Team Challenge
- Number of players
- 16 to 128 players, as 4 to 32 teams of 4
- Group limit
- The organizer picks a layout. Groups of 3 or more teams.
- Team format
- Teams of 4
- Bye option
- Yes, at most one bye in a group
- Games per match
- 4, plus a tiebreaker if it is 2-2
- Rounds played
- All by default: every team plays every team in its group
Unique features
- Mobile experience: managers enter scores on a phone, players follow live
- Airport-style kiosk: groups, then the playoff bracket
- Four game types: Traditional, Women's, Men's or Gender Agnostic
- Coin flip for the tiebreaker
- Single-elimination playoffs for the top teams of each group
- Team standings with games won
Rules
Two teams of 4 play a match made of 4 doubles games. The team that wins the most games wins the match.
The match
A traditional match is 2 doubles games and 2 mixed doubles games. A gender-agnostic match is 4 doubles games. Three games win it, and the rest are not played.
2-2 tiebreaker
When the match is tied 2-2, a fifth game decides it.
Group stage and playoffs
Teams play everyone in their group. The top teams from each group (2 by default, up to 4) go into a single-elimination playoff.
About Team Challenge
Team Challenge puts a full team on court at once. Everyone on the roster plays, so every player matters to the result.
Teams are ranked on group match wins first and games won second. The organizer chooses the game type, the number of rounds and how many teams reach the playoffs.
How does it work?
- Build teams of 4
Rosters and captains, then choose the game type.
- Group stage
Each team plays every team in its group.
- Play a match
Four doubles games. First to 3 wins; at 2-2 a fifth game decides.
- Playoffs
The top teams of each group enter single elimination.
- Champion
The last team standing wins.
On the club TV
The kiosk shows the groups first, then switches to the playoff bracket once it exists.
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 |
| Wildcard* | 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 | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Single Elimination | Suitable | Not suitable | Not suitable |
| Double Elimination | Suitable | Not suitable | Not suitable |