Compete
ACO Worlds Divisions are open to ACO Pros and any player that qualifies by participating in a minimum number of ACO Majors or other tournaments during the season leading up to Worlds.
ACO Players who qualify must purchase their Golden Ticket to compete at Worlds.
WORLDS COMPETITORS CLICK HERE
ACO Competitive Divisions include: World Singles & Doubles, Women’s Singles, World Seniors, World Juniors, and CoEd Doubles
Attend
July 21-25, 2020
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Downtown Columbia, SC
Saturday, July 25 Final Championship Night
The Senate, Columbia, SC
ACO Worlds is a five-day event for players, spectators and the whole family, including fun Game Challenges, vendors, player meet & greets and more! It’s always free for spectators.
DAILY SCHEDULE
Watch Online
Watch all the action right here at AmericanCornhole.com.
Other viewing options:
ACO Facebook Page
ACO YouTube Channel
ALSO visit WeAreCornhole.com to catch shows and specials on the ACO Digital Network, produced from ACO Worlds footage. Playable on your favorite device.
Spectator’s Zone
DOWNLOAD THE WORLDS 14 PROGRAM AND HOLE MAGAZINE
(Worlds 15 Program available for download soon)
Here are the games you can watch.
These are ACO World Divisions for Members holding a Golden Ticket, and include man ACO Pro players (the top 80 in the world)
- World Singles
- World Doubles
- Women’s
- Seniors
- Juniors
- CoEd Doubles
- Slyder Cup
- Certified Official Shootout
Wanna to throw bags too?
These are the games you can play at Worlds, with no qualifying needed. Most of these pay-to-play events have registration available the same day, but do have maximum entry limits.
- Big Blind Draw (Open Division)
- Luck of the Draw matches
- World Game Challenge
- Open Courts (pick-up games)
Main Event Location
World Championship Night (Saturday)
Stay
Opening day: TUESDAY July 21, 2020
Closing evening: SATURDAY July 25, 2020
Official Hotel of Worlds 15
HILTON COLUMBIA CENTER HOTEL
924 Senate St. Columbia, SC, 29201
1-803-744-7800 Website
Discount Code available shortly.
Other Hotels - Walking Distance
WORLDS 15 VENUES GALLERY
Enjoy
COLUMBIA, SC AREA MAP
WALKING AREA MAP
(click to enlarge)
Worlds Schedule of Events
All start times may be adjusted up to one-half hour due to tournament play times.
| TUESDAY, JULY 21 | WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 | THURSDAY, JULY 23 | FRIDAY, JULY 24 | SATURDAY, JULY 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Location change to The Senate | ||||
| 8:00 AM | ------ Doors Open ------ | ------ Doors Open ------ | ------ Doors Open ------ | ||
| 9:00 AM | ------ Doors Open ------ | Free Tier Play for all Golden Ticket Holders | Open Courts | World Singles Championship Bracket | |
| 10:00 AM | Open Courts, Blind Draws | Free Tier Play for all Golden Ticket Holders | World Doubles Championship Bracket | World Singles Championship Bracket | |
| 11:00 AM | ACO Slyder Cup, World Draft Division | Free Tier Play for all Golden Ticket Holders | World Doubles Championship Bracket | World Singles Championship Bracket | |
| 12:00 PM | ACO Slyder Cup, World Draft Division | Free Tier Play for all Golden Ticket Holders | World Doubles Championship Bracket | World Singles Championship Bracket | |
| 1:00 PM | ACO Slyder Cup, Conference Draft Division | BYOT Crew Cup | World Doubles Championship Bracket | ||
| 2:00 PM | ACO Slyder Cup, Conference Draft Division | BYOT Crew Cup | World Doubles Championship Bracket | ||
| 3:00 PM | BYOT Crew Cup | Open Courts | ACO Worlds Championship Night | ||
| 4:00 PM | Welcome to Worlds! Location: Westgate | ACO Certified Official Shootout | ACO Player of the Season Womens Playoffs | ACO Womens Championship Matches | Coed Doubles Championship |
| 5:00 PM | Open Courts | ACO Team of the Season Doubles Playoffs | ACO Seniors Championship Matches | World Juniors Championship, World Womens Championship | |
| 6:00 PM | Big Blind Draw, World Championship Division | ACO Player of the Season Singles Playoffs | ACO Juniors Championship Matches | World SeniorsChampionship | |
| 7:00 PM | Big Blind Draw, Open Division | Coed Doubles Bracket | ACO Player of the Season Singles Playoffs | Intermission and Awards | |
| 8:00 PM | Coed Doubles Bracket | World Doubles Championship | |||
| 9:00 PM | Coed Doubles Bracket | World Singles Championship | |||
| 10:00 PM | ACO Worlds Cornhole Bash til 2:00AM | ||||
| 11:00 PM | |||||
| 12:00 PM |
Games played at Worlds
Blind Draws: Open to the public. All entrants are paired up at random with another player to be their Doubles partner. These occur throughout the World Championships. Ask at the registration tent.
