Carrom Board

As long as a player pockets his own c/m and/or queen in accordance with the laws, his turn shall continue. Otherwise it shall pass on to the opponent.

In the first game the player who chooses to break the first board shall have the white c/m. The turn ot break shall pass alter neatly during the game.

In the second game the player who did not have the first turn to break shall have this turn first.

In the third game, the turn to break passes on to the first player.

In doubles, however, the turn passes on to the player sitting to the right hand side of the player who had his turn.

A player shall not take more than 15 seconds for making a stroke from the moment the c/m /queen/striker has come to rest and picked up by the opponent and/or after observing the time limit for placing the c/m and /or queen and/or foregoing due/penalty c/m, if any.

If the turn is availed by a player who plays out of turn, before the umpire could control, the offending player shall lose the board by the number of c/m and queen as are on the c/b. If the above remains unnoticed, till the next stroke is taken, the turn shall be allowed and the. next turn shall be as per laws.

The player who completes pocketing all his c/m first wins the board.

The value/ points are as follows:

Queen : 3 points up to and including 21 points.

c/m : 1 point each.

The number of c/m of the opponent on the c/b shall be the points gained by that player in that board.

The player is entitled to be credited with the value of the queen, only if he wins the board.

The player who loses the board is not credited with the value of the Queen, even if he has pocketed.

and covered the queen.

The player loses the advantage of getting the credit of an additional 3 points for covering the queen,once he has reached the score of 22.

The maximum number of points that can be scored in a board is 12 only. Any due and/or. Penalty c/m shall automatically be written off.

A game shall be of 25 points or eight boards. The player who reaches 25 points first or leads at the conclusion of the eight board shall be the winner of the game.

Up to and including the pre-quarter final rounds, each game shall be decided on the basis of eight boards. In case the score is equal at the end of the eighth board, an extra board shall be played to decide the winner. Before the extra board, there shall be a toss to choose break only.

All matches shall be decided by the best of three games only Change of side

In singles, the change of . by the players shall be made in the opposite direction at the conclusion of each game.

In doubles the change of sides by the players shall be made to the next right hand side, at the conclusion of each game .

In the third game for matches up to and including pre-quarter finals, the change of sides shall be made after the fourth board or after any player/pair has scored 13 points, whichever is earlier.

From quarter-finals on wards the change of sides shall be made only after 13 points have been scored by any player/pair. 

The change of sides, remaining unnoticed by the umpire or any player, shall take place as and when noticed, but after completion of that particular board.

The players shall not take more than two minutes to change sides.