Rules of Carrom 2016

RULES OF CARROM

First Round will be played as "Single Game" (8 Boards).  If the scores are tied after 8 board, 9^th Board will be the decider.

Pre-QF/Quarter Final onwards will be played under "Best of 3" Format

Toss

Right to play white coin will be decided through toss of coin.

Position of the Striker

Striker should touch both the base lines.
Striker should cover the Red mark completely. Half red is not allowed.

Game Format
The red 'queen,' can be pocketed at any time after sinking your first piece but must be sunk before your last one. After pocketing the queen, you must sink one of your carom men, thereby 'covering' it, into any pocket in the next shot, or she is returned to the center spot.

Once the queen is covered, whoever clears all their carrom men first wins the 'board'.  The winner of a board collects one point for each of the opponent's carrom men left at the finish and three points for the queen if covered by the winner (if covered by the loser, no-one gets those points). No more points are collected for the queen after your score reaches 22.

A game consists of 25 points or eight boards, whichever comes first.

At the end of 8 boards, if the scores are equal, 9th Board will be the final board and winner of that board will be the winner of 1st Game.

OTHER RULES

Sinking the striker costs you one piece and your turn. But, if you sink a piece in the same shot, then two come up and you shoot again.

After sinking the striker, your opponent places the due piece(s) within the center circle. If you haven't sunk one yet, you owe one.

If while shooting for the queen you also sink one of your carrom men in the same shot, the queen is automatically covered, no matter which went first.  If a piece jumps off the board, it is placed on the center spot. If pieces land on end or are overlapping, they are left that way.