cornhole tournament
rules
Point System
- 3 points for a cornhole bag that goes through the hole.
- 1 point for a cornhole bag that is on the playing surface.
- 1 point for a cornhole bag that is hanging into the hole.
- 1 point for a cornhole bag that is hanging off the edge but not touching the
ground.
- 0 points for a cornhole bag that is on the playing surface, but also touching
the ground.
- 0 points for a cornhole bag that is hanging off the front edge and is resting
on a cornhole bag that is on the ground.
1. The team with the highest round score, adds the difference of the two scores
to their game score.
2. The team who wins the round is given honors to throw first in the next round.
3. If both teams have the same round score then the game score stays the same
and honors stays with the team who had it the previous round.
Cornhole Fouls
1. A cornhole players foot goes past the foot foul line. (front of the cornhole
board)
2. A Player goes out of turn. The throw the foul occurs on is voided. If the
bag is on the board remove it.
Game Play
1. In doubles play partners shall stand at opposite cornhole boards on the same
side of the board.
2. Each cornhole team will have 4 bags of one color.
3. All 8 cornhole bags begin at one end.
4. A coin flip or rock/paper/scissors determines witch cornhole team has honors
in round one. The team with honors also chooses either which bags to throw with
or which side of the boards their team will set up on.
5. The team who has honors will begin play by throwing a cornhole bag at the
opposite cornhole board.
6. A cornhole player may throw from anywhere behind the front of the cornhole
board on the side they are throwing from.
7. Alternate throws between the two opponents until all 8 cornhole bags have
been thrown.
8. If a cornhole bag hits the ground then bounces up onto the board, remove that
bag for it does not count.
9. Count the net points scored during the round. If no team has reached the 21
point mark start the next round until a team reaches 21 points. The team that
scores the highest amount of points on the previous round will have honors.
10.
There is no skunk rule.
brackets
(excel file format - there are currently tabs for 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 team double elimination tournaments)