scored against your team versus seeded teams.
• - Runs scored versus seeded teams.
• - Coin flip if above doesn’t determine standing.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND SELECTION:
1.  Sixteen (16) teams will advance to the championship round and be seeded #1 to #16 by the tie-breakers.
2.  1st and 2nd Place teams from each pool will advance.
3.  Winners of each pool will be determined using the following criteria:

• Won/lost record in pool play.
• Head to head results.
• Runs scored against your team in pool play.
• Runs scored in pool play.
• Coin flip if above does not determine winner.

4. The selection of the at large teams will follow the following criteria (only used in years with less than 8 pools):

• Won/lost record in pool play.
• Head to head results, when comparing with team in your pool.
• Runs scored against your team in pool play.
• Runs scored in pool play.
• Coin flip if above does not determine winner.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND PLAY:
1.  Team with the highest seeding takes the 3rd base dugout and will be the home team.
2.  Home team will be responsible for the official scorebook.
3.  All games in Championship Round Play will follow the same rules as in pool play.
4.  Teams not able to finish the championship brackets will forfeit scholarship money.