NOTE: For all one-day JUNIORS tournaments on our schedule, we will assign teams out to the sites in 4-team pool increments. Most tournaments will have all 4-team pools and will play the normal 4-team pool format below. Depending on the total number of entries in an age group, some sites may have a mixture of 3-team pools and 4-team pools. There is also a special format for 6 teams only in a tournament (below). In limited cases and with prior approval, we “may” have a 5-team pool if we have 5 teams left over after all sites have been assigned and can put them together into a 2 court site. In that case, they would play a full round-robin schedule with the amendments listed below. If a LUNCH break is mentioned, then it is REQUIRED!
THREE-TEAM POOLS: (Juniors mainly – and only when used with at least one other 4-team pool in the tournament):
Top 2 teams advance to playoffs.
Format for Juniors – 2 out of 3 sets to 25 points rally score (third set to 15 switch at 8).
Seed all teams 1 through 3.
| PLAY |
REF |
| 1-3 |
2 |
| 2-3 |
1 |
| 1-2 |
3 |
| 30 minute |
Lunch |
| 1-3 |
2 |
| 2-3 |
1 |
| 1-2 |
3 |
FOUR-TEAM POOLS:
Top 2 teams advance to playoffs.
Format for Adults – 3 sets to 25 points rally score. There should be a coin toss and teams switch sides half-way through (at 13) to be consistent with a 3-set match (even though it is still pool play).
Format for Juniors – 2 out of 3 sets to 25 points rally score (third set to 15 switch at 8).
Seed all teams 1 through 4.
| PLAY |
REF |
| 1-3 |
2 |
| 2-4 |
1 |
| 1-4 |
3 |
| 30 minute |
Lunch |
| 2-3 |
1 |
| 3-4 |
2 |
| 1-2 |
4 |
FIVE-TEAM POOLS:
Top 2 teams advance to Finals.
Two sets to 25 points rally score. Start at 0-0.
Seeded teams are in spots 2 and 4 only.
| PLAY |
REF |
| 1-2 |
3 |
| 3-4 |
5 |
| 1-5 |
4 |
| 2-3 |
1 |
| 4-5 |
2 |
| 1-3 |
4 |
| 2-5 |
3 |
| 1-4 |
2 |
| 3-5 |
1 |
| 2-4 |
5 |
SIX-TEAM TOURNAMENT (two 3-team pools) – JUNIORS ONLY:
Format for Juniors – 2 out of 3 sets to 25 points rally score (third set to 15 switch at 8).
All teams advance to playoffs.
Seed all teams 1 through 3.
| PLAY |
REF |
| 1-2 |
2 |
| 2-3 |
1 |
| 1-2 |
3 |
30 minute lunch
PLAYOFFS BEGIN:
| ROUND |
PLAY |
REF |
| QF1 |
P2-2nd vs P1-3rd |
Pool 2-1st |
| QF2 |
P1-2nd vs P2-3rd |
Pool 1-1st |
| SF1 |
P1-1st vs WQF1 |
LQF1 |
| SF2 |
P2-1st vs WQF2 |
LQF2 |
| Finals |
WSF1 vs WSF2 |
LSF |
SIX-TEAM POOLS (on 2 courts) – ADULT Tournaments only:
Top 2 teams advance to playoffs.
Format for Adults – 2 sets to 25 points rally score.
Seeded teams in spots 3 and 6 only.
| COURT |
1 |
COURT |
2 |
| PLAY |
REF |
PLAY |
REF |
| 1-2 |
3 |
4-5 |
6 |
| 5-6 |
4 |
2-3 |
1 |
| 1-3 |
2 |
4-6 |
5 |
| 1-4 |
3 |
2-5 |
6 |
| 30 |
minute |
Lunch |
Break |
| 3-5 |
4 |
2-6 |
1 |
| 3-4 |
5 |
1-6 |
2 |
| 2-4 |
6 |
1-5 |
3 |
| 3-6 |
1 |
|
|
SEVEN-TEAM POOLS (on 2 courts) – ADULT Tournaments only:
Top SIX teams advance to playoffs.
Format for Adults – 2 sets to 25 points rally score
Seed teams 1 through 7.
| COURT |
1 |
COURT |
2 |
| PLAY |
REF |
PLAY |
REF |
| 1-6 |
4 |
3-7 |
5 |
| 4-7 |
1 |
2-5 |
3 |
| 1-3 |
7 |
5-6 |
2 |
| 2-4 |
3 |
1-7 |
6 |
| 3-5 |
4 |
2-6 |
7 |
| 1-4 |
5 |
6-7 |
2 |
| 4-5 |
1 |
2-3 |
6 |