Big Blind Draw: This is the main Big Blind Draw event at Worlds. Two divisions are played: Open Division, which is open to the public, and World Championship Division, which is only open to ACO players ranked 1-128 in the Big Blind Draw Standings.
ACO Slyder Cup: A tournament based on teams of 5 players. Two divisions are played: World Draft Division, which is based on World Singles Standings for eligibility, and World Conference Division, which is based on World Conference Standings for eligibility.
ACO Certified Official Shootout: This is a chance for all of the ACO Certified Officials (CO’s) to find out who is best! Open only to ACO CO’s.
ACO Coed Doubles: A doubles division consisting of one male and one female player per team.
ACO World Singles: The ACO division which crowns the King of Cornhole at the World Championship night.
ACO Womens: The ACO division to crown the top womens player in the world.
ACO Seniors: The ACO division to crown the top seniors player in the world.
ACO Juniors: The ACO division to crown the top juniors player in the world.
ACO Player of the Season Playoff: The Player of the Season is the Singles player with the top ranked standing at the end of the season. In the event that two or more players are tied in standings at the end of the ACO season, a playoff match is held to find the Player of the Season.
Tournament Talk
Single Elimination: The winner can move on in the tournament. The loser is finished.
Double Elimination: Same as above, but the loser gets another chance by moving into the Loser’s Bracket. Most games at Worlds are Double Elimination.
Best of 2 of 3: Players play 3 matches, and whoever wins two of the games is the winner.
Pool Play Bracket: A tournament format that breaks up competitors into smaller round robin brackets. The top finishers of each bracket advance to a Final to determine final standings. This is ideal when there are many players in a tournament.
Mini Pool Play Brackets: Small pool play brackets that are used to advance top finishers to the Champion Bracket, or advance next finishers to the Tier Pool Play Brackets. An example of this is the RPI (Ranked Players Invitational).
Tier Pool Play Brackets: These brackets are used to find the final two players who will advance to the Tier Championship.
RPI (Ranked Players Invitational): A mini pool play bracket to advance Singles players to either the Singles Championship Bracket, or the Singles Tier (2-4) Championship Brackets.
Players to Watch
Jeff Link
Nevada
Paula Stevens
Virginia
Eric Zocklein
Kentucky
Erick Davis
North Carolina
Matt Guy
Kentucky
Jackson Gore
North Carolina
ACO WORLDS HISTORY
Worlds 14 Champions
Season 14 July 2019 Las Vegas, NV
ACO World Singles Championships
Top four (4) players World Singles:
- Matt Guy – KY
- Matt Stout – VA
- Ryan Windsor – IL
- Jeff Link – NV
Top four (4) players in Tier 2 World Singles:
- Matt Guy
- Jeff Link
- Kaleb Hurt
- Erick Davis
Top four (4) players in Tier 3 World Singles:
- Tyler Parent
- Matt Stout
- Maggie Geiger
- Wayne Rau
ACO World Doubles Championships
Top four (4) teams in World Doubles:
- Halbert (FL) / Windsor (IL)
- Guy (KY) / Guy (KY)
- Barnett / Glover
- Blair / Zocklein
Top four (4) teams in Tier 2 World Doubles:
- Chesnut / Wolters
- Clark / Tanner
- Pryor / Parent
- Box / Cordell
Slyder Cup – World Draft
Top four (4) teams
- Halbert / Kase / Clemmer / Tidwell / Burns
- Davis / Glover / Arrington / Cordell / Hammett
- Mullis / Hurt / Easley / Stevens / KnoxSnellings / Johnson / Wolters / Armstrong / Schumacher
Slyder Cup – Conference
Top four (4) teams
- Kentuckiana: Blair / Zocklein / Guy / Guy / Mathis
- SVC: Williams / Hurt / Hurt / Cameron / Cameron
- Davis Nation: Halbert / West / Davis / Davis / Davis
Crew Cup Challenge
Top four (4) teams
- Reynolds
- Nine Inch Males
- Silent and Deadly
- Courtesy Flush
