Complete regulations for the events will be published here shortly but the initial regulations are given below
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- The ranking is for partnerships, not for players or whole teams. A player can therefore appear in several partnerships, if playing with different partners in different Tour events.
- Players qualifying for TRPs must be, or become, registered in the WBF database.
- Both Teams and Pairs events are included.
- Only “face-to-face” events can be included. They can be organised by the WBF, Zonal Conferences, NBOs or others (but then, typically, at least sanctioned by an NBO).
- The only “new” event in the calendar will be the WBT Finals.
- Team events will have minimum playing requirements for each partnership to receive TRPs.
- As of 2024 WBT Events will also be eligible for a certain allocation of WBF Master Points, and a sanctioning fee (still to be determined) will be levied once the WBT goes live in 2024.
The events must:
- not be limited by gender or age.
- be open to all members in good standing of a WBF affiliated NBO.
- have a significant participation of foreign partnerships.