Team Challenge
- Minimum: 16 players to
- Maximum: 96 players
- Team of 4 players
- Rotating by selection
- 4 to 24 teams
- Teams are paired based on captain selection
- Gender agnostic
Unique features
- Mobile experience
- Airport style standalone large screen kiosk
- Partner invitation system
- DUPR ratings support
- Team selection feature for mix or gender agonist events
- Captain draft. Snake and fair random draft will be out shortly
- Playoff view
- Captain-team member invitation management
Rules
Four doubles games per match, with full team participation.
Round-Robin Stage
The group plays against every other team. Determines points and playoff seeding.
Playoffs: Single-elimination stage
Seeding is based on round-robin performance.
Tiebreakers
Singles games for added excitement. Winners advance to the East Bracket, losers to the West Bracket, leading to other compass-named brackets. The East Bracket's winner as the overall champion.
Team Challenge (MLP Style) Specifications
In Teams Challenge, each match includes four doubles games, allowing all team members to participate and display their skills and teamwork. During the round-robin stage, teams are grouped and play against every other team in their group, with their performance in each match determining their points.
The top teams from the round-robin stage advance to the single-elimination playoff stage, where losing a match means elimination. Teams are matched in the playoffs based on their round-robin performance.
If a match ends in a tie after the four doubles games, it's resolved with a singles game tiebreaker, adding a thrilling twist and highlighting individual skills.
This format effectively combines doubles teamwork with the excitement of singles play, ensuring a diverse and engaging pickleball tournament experience.
How does it work?
See step by step how the event format works
Suitability comparison
A green check shows which play styles each format is best suited to.
| Format | Intense competition | Competitive fun | Social & casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy 8's | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Ladder | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| King & Queen | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Team Challenge | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Compass Draw | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Wild Card* | Suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Social | Not suitable | Not suitable | Suitable |
| Mixer | Not suitable | Not suitable | Suitable |
| Round Robin with Playoffs | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Round Robin Rotating Teams | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Round Robin Set Teams | Not suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Inter-clubs | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Flex Leagues | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Single Elimination | Suitable | Not suitable | Not suitable |
| Double Elimination | Suitable | Not suitable | Not suitable |