The
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2019 was the second 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 17 to 27 April in
Bells Beach
Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc.
It is named after William B ...
,
Victoria
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* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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, and was contested by 36 surfers.
In the final,
John John Florence of Hawaii defeated Brazil's
Filipe Toledo to win his sixth Championship Tour event, and his first at
Bells Beach
Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc.
It is named after William B ...
.
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
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
format, with the winner of each head-to-head heat advancing to the next round and the loser being eliminated.
Competition
The competition took place from 17 to 27 April.
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
Surfing competitions
2019 in Australian sport
Sports competitions in Victoria (state)
April 2019 sports events in Australia