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The event uses a mixed 4v4 MLP team format. Each team must contain exactly two male and two female players. The captain must be one of the four registered players. Version 1 covers registration and event operations, not tournament-day check-in, scheduling, brackets, scoring, or standings.

Open offers DUPR 12 & Below, 14, 16, and 18+. The 50+ bracket offers 12 & Below, 14, and 16 only. There is no 50+ 18+ division. A 50+ captain attests all four players will be at least 50 on November 7, 2026; no date of birth or identification is collected.

The team aggregate is the sum of four effective ratings. Limits are: 12 & Below—12.300 aggregate and 3.60 individual; 14—14.300 and 4.10; 16—16.300 and 4.60; 18+—18.300 with every individual strictly below 4.99. A player rated 4.990 is ineligible for 18+.

Only 12 & Below permits an unrated player, assigned a 3.000 event eligibility value that is not an official DUPR rating. Every player in 14, 16, or 18+ must provide a DUPR ID/profile and established rating. The site does not scrape DUPR or claim automatic verification.

Initial ratings lock when payment succeeds. Captains may edit or substitute through November 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific. A replacement uses and locks their current rating when saved. Every edit reruns complete roster validation; the system never automatically moves the team.

After the deadline, only the Super Admin may make a documented emergency change. It must be audited, fully revalidated, and reflected in the public roster and Google Sheet.

Overall capacity is 40 paid, confirmed teams, with separate admin-set division capacities. Eligible full-capacity submissions join a private FIFO waitlist without payment. A team offered a place has 24 hours to pay; a missed offer is removed and the next team is invited.

Each division requires four paid, confirmed teams. After registration closes, an admin finalizes compatible mergers until at least four teams are combined. Preference is the nearest DUPR level in the same age category, then 50+ into corresponding Open. Teams cannot be moved into an ineligible lower division; Open cannot enter 50+ without the required attestation. Mergers do not change price, create refund rights, or require acknowledgment.

Rule priority is: (1) CUAAASC Google Drive rulebook; (2) 2026 USA Pickleball Official Rulebook; (3) 2026 MLPlay Rules Guide dated May 17; and (4) UPA-A Rulebook and Principles 2026–2027 v0.9 dated August 24. Consult a lower source only when every higher source is silent.

A higher source wins every conflict. For example, standard games here are to 11, win by 1, with a 30-second timeout; the DreamBreaker is to 21, win by 2, capped at 28, with no Freeze or win-on-serve requirement. Only questions absent from all four approved sources go to the organizer for a ruling.

Each team plays round robin within its pool. If a bracket has two pools, the top two teams in each pool advance to medal matches: the pool winners meet in the Final and the runners-up play the Bronze match.

A team match consists of men’s doubles, women’s doubles, Mixed Doubles 1, Mixed Doubles 2, and a DreamBreaker only when the first four rounds finish 2–2. Men’s and women’s doubles are simultaneous. Captains then submit and simultaneously reveal the mixed lineups. The two mixed matches are simultaneous; after Round 4, captains submit and reveal the singles order if a DreamBreaker is required.

Rounds 1–4 use traditional side-out scoring: only the serving team scores. Games are to 11, win by 1, with a side switch at 6. Each team has one 30-second timeout per game. Every game in the Gold and Bronze medal matches must be won by 2.

The DreamBreaker uses singles rally scoring to 21, win by 2, capped at 28, with a side switch at 11. Each player plays four consecutive points before rotating first man, first woman, second man, second woman. There is no Freeze or win-on-serve rule. Captains set the order and reveal it simultaneously after Round 4.

After every round, both captains—or a designated player from each team—must submit the score to the scorekeeper. Equal round-robin win records are ranked by head-to-head wins, net games, net points, head-to-head net games among tied teams, then head-to-head net points among tied teams.