2024 Universal Team Championship
Pickleball Team League
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Description
MLP-style format, this is an open team championship tournament.
There is no entry fee. However, access is limited to Masters of Pickleball members with DUPR connected GPN accounts. GPN and DUPR accounts, along with network membership are all also free.
Team matches will be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays, August 20, 22, 27, & 29 at 4 seasons park (Log Cabin) in Lombard, IL.
Match times are 5:30 PM and 6:45 pm
Teams may have up to 6 players, only 2 men and 2 women may play in any single team match, meaning you may have 1 sub per gender.
Dates, times, and tournament bracket/format may be adjusted depending on the number of teams.
Teams will be seeded in the bracket by their aggregate DUPR of the top 4 players.
Match formats:
- 2 men, 2 women compete in 4 doubles matches: women's doubles, men's doubles, and 2 mixed doubles, with a Dreambreaker singles tiebreaker
- teams declare their respective player sides (right/even and left/odd) at the beginning of the match
- teams change ends when a team reaches 11 points. A team may change their players even/odd position at changeover by notifying the other team
- rally scoring to 21, win by 2, team must win the game on their serve (see the "freeze")
- servers alternate depending on even/odd score, there is no first or second server
- leading team "freezes" (back to regular scoring/win on serve) at 20, trailing team "freezes" at 18 or more
- A point is awarded for each match win, the first team to 3 points is declared the winner
- In the event teams are tied 2-2 at the conclusion of the doubles event, a Dreambreaker singles tiebreaker will be played to determine the winner, using the same scoring rules.
- Dreambreaker - each team decides their singles order and rotates a new player in every 4 points until a team reaches 21, winning by 2 under the same scoring and serving rules.
More detailed Rules guide of the official MLP format can be found here:
https://www.dupr.com/minorleague/rules
https://www.majorleaguepickleball.net/wp-content/uploads/2024-MLP-Rules-Guide-6.4.24.pdf
There is no entry fee. However, access is limited to Masters of Pickleball members with DUPR connected GPN accounts. GPN and DUPR accounts, along with network membership are all also free.
Team matches will be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays, August 20, 22, 27, & 29 at 4 seasons park (Log Cabin) in Lombard, IL.
Match times are 5:30 PM and 6:45 pm
Teams may have up to 6 players, only 2 men and 2 women may play in any single team match, meaning you may have 1 sub per gender.
Dates, times, and tournament bracket/format may be adjusted depending on the number of teams.
Teams will be seeded in the bracket by their aggregate DUPR of the top 4 players.
Match formats:
- 2 men, 2 women compete in 4 doubles matches: women's doubles, men's doubles, and 2 mixed doubles, with a Dreambreaker singles tiebreaker
- teams declare their respective player sides (right/even and left/odd) at the beginning of the match
- teams change ends when a team reaches 11 points. A team may change their players even/odd position at changeover by notifying the other team
- rally scoring to 21, win by 2, team must win the game on their serve (see the "freeze")
- servers alternate depending on even/odd score, there is no first or second server
- leading team "freezes" (back to regular scoring/win on serve) at 20, trailing team "freezes" at 18 or more
- A point is awarded for each match win, the first team to 3 points is declared the winner
- In the event teams are tied 2-2 at the conclusion of the doubles event, a Dreambreaker singles tiebreaker will be played to determine the winner, using the same scoring rules.
- Dreambreaker - each team decides their singles order and rotates a new player in every 4 points until a team reaches 21, winning by 2 under the same scoring and serving rules.
More detailed Rules guide of the official MLP format can be found here:
https://www.dupr.com/minorleague/rules
https://www.majorleaguepickleball.net/wp-content/uploads/2024-MLP-Rules-Guide-6.4.24.pdf
Playing Level System
Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating
This tournament uses the Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating rating system to determine divisions and player eligibility.
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