We are excited to announce a great benefit to BCA Pool League Operators.  The League Operator with the greatest number of sanctioned players at the end of the 2018/19 league year will receive a free 11-night stay in a Carioca Suite during the 2019 BCA Pool League World Championships at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.  The normal 11-night cost for this suite is approximately $6,000 but one League Operator will get it absolutely free!
 
Carioca Suite
A Carioca Suite measures 1,100 square feet and has either one king or two queen beds in the master bedroom, a sofa bed in the living room, one and a half bathrooms, and a separate living and dining area.  Amenities include a mini-refrigerator, flat-screen TVs with On Demand movies and a coffee maker.  The private bathroom, which is connected to the master bedroom, features a large spa, walk-in shower, robes, a double vanity and hair dryer.

​How to Sanction
The 2018/19 league year ends May 31, 2019.  The League Operator with the greatest number of sanctioned members by this date will receive the free Carioca Suite for the duration of the 2019 BCA Pool League World Championships.  Sanctioning is easy.  Simply visit www.playcsipool.com/sanction-your-league or call us toll free at 866-USA-POOL or 702-719-POOL.
 
Event Details
The 2019 BCA Pool League World Championships will be July 17-27 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.  The event features approximately 5,500 players from around the globe, 700+ mini-tournaments, 300+ Diamond pool tables, 50+ exhibitors, 30+ divisions for players of all skill levels, and FargoRate as the official rating system.  It has earned the title of, “The Greatest Pool Tournament in the World!”  For more information about the event, visit www.playcsipool.com/2019-bcapl-world-championships.

The US Open 10-Ball and 8-Ball Championships will be played back-to-back July 18-24 at Griff’s, a beautiful pool room located just one mile from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

BCA Pool League members who want to watch the action can hop on the free shuttle which will be operating throughout the event to transport players and spectators between the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and Griff's.

In 2017, we introduced the CSI Charity Pro-Am and partnered with Donate Life America, a nonprofit alliance of national organizations and state teams across the U.S. committed to increasing the number of donated organs, eyes, and tissue available for transplant to save and heal lives. Several top professional players participated in a pro-am (professional-amateur) scotch doubles 8-ball tournament where each pro was paired with a league member. The event was won by former World 9-Ball Champion, Thorsten Hohmann and junior USA Pool League (USAPL) member, Michelle Jiang of Massachusetts.
 
The event was a huge success and therefore, we are conducting three of these events in 2018: Wednesday, July 25; Thursday, July 26; and Friday, July 27. A free raffle drawing will be conducted at approximately 8 p.m. each night prior to the next Pro-Am in the live-stream arena and several lucky winners will be randomly drawn. Each winner may choose one of the participating professional players not already taken as his or her partner in the scotch doubles charity tournament.
 
Raffle tickets can be received at the Donate Life America booth July 18-26 and can be earned in any or all of the following ways:

• Receive one (1) free ticket for each division you enter
  
• Receive one (1) free ticket for making a voluntary contribution to DLA
  
• Receive three (3) free tickets for registering to become an organ donor

The Junior 9-Ball Singles and Junior 8-Ball Singles divisions have been moved to coincide with the 8-ball team divisions. More juniors are present during this time and this will provide the opportunity for more of them to participate.

So bring your kids and let them have a great time as well!

​We are excited to announce that a new mixed 8-ball team division is being added – the Mixed 8-Ball Teams Silver Division!

Historically, there have been three mixed 8-ball team divisions offered – Platinum (3,250 team rating limit), Gold (3,000 team rating limit), and Trophy (2,750 team rating limit) divisions. Feedback from our members revealed a demand for another division with a lower team rating limit. Therefore, we are now introducing the Silver team division with a maximum team rating limit of 2,500.

In summary, here are the Mixed 8-Ball Team divisions now offered:

CSI Members are no longer eligible to participate in BCAPL divisions. League divisions are available to qualified league members only.
 
For the last several years, people who were not members of a BCAPL-sanctioned league could purchase a CSI Membership and participate in BCAPL singles and scotch doubles divisions. The purpose of that policy was to provide opportunity to people who did not have a BCA Pool League in their area. Although the policy was established with good intentions, it created a ‘bypass’ around the league system. Therefore, league divisions are now available to league members only.

CSI Singles Divisions
There are still several events available for non-league members at the BCAPL World Championships. There are three (3) events open to CSI Members – the CSI 9-Ball Singles, CSI 10-Ball Singles, and CSI 8-Ball Singles, held back-to-back, July 23-28. These divisions are non-handicapped and open to any CSI Member with a Fargo Rating of 720 or lower. League-qualified members, even those with ratings above 720, may also participate in these divisions if they choose.

​For 41 years, the season-ending BCA Pool League (BCAPL) championship event has been called the BCAPL National Championships. For many years, that was an accurate name.

However, that is not a true reflection of what this event is today. Over the years, the BCA Pool League has sanctioned leagues from many different countries, and each year numerous countries are represented at the championship event in Las Vegas. Therefore, it is time to change the name to reflect the event’s global participation.

​The BCAPL World Championships is truly “The Greatest Pool Tournament in the World!”