Game format:

Qualification
6 games qualification (primary entries and re-entries)

46 players will qualify for the final steps
6 players will qualify directly for the final step 2, which is players positioned 1-6 in the qualification standing.
40 players will qualify for the final step 1, which is:
- Players positioned 7-36 in the qualification standing
- Players positioned 1-4 in the Desperado standing
- Players positioned 1-6 in a separate standing for the squads conducted 8 - 11 February.
In cases of players from the separate 8 - 11 February standing are positioned in the interval 1-36 in the qualification standing, the next positioned player in the 8 - 11 February standing will qualify.

Final step 1
40 players will play 4 games starting from scratch.
Top 18 will qualify for the final step 2
The players not continuing to the final step 2 will be ranked 25-46 according to their positions in the standing of the final step 1

Seeding for the final step 2-5
In the final step 2-5 players will be seeded according to their scores in the previous step. In step 2 the Top 6 after qualification will be seeded 1-6.

Matching in the final step 2-5
In each of steps 2-5 there will be pools of 4 players
Before composing the pools the players will be divided in 4 equally sized groups (1-4) according to their seeding
Players in group 1 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in direct seeding order
Players in group 2 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in inverse seeding order
Players in group 3 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in direct seeding order
Players in group 4 will be assigned to each their pool (1-N) in inverse seeding order
In each step a pool will be assigned to a pair of lanes
Two games will be played in each step starting from scratch, total pin fall to count

Final step 2
24 players (Top 6 after qualification and the 18 winners from step 1)
There will be 6 pools of 4 players
Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 3. Also advancing to final step 3 are four Lucky Losers, which will be the four players at position 3 with the highest pin fall.
The remaining 8 players will be ranked 17-24 according to their scores in the step

Final step 3
16 players (8 winners from step 2 + 4 Lucky Losers)
There will be 4 pools of 4 players
Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 4
The remaining 8 players will be ranked 9-16 according to their scores in the step

Final step 4
There will be 2 pools of 4 players
Top two from each pool will qualify for the final step 5
The remaining 4 players will be ranked 5-8 according to their scores in the step

Final step 5
There will be 1 pool of 4 players
The players will be ranked 1-4 according to their scores in the step