All players are required to have a DUPR account and have their number in their player profile on pickleball.com
All Armature (NOT PRO) events are a Round Robin with Playoffs.
4 & 5 teams are 1 to 15 win by 2 - the top 4 go to playoffs (1v4 & 2v3 = winners to gold match, others to bronze match)
6 & 7 teams are 1 to 11 win by 2 - the top 4 go to playoffs (1v4 & 2v3) = winners to gold match, others to bronze match)
8 or more teams will be split into pools - the top 2 from each pool go to the playoffs
- 2 pools = (P1#1vsP2#2 & P1#2vsP2#1) = winners to gold match, others to bronze match)
- 3 pools = top 2 seeds have a bye (P1#3vsP2#4 & P1#4vsP2#3) = winners play Seed#1 & #2 = winner to gold match, others to bronze match)
- 4 pools = top 2 from each pool play a sudden death round - all winners move to the playoffs (1v4 & 2v3) = winners to gold match, others to bronze match)
ALL GAMES WIN BY 2
Tie Breaker Details
12.C.4. Round Robin. All players/teams play each other. Games may use any of the approved tournament scoring options. (See Rule 12.B.) The winner is determined based on number of matches won. If two or more teams are tied, ties shall be broken in accordance with 12.C.4.a. through 12.C.4.e. The method that succeeds in breaking the tie will be used to rank all tied teams.
12.C.4.a. Players/Teams that withdraw from a bracket or that lose a match due to forfeit or retirement will be removed completely from the bracket. All matches played by that team will either be removed from the system or will not be considered at all for the ranking of the other players in the bracket. Example: A team retires from their 3rd round match. They will not play any additional matches in the bracket. Their first two matches will be deleted and will not count toward the records of the other players in the bracket.
12.C.4.b. First tie-breaker: head-to-head matches won among the tied teams.
12.C.4.c. Second tie-breaker: point differential of all games played. (e.g., Team A won Match 1 11-8, 11-4, so they would have a point differential of +10. Team A then wins the second match 11-9, 2-11, 11-6. For this round, they would have a point differential of -2. This would give them a total for the day of +8.)
12.C.4.d. Third tie-breaker: head-to-head point differential.
12.C.4.e. Fourth tie-breaker: point differential against next-highest player/team (e.g., if the players/teams are tied for second, use point differentials against the first-place team.)
12.C.5. Pool Play. The participants are divided into two or more player pools. Each pool plays a round robin to determine the qualifiers that put the players into a single-elimination or double-elimination playoff.
12.C.6. Non-Pool Play. The participants are seeded based on the results of the round robin and play either a single or double elimination medal round format of two of three games to 11, one game to 15, or one game to 21. Each format requires a two-point win margin.
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