STAGE II - Regional Play-offs

World Cup of Poker VI - Schedule Divisional Play-offs

After the national teams are finalized in Stage I, they move on to Stage II - the Regional Play-offs. Here, the 54 teams from around the globe are divided into nine Regional Divisions. Only one team from each Regional Division will then move on to Stage III – the Live Final and a guaranteed share of the $290,000 prizepool!

The key to success at Stage II is team work! In order to advance from your Regional Division, your team will play in a series of ‘Team Play-off’ tournaments which will determine a winner from the Division.

To see which national teams are in which divisions, take a look at the Regional Play-off Divisions page.

The ‘Team Play-offs’ are scheduled tournaments that contain one player from every national team in the Division. Players in every team will be classified according to football positions:

TLB Player 1 -	Striker
TLB Player 2 -	Midfielder
Freeroll Qualifier 1 -	Defender
Freeroll Qualifier 2 -	Goalie

Teams score points based on the finishing position of each team member in the tournaments. The team that scores the most combined points are the winners of that Regional Play-off and advance to the next stage.

Check out the full Regional Play-offs schedule.

Players will be pre-registered into their Team Play-off tournament based on their position as follows:

		Regional Play-offS
		Team Play-off A	Team Play-off B	Team Play-off C	Team Play-off D
National / State Team	Team 1	Striker	Midfielder	Defender	Goalie
	Team 2	Striker	Midfielder	Defender	Goalie
	Team 3	Striker	Midfielder	Defender	Goalie
	Team 4	Striker	Midfielder	Defender	Goalie
	Team 5	Striker	Midfielder	Defender	Goalie
	Team 6	Striker	Midfielder	Defender	Goalie

In any Regional Play-off;

Strikers will always play in Team Play-off A
Midfielders will always play in Team Play-off B
Defenders will always play in Team Play-off C
Goalies will always play in Team Play-off D

All four Regional Play-off tournaments will start at the same time, and you can find the start times on the Regional Play-offs Schedule. Players earn points for their team based on where they finish in each tournament as follows:

Position	Points
1	20
2	15
3	11
4	8
5	6
6	4
7	3
8	2
9	1

The team’s score is the total of all its player’s points. The team with the highest total score wins the Regional Play-off and advances to the next stage.

In the event of a tie, the Striker will select one player from his team to play a deciding match against the other tied teams’ selected player. The Striker may select himself to play the deciding match.

For more detail on this World Cup of Poker stage, take a look at our Regional Play-off Example.

Players’ Responsibilities

If you cannot play in one of your scheduled tournaments, you must email wcp@pokerstars.com as early as possible, and at the very least two hours before the tournament start time. In these cases, one of the team’s alternate players will be registered by PokerStars in place of the missing player. The more notice we have, the greater the chance of an alternate player being arranged. If a player does not inform us in time to find a replacement, then the registered player will be blinded out of his tournament.

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