Tournament Overview

Tournament name: BLUEROSE presents Yokohama Open 2026
Date: Monday, February 23, 2026 (national holiday), assembly at 9:00

Venues

[Qualifying]
POOL LABO: Mariya Bldg. 4F, 2-66 Isezakicho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
ARROWS: Daini Sansei Bldg. 1F, 5-3-22 Shimosueyoshi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Side Nine: KW Place Yokohama Wadamachi 2F, 2-15-19 Wada, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Astro Tsurugamine: Pachinko Japan New Alpha, 1-38-3 Tsurugamine Honcho, Asahi-ku, Yokohama

[Finals]
POOL LABO

Competition

Game: 9-Ball

1-ball on the foot spot / 3-point rule / winner breaks
Random self-rack / Push out (shoot out): yes / Double hit: no

Capacity: 128 players (professionals: first 16 to enter)

Format:
Qualifying: double elimination
Finals: single elimination
Round of 64: winners’ side vs. losers’ side *losers’ side drawn by lot
From the Round of 32: at the final venue (POOL LABO) *final bracket redrawn K-1 style

Race length:
Qualifying: P: 6 / LP, A: 5 / BC: 4 *losers’ side races one rack shorter
Finals: P: 7 / LP, A: 6 / BC: 5 (from the Round of 64)

Chess clock:
Qualifying: P: 36 min / LP, A: 30 min / B, C: 25 min
Finals: P: 42 min / LP, A: 36 min / B, C: 30 min

Dress code: no shorts or sandals

Lateness: disqualification 5 minutes after being called

*All qualifying matches will be played according to a set timetable.

Entry Fee

P, LP, A: 8,000 yen
B, C: 5,000 yen

*Please pay at the venue on the day of the tournament.
*For cancellation after the bracket is announced, same-day cancellation or lateness, the full entry fee will be charged.

Prizes

Champion: 200,000 yen

Runner-up: 100,000 yen
Tied 3rd: 50,000 yen
Tied 5th: 25,000 yen
Tied 9th: Chinatown dining vouchers worth 15,000 yen
Tied 17th: billiards goods set

Entry

Early entry for professionals and A-class players (professionals limited to 16)
From 20:00 on Monday, January 5

General entry
From 20:00 on Monday, January 19
until 23:59 on Saturday, February 14

*Please enter only after agreeing that photographs, videos, names and other information from this tournament may be published on the web, YouTube and other media, and confirming that all portrait rights belong to the Yokohama Open Executive Committee.

Every entrant will receive a bingo card.
A bingo game with deluxe prizes will be held at the final venue.

Tournament Rules: please read them before entering.