Czech Open 2015

• Entries and re-entries, 6 games
• The top 78 players will qualify for the following final steps:
• Players in positions 7-78 will qualify to the Final step 1
• Players in positions 1-6 will qualify to the Final step 3

Final step 1

• 72 players play 4 games with the pin fall from the qualification carried forward
• Players in positions 1-45 will qualify to the Final step 2
• The players not continuing to the Final step 2 will be ranked 52-78 according to their position in the Final step 1.

Final step 2

• 45 players will play 4 games starting from scratch
• Top 22 will continue to the Final step 3
• The remaining 23 players will be ranked 29-51 according to their positions in the final step 2

Seeding for the final step 3-6

• In the final step 3-6 players will be seeded according to their scores in the previous step.
• In step 3 the Top 6 after qualification will be seeded 1-6.

Matching in the final step 3-6

• In each of steps 3-6 there will be pools of 4 players.
• Before composing the pools the players will be divided in 4 equally sized groups (1-4) according to their seeding.
• Players in group 1 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in direct seeding order.
• Players in group 2 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in inverse seeding order.
• Players in group 3 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in direct seeding order.
• Players in group 4 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in inverse seeding order.
• In each step a pool will be assigned to a pair of lanes.
• Two games will be played in each step starting from scratch, total pinfall to count.

Final step 3

• 28 players. There will be 7 pools of 4 players. 2 games. Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 4.
• Also advancing to final step 4 are two Lucky Losers, which will be the four 3rd positioned with the highest pin falls.
• The remaining 12 players will be ranked 17-28 according to their scores in the step 3.

Final step 4

• 16 players. There will be 4 pools of 4 players. 2 games. Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 5.
• The remaining 8 players will be ranked 9-16 according to their scores in the step 4.

Final step 5

• 8 players. There will be 2 pools of 4 players. 2 games. Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 6
• The remaining 4 players will be ranked 5-8 according to their scores in the step 5

Final step 6

• 4 players. There will be 1 pool of 4 players. 2 games.
• The players will be ranked 1-4 according to their scores in the step 6.