The 2024 St. Louis APA 8-Ball World Qualifier will be June 8th & June 9. 17 Teams / Single Elimination. 2 Teams will win an assisted trip to the 2024 APA World Pool Championships.  

            8-Ball Board with Rounds and Start Times 

 
The 2024 St. Louis APA 9-Ball World Qualifier will be held June 1st (Saturday) & June 2nd (Sunday). 16 Teams / Single Elimination. 2 Teams will win an assisted trip to the 2024 APA World Pool Championships.   

             9-Ball Board with Rounds and Start Times

             9-Ball Roster and Handicap Report

 
 
This is the Tournament of the year! All teams qualified are playing to get a assisted trip to Las Vegas! Once in Las Vegas, these teams will compete for their share of the over $1,000,000 prize pot and the ultimate prize - being crowned the APA World Pool Champions!
 

World Qualifier Rules

 

 

  The St. Louis APA World Qualifier tournament is held once a year and is considered a Higher Level Tournament. Teams earn their spot into this tournament by being Tri-Cup Champions from the Summer, Fall and Spring Sessions.
 
  Two teams from 8-Ball and One 9-Ball Team will advance to the APA World Pool Championships held in Las Vegas! All teams advancing will be awarded with travel assistance and trophies. 
  
Travel Assistance Breakdown 
 
  • 8-Ball
      -Three rooms for seven nights at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
      -Tournament entry into the event
      -A dollar amount per eligible player to assist with travel expenses - paid to each player individually. 
        (Players who do not attend this event will not receive this award)
 
  • 9-Ball
      -Three rooms for seven nights at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
      -Tournament entry into the event
      -A dollar amount per eligible player to assist with travel expenses - paid to each player individually.
         (Players who do not attend this event will not receive this award)
 
*In the event a qualified team decides not to attend the National Team Championships, the team will forfeit all awards and travel assistance. 
 
Remaining Eligible For The World Qualifier and World Pool Championships
 
Every eligible team must maintain active team status and must play in the Spring Session and the following Summer Session to retain eligibility.
 
If a team qualified in the Summer Session, they must participate in the Fall, Spring and the following Summer Session with at least four original members on the team.
 
If a team qualified in the Fall Session, they must participate in the Spring and following Summer Session with at least four original members on the team.
 
A team's Spring Session roster is their Local and National World Pool Championship Tournament roster even if the team had a different roster when they qualified.
 
A team that qualified in the Summer Session can make changes to their roster in the Fall Session (as needed) and in the Spring Session (with League Office approval only) as long as the same four original members remain on their roster from the time they qualified. 
 
A team that qualified in the Fall Session can make changes to their roster in the Spring Session (with League Office approval only) as long as four original members remain on the roster.
 
All qualified players must play at least six times with the team in each following session from the time the team qualified or they will be deemed ineligible unless they meet one of the three exceptions as outlined in the Leagues Bylaws. 
 
All qualified players must have a skill level based on ten lifetime matches and those matches must be attained by the end of the Spring Session in the same League year that the player is advancing to the World Qualifier.
 
*This WQ Structure is in effect beginning the 2014 Summer Session. 
 
 

APA World Pool Championships