Denver Pickleball Club's Colorado Champions Cup is back for its 3peat!
Format: Round Robin into a bracket play-off. All games will be entered into DUPR.
Location: Brand new 3rd Shot Pickleball - Riverpoint (opening December) - Indoors, so no weather cancelations!
Ball: Franklin X-40
Events, dates, and times:
Men's and Women's Singles (all divisions)- Jan 30 *Registration COMING SOON - you will be able to add-on to registration later*
Men's & Women's Doubles (all divisions) - Jan 31 *Registration is LIVE*
Mixed Doubles (all divisions) - Feb 1 *Registration is LIVE*
**PLEASE NOTE: Division times will not be set until after registration closes. While we are dedicated to keep the games moving and waiting at a minimum, divisions typically take 3-6 hours to complete. Plan accordingly.**
Signups:
All registrations are on a per player basis: each teammate must make a DUPR and pickelball.com account, register, and pay separate from their teammate (*you cannot sign up for your team!*). If your teammate has not made a pickleball.com account yet, mark yourself as "need teammate" in your registration and they can choose you when they complete their registration.
All signup pricing is PER PERSON and includes 3 items: Registration fee, event fees, and pb.com fees as follows:
1. Registration fee:
All participants are required to pay a registration once per tournament, which increases approx. every 2 weeks at 1:00 am on Monday mornings, so don't wait to sign up if you know you want to play!
○ First Supporters - Stating 10/15 - $15
○ Early Bird Tier 1 - Starting 10/27 - $20
○ Early Bird Tier 2 - Starting 11/10 - $25
○ Early Bird Tier 3 - Starting 11/24 - $30
○ Early Bird Tier 4 - Starting 12/8 - $35
○ Early Bird Tier 5 - Starting 12/22 - $40
○ Early Bird Tier 6 - Starting 1/5 - $45
○ Standard Pricing - Starting 1/12 - $50
○ Registration Ends - 1/20 @ 11:55pm
2. Event Fees:
○ Amateur doubles 50+ events are $30 per event (save $5!)
○ Amateur doubles any age events are $35 per event
○ Open doubles divisions are $65 per event, which includes a $30 buy-in of which 100% goes to the prize pool. (see prize money breakdown below)
○ Open doubles 50+ divisions are $60 per event, which includes a $30 buy-in of which 100% goes to the prize pool. (see prize money breakdown below)
○ Singles pricing *coming soon*
3. Pickleball.com Fee:
○ pb.com charges $5 per event service fee + a stripe transaction fee
Divisions:*
Each event will include the following skill level divisions, which will be based on AVERAGE TEAM DUPR:
AVG DUPR 2.0-2.5
AVG DUPR 2.5-3.0
AVG DUPR 3.0-3.5
AVG DUPR 3.5-4.0
AVG DUPR 4.0-4.5
AVG DUPR 4.5-5.0
Open (AVG DUPR 4.25+, w/ cash prize and $30 buy-in).
All skill division signups are also split into "any age" and "50+" age groups. To play in the 50+ division, both partners must turn 50 during or before calendar year 2026. 50+ teams and players are welcome to play in the "any age" divisions if they prefer.
*Subject to change depending on signup #s. Smaller divisions may be combined. Larger divisions may be split. We reserve the right to move teams into the appropriate skill bracket based on their DUPR rating at the time of the tournament.
DUPR Requirements and Enforcement:
In an effort to make all games as close, fair, and fun as possible, DUPR requirements will be strictly enforced as detailed below. There will be no sandbagging here!
○ All Players must have a DUPR account to register.
○ All division titles denote the average team DUPR required to play in the division. Ex) the 3.5-4.0 division means the average of you and your partner's DUPR rating must be between 3.500 and 4.000. Your rating will be evaluated the week before the tournament to determine eligibility (regardless of DUPR at time of signup).
○ Playing Down (sandbagging): No team will be permitted to play in a division below their current AVERAGE TEAM DUPR rating. TD will be monitoring this periodically and will move you up to the proper division in this situation.
○ Playing Up: Your team can play one division higher than your average team DUPR if one of the following conditions are met:
1) the higher rated player on your team has a rating in the proper range of the division AND the lower rated player is within .5 DUPR rating of the lower-end DUPR threshold. This essentially prevents teams from skipping two whole divisions, which can make pool play unfair and games less competitive.
Ex) Player #1 is 4.1 and player #2 is 3.8, making their AVG team dupr = 3.95. This team can play up to 4.0-4.5 since player 1 is between 4.0 and 4.5 and player 2 is within .500 of 4.0. (this is allowed automatically at checkout)
2)If the teams average team DUPR is within 0.15 of the higher divisions low-end threshold. (not automatic at check-out. Please sign-up in lower division then reach out to TD to be moved up manually)
Ex) Player #1 is 3.85 and player #2 is 3.95. AVG Team DUPR is 3.9. They will be allowed to play in 4.0-4.5 since the avg is within .15 of 4.0, but they will have to reach out to TD to do so.
○ Balanced teams: To promote fairness and restrict higher level players from participating in much lower divisions, teams where a partner is rated 0.750 DUPR points higher than their partner will not be allowed to play together in any division.
Ex) Player #1 is rated 4.750 and Player #2 is rated 3.850. They cannot be partners for any division as their difference in rating exceeds 0.750
○ Duplicate DUPRS: signing up with a duplicate DUPR to play in a different division than your rated level or to avoid risking your current DUPR is cheating and ruins the fun for others for the sole benefit of yourself. If you are caught, you will be reported immediately to DUPR for account merging, suspended or banned from future DPC events.
○ If you are unrated that is ok! Just make a DUPR account and you will be allowed to play in the 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, or 3.5-4.0 division for the event you choose, which will be chosen based on the division that corresponds to your partner's rating. If both players on a team are unrated, you may play in the 2.0-2.5, 2.5-3.0, or 3.0-3.5 division of your choosing.
○ Division Corrections: Starting in January, TD will periodically check that registered players are within the correct divisions based on their skill level. If you are found to be in a division below your current skill level, you will be moved up to the proper division provided there is an open spot.
If there is not an open spot in the correct skill level division, TD reserves the right to determine if you will be allowed to stay in current division (in cases you are just over the threshold), or to place you on the waitlist. If you are placed on the waitlist, TD will do his best to open a spot for you. If a spot does not open, full refunds will be given as long as the correction was due to recent increases in your team rating that occurred after registration. If the correction was due to a blatant attempt to sandbag, refunds will be given in accordance to the refund policy.
Pool Play into playoff format:
While final format won't be determined until registration closes, all division sizes will start with round-robin pool play. This round will be 1 game first to 15 OR 1 game to 11 win by 2 and will include 3-5 games.
Results from pool play will determine placement into either a playoff bracket (1 game to 11 or 15, win by 2) and/or gold and bronze medal matches which will be 1 game to 15 by 2 OR best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2. This round will be 1 to 13 games, depending on how well you do!
Final pool sizes and bracket sizes will be decided after registration closes and will be based on division size.
*Format is subject to change as TD deems necessary, however 4 games minimum are guaranteed to all players, with most getting between 5 and 12 games per event*
***IF YOUR DIVISION IS FULL PLEASE JOIN WAITLIST ASAP - we will be adding a few more spots to divisions based on the waitlist so this will increase your chance to play!!***
**PLEASE NOTE: Due to undetermined division sizes, times will not be set until after registration closes**
