The Corona Bali Protected 2019 was the third event of the Men's Championship Tour in the
2019 World Surf League
The 2019 World Surf League was the competition series hosted by the World Surf League, the global championship body for competitive surfing. The 2019 World Surf League consisted of the Championship Tour (shortboard tour), the Qualifying Series (s ...
. It took place from 13 to 25 May in
Keramas,
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
, and was contested by 36 surfers.
In the final, Japan's
Kanoa Igarashi
Kanoa Igarashi (born October 1, 1997) is a Japanese American surfer who has competed professionally worldwide since 2012. In 2016, he was the youngest rookie on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), and had collected more ...
defeated
Jérémy Florès
Jérémy Florès (born 27 April 1988 on Reunion Island) is a French surfer who grew up on Reunion Island, France, where he began surfing at the age of 3. He continued his surfing development on family trips to Australia, Europe and Hawaii, all th ...
of France to win his first
World Surf League event.
Name
When the event was added to the
World Surf League calendar in 2018, it was originally to be known as the "Corona Bali Pro", but sponsor
Corona renamed the event the "Corona Bali Protected" as part of a campaign to raise awareness of
marine plastic pollution.
Format
A new competition format was introduced for the
2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a
single elimination format, with the winner of each head-to-head heat advancing to the next round and the loser being eliminated.
Competition
The event took place from 13 to 25 May.
Seeding Round
Elimination round
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
References
External links
World Surf League
{{2019 WSL Men's Championship Tour
2019 World Surf League
Bali Pro
2019 in Indonesian sport
Sport in Bali
May 2019 sports events in Indonesia