A one-night competition was played at North Shore on 29/08/2012. Players were ranked: the top 8 pleyers were ranked A, the next 8 ranked B, and so on. Names were drawn randomly to form teams, with each team containing one A, one B, etc. A partial round robin was played, then the top 3 teams went to a finals series.

NZ Invitationals 2012 Team Elimination Games for 29/08/2012
Game Team Score Pts Team Score Pts Team Score Pts
6:36 PM Team Two
51
 6 Team One
44
 4 Team Four
29
 2
6:51 PM Team Six
88
 6 Team Five
66
 4 Team Eight
18
 2
7:05 PM Team Two
81
 6 Team Three
59
 4 Team Five
41
 2
7:19 PM Team Six
72
 6 Team One
54
 4 Team Seven
36
 2
7:34 PM Team Six
72
 6 Team Three
58
 4 Team Four
57
 2
7:48 PM Team Seven
77
 6 Team Two
68
 4 Team Eight
54
 2
8:03 PM Team Seven
81
 6 Team Five
80
 4 Team Four
26
 2
8:17 PM Team Three
78
 6 Team One
71
 4 Team Eight
46
 2
8:31 PM Team Seven
80
 6 Team Two
63
 3 Team Six
63
 3
8:47 PM Team Eight
70
 6 Team Seven
60
 4 Team Three
44
 2
9:02 PM Team Eight
70
 6 Team One
69
 4 Team Four
47
 2
9:17 PM Team Two
78
 6 Team Five
71
 4 Team One
60
 2
9:31 PM Team Six
68
 6 Team Two
64
 4 Team Three
63
 2
9:45 PM Team Seven
106
 6 Team Three
42
 4 Team Four
38
 2
9:58 PM Team Five
100
 6 Team Four
59
 4 Team Eight
47
 2
10:11 PM Team Five
76
 6 Team Six
68
 4 Team One
47
 2


NZ Invitationals 2012 Team Elimination Team Ladder from 29/08/2012 to 29/08/2012
Rank Team Points Average score Games
1 Team Six
31
 72 6
2 Team Seven
30
 73 6
3 Team Two
29
 68 6
4 Team Five
26
 72 6
5 Team Three
22
 57 6
6 Team One
20
 58 6
7 Team Eight
20
 51 6
8 Team Four
14
 43 6


Top 3 teams advanced to finals.

NZ Invitationals 2012 Team Elimination Finals for 29/08/2012
Rank Team 10:31 PM 10:41 PM 11:00 PM Average score Pts
1 Team Two
57
 4
63
 6
92
 6
71
 16
2 Team Six
69
 6
53
 2
48
 2
57
 10
3 Team Seven
46
 2
58
 4
64
 4
56
 10