ACO World Juniors Championship
Top four (4) players:
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- –
- –
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ACO World Womens Championship
Top four (4) players
- Paula Stevens
- Karen English
- Alexis Hammett
- Tammy Williams
ACO World Seniors Championship
Top four (4) players
- Don Bailey
- Jr Williams
- Allen Wingham
- Mike Arrington, Sr
Worlds 13 Champions
Season 13 July 2018 Montgomery, AL
ACO World Singles Championships
Top four (4) players World Singles:
- Ryan Windsor – IL
- Tanner Halbert – FL
- Matt Guy – KY
- Bret Guy – KY
Top four (4) players in Tier 2 World Singles:
- Rob Guthary – SC
- Johnny Lang – KY
- Derrick Mentzer – PA
- Ethan Morgan – IL
Top four (4) players in Tier 3 World Singles:
- Matthew Morton – VA
- Jake Childs – FL
- Billy Young – GA
- Jeremy Jacobs – IL
Top four (4) players in Tier 4 World Singles:
- Brian Bailey – KY
- Brianna Crosco – MD
- Bobby Kimrey – MO
- Todd Crosco – MD
ACO World Doubles Championships
Top four (4) teams in World Doubles:
- Guy (KY) / Guy (KY)
- Sutton (MO) / Windsor (IL)
- Corprew (NC) / Uransky (VA)
- Graham (NC) / Holland (NC)
Top four (4) teams in Tier 2 World Doubles:
- Cromer (MD) / Mallonee (MD)
- Cameron (VA) / Cameron (VA)
- Cross (IN) / Dawson (IN)
- Stevens (IL) / Webb (IL)
Top four (4) teams in Tier 3 World Doubles:
- Gregory (TN) / Smothers (KY)
- Brandle (KY) / Gregory (KY)
- Priest (IN) / Quilter (IN)
- Perkins (MI) / Singleton (MI)
Slyder Cup – Social
Top four (4) teams
- Toss 21
- Kzoo Cornhole
- Free Money
- Skooterz
Slyder Cup – Pro
Top four (4) teams
- Chair City
- Beer Belly Bags
- Here For Beer
- FL-VA Line
ACO World Juniors Championship
Top four (4) players:
- Michael Avery (NC)
- Erick Davis (NC)
- Kenzie Beach (VA)
- CJ Slugantz (KY)
ACO World Womens Championship
Top four (4) players
- Courtney Coy (IL)
- Samantha Finley (FL)
- Kaylee Hunter (NC)
- Katherine Kennedy (VA)
ACO World Seniors Championship
Top four (4) players
- Daymon Dennis (KY)
- Chuckie Love (OH)
- Mike Schaffer (OH)
- Philip Haydon (KY)
Worlds XI Champions
Season 12 July 2017 Owensboro, KY
ACO World Singles Championships
Top four (4) players:
- Jamie “KING” Graham – North Carolina
- Ryan Windsor – Illinois
- Matt Guy – Kentucky
- Erick Davis – North Carolina
Top four (4) players in Tier 2 World Singles:
- Danny Seals – Kentucky
- Ronnie Hileman – Virgiinia
- Brad Tucker – Kentucky
- Steven Bernacet – Indiana
Top four (4) players in Tier 3 World Singles:
- Branden Davis – North Carolina
- Paula Stevens – Virginia
- Eddie Justus – West Virginia
- Ryan Johnson – Florida
Top four (4) players in Tier 4 World Singles:
- Scott Phillips – Oregon
- Tanner Dinges – Virginia
- Katie Beason – Florida
- Mike Ferreira – Massachusetts
ACO World Doubles Championships
Top four (4) teams:
- Herrara (IL) / Windsor (IL)
- Avery (NC) / Avery (NC)
- Corley (FL) / Poythress (NC)
- Zocklein (KY) / Blair (KY)
Top four (4) teams in Tier 2 World Doubles:
- Camba (VA) / Stout (VA)
- Justus (WV) / Justus (WV)
- Tate (VA) / Cecil (VA)
- Jacobson (VA) / Smith (VA)
Top four (4) teams in Tier 3 World Doubles:
- Vonch (IN) / Seals (KY)
- Peterson (OH) / Mayes (OH)
- Villareal (IN) / Ellis (IN)
- Quilter (IN) / Priest (IN)
Top four (4) teams in Tier 4 World Doubles:
- Stelter (IL) / Bernacet (IN)
- Kase (KY) / English (KY)
- Rager (MI) / Rager (MI)
- Webber (NC) / Byrd (NC)
ACO World Womens Championship
Top four (4) players
- Christine Papcke – Ohio
- Kamryn Belvin – Virginia
- Rosie Streker – Florida
- Paula Stevens – Virginia
ACO World Seniors Championship
Top four (4) players:
- Daymon Dennis
- Chuckie Love
- Mike Schaffer
- Philip Haydon
ACO World Juniors Championship
Top four (4) players:
- Erick Davis – North Carolina
- Duncan Clemmer – North Carolina
- Bobby Morris, JR. – North Carolina
- Kenzie Beach – Virginia