Weather-Shortened Tournament
Refund/Rainout:
Any team withdrawing after a schedule has been released will be held accountable for the cost of the tournament and the director is not obligated to refund any portion of said entry fee.
For all tournaments your place will be guaranteed with your payment. If you have to cancel after the event is sold out you will get a full refund if another team can take your spot.
If the tournament is rained out during the weekend, after games have started, refunds will be issued or funds can be applied to a future tournament as follows.
3GG Event – no games played – full refund, 1 game played 50% refund, 2 games played no refund
4GG Event – no games played – full refund, 1 game played = 75% refund, 2 or more games played no refund
6GG Event – no games played – full refund, 1 game 75% refund, 2 games 50%, 3 or more games played no refund
Tournament Directors reserve the right to play WINNERS BRACKET games ahead of LOSERS BRACKET games (possibly eliminating LOSERS BRACKET entirely).
In the event a SINGLE ELIMINATION tournament cannot be completed due to weather or other reasons, the HIGHEST REMAINING SEED in the Winners’ bracket will be declared CHAMPION. The next highest remaining seed in the Winners’ bracket will be declared RUNNER-UP.
In the event a DOUBLE ELIMINATION (Winners’ and Losers’ Bracket) tournament cannot be completed due to weather or other reasons, the HIGHEST REMAINING SEED in the Winners’ bracket will be declared CHAMPION. The next highest remaining seed in the Winners’ bracket will be declared RUNNER-UP.
Unless otherwise posted, the following tiebreaker system will be used to determine an order of finish in the event a tournament cannot be completed.
1. All teams still in the Winners’ Bracket are ordered first, using the following:
a) Highest remaining seed in Winners’ Bracket
b) If two (or more) identical seeds remain (e.g., #2 Pool A and #2 Pool B),
i) Head-to-Head in seeding games
ii) Highest winning percentage
iii ) Avg Runs Allowed – Ascending in seeding games.
iv) Avg Run Differential with a maximum of (8) – Descending in seeding games
c) Coin toss
2. Next, teams in the same spot in the Losers’ Bracket are ordered by the following:
a) Head-to-head (this is used first when only two teams are in the same spot)
b) The team which advanced farthest in the Winners’ Bracket before losing
c) Avg Runs Allowed – Ascending in Seeding Games
d) Avg Run Differential with a maximum of (8) – Descending in Seeding Games
e) Coin toss
3. If only two teams remain in the tournament and each has one loss in bracket play, then those teams will be declared co-champions.
Washington USSSA Fastpitch ONLY (not National Events)
HOME/VISITOR in bracket play is determined by higher seed.
In double elimination bracket play, the higher seed calls HOME or VISITOR in all games EXCEPT Championship game, where the team from the Winner’s bracket makes the call. IF game will be a coin flip.
