Game rules

2 vs 2, single elimination. Every table has a referee who starts the match and records the winner in the app.

1. Setup

Each team has 10 cups in a pyramid (4-3-2-1) at its end of the table.
Drinks are provided by the organisers. You choose beer, spritzer or non-alcoholic when registering and can switch at any time on match day – just tell the referee.
Rock, paper, scissors decides who starts.

Each round, both players throw once – two throws per team.
Throw from behind your table edge. If the table moves during a throw, it doesn't count. There is no elbow rule.
A ball that lands in a cup is taken out straight away. Hit cups are emptied and removed once both throws of the team are done.
Double hit: if both throws hit, you get a bonus throw – anyone may take it.
Same cup: if both balls land in the same cup, that cup and two more of the throwing team's choice are removed.
Trick shot: if the ball touches anything else first (table, wall, person) and then lands in a cup, one extra cup must be emptied.
A knocked-over cup counts as hit, no matter who knocked it.

Defend only behind your own table edge, and only after the ball has touched something (table, cup rim). Once the ball is in a cup, it's in.
No blowing, fanning or fingering the ball out.
If someone reaches past their table edge and touches the ball, the throwing team chooses one cup that counts as hit.

Each team may have the opponent's cups re-racked twice per game, at the start of its own round.
The new formation can't be longer than the starting pyramid; no four cups in a row.
Cups are pushed back together before every throw.

When the last cup is hit, the losing team gets a rebuttal: both throw once more and get the ball back for every hit.
If they clear all of the opponent's remaining cups this way, it goes to overtime: three cups each in a triangle, no re-racking; the team that was ahead starts. At most one overtime per team per game.

Your table is shown on the website and the projector. If you're not at the table 5 minutes after the call, you lose by walkover.
A game lasts at most 20 minutes. After that, the team that has hit more of the opponent's cups wins; if tied, the next hit decides.
Both registered players must play; no substitutions during the tournament.

The referee starts the game in the app and records the winner. Their calls stand; the organisers settle disputes finally.
Cheering is encouraged – but keep your distance from the table and the thrower. Distracting players can cost your team penalty cups.
Look after yourselves and each other. The terms of participation apply.