BCJPBL Guidelines

1. At the completion of league play, the top 8 teams will advance to the Final 8 JPBL Championships; moves to the Island or Kelowna every 3rd year.

2. In the event of a tie in the standings, standings will be determined by applying the league standing tie breaking criteria; there will be a 9 inning playoff game to break a 8th spot tie if teams are still tied after the head to head comparison.

3. On final day the first game will be a playoff between teams tied for 2nd in a pool and then followed by the cross over games and the championship game;

4. No consolation game in this series.

5. PBL tournament draw and tournament guidelines to be used

 
 
BCPBL Guidelines

1. At the completion of league play the top 8 teams will advance to the Final 8 play-downs.

2. In the event of a tie in the standings, standings will be determined by applying the league standing tie breaking criteria; there will be a playoff game to break a 8th spot tie if teams are still tied after the head to head comparison.

3. Final 8 play downs (best out of 3 series at park of higher seed) Visiting team will be the home team in the second game of the series only.

4. Final 4 Championship Series (Round robin, then 1 plays 2 for championship, no team will be eliminated as a result of criteria)

5. On final day the first game will be a playoff between teams tied for 2nd in pool if necessary and then followed by the championship game.

6. No consolation game in this series.

7. PBL tournament draw and tournament guidelines to be used

Final League Standing - Tie Breaking Criteria

In the event that after the completion of league play there is a tie in the standings between teams, the following criteria will be used for seeding and to break the tie.

 ~ Compare the head to head record of teams

~ If more than two teams are tied, one team will be eliminated by criteria using the criteria below.

~ Compare the record of teams against the team in first place, then in second place, then in third place,…. until the tie is broken

~ If two teams are tied for 8th place in the standings after head to head comparison, a nine (9) play-off game will be held at a mutual agreed upon site that considers cost, time, and travel; the EMC will make the final decision if teams are unable to agree upon the site.

~ Travel costs for this game will be the responsibility of the teams.

Revised November 26, 2010; August 1, 2011; January, 29, 2012