Qualification
6 games doubles which is counted individually as qualification results for the singles eventDesperado Squad
1 game56 players will qualify for the final steps from three categories
A:The top 44 players of the overall qualification standings (Squads 1 – 20)

B: The top 8 players on the leader board of squads 1-8 (Squadwinner-rule, if the Squadwinner is regulary qualified via Categorie B, then the second highest score in the Squad is the “Squadwinner” and so on)

C: The top 4 players from the Desperado SquadPlayers are qualified in the following order of priority: Categories B – A. If a player is qualified in both categories, A and B, the next positioned in the A-Standing will qualify (Squadwinner-rule).
If there will be the need of an additional Squad From Saturday, 24th September thru Tuesday, 27th September there will be no Squadwinner-Rule for that additional Squad!

Seeding for the Final Step 1-2
Players qualified from category A (8), players positioned 9-44 in the B-standing (36) and players qualified from category C (4) will qualify for the Final Step 1
Players positioned 1-8 in category B will qualify for the Final Step 2

Final Step 1
48 players will play 6 games starting from scratch
Players positioned 1-22 are qualified for the Final Step 2
Players positioned 23-48 will be ranked 31-56 according to their position in the Final Step 1

Final Step 2
30 players will play 6 games starting from scratch
Players positioned 1-18 are qualified for the Final Step 3
Players positioned 19-30 will be ranked 19-30 according to their position in the Final Step 2

Final Step 3
18 players will play 6 games with the pin fall from the Final Step 2 carried forward.
Players positioned 1-4 are qualified for the Final Step 4, seeded 1-4
Players positioned 5-18 will be ranked 5-18 according to their position in the Final Step 3

Final Step 4
There will be 3 stepladder matches

Stepladder match 1
The player seeded 4 and the player seeded 3 will play a one-game match
The loser of the match will be ranked 4

Stepladder match 2
The winner of match 1 and the player seeded 2 will play a one-game match
The loser of the match will be ranked 3

Stepladder match 3
The winner of match 2 and the player seeded 1 will play a one-game match
The loser of the match will be ranked 2
The winner of the match will be ranked 1