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This page is a polished bilingual publication of the organizer’s “CUAAASC Pickleball Tournament — MLP + Master Double Rulebook.” If rules differ, apply them in this order: (1) the CUAAASC primary event rulebook; (2) the 2026 USA Pickleball Official Rulebook; (3) the 2026 MLPlay Rules Guide dated May 17, 2026; and (4) UPA-A Rulebook and Principles 2026–2027 v0.9 dated August 24, 2026. Use a lower source only when every higher source is silent.

Division, age, DUPR, and capacity requirements are registration policies and remain available on the Divisions & eligibility page.

This is a four-player mixed team event. Each roster contains exactly two men and two women, and the captain must be one of the four registered players.

Teams play round robin within their pool. If a division has two pools, the top two teams from each pool advance to medal play: the two pool winners meet in the Final, while the two runners-up play the Bronze match.

Unrated players may enter any available division using an expected rating, or a 3.000 event eligibility value if blank. Neither is an official DUPR rating; their DUPR ID is optional. Team aggregate, applicable individual caps, and age requirements still apply. Open DUPR 18+ has no individual rating cap; its team aggregate limit is 18.300. Rated players must use their actual ratings, not select Unrated. Their DUPR ID or profile link is required in 14, 16, and 18+ and optional in 12 & Below. Initial registration and every roster edit are revalidated.

Songbai 16 requires four real players and does not accept TBD; incomplete 16 teams stay in Senior 16 pending revalidation. The following TBD process applies only to other divisions: select TBD for missing players; no name, gender, contact details, birth year or rating is required for that slot. The captain must be a real player with a valid email and mobile number. Known players must meet individual rating and age rules, with a gender combination that can still be completed. The final roster must have two men and two women and pass all individual, aggregate and age checks. Confirmed payment reserves the place, marked “Roster pending completion”. Supply actual names, contacts and applicable actual birth years by November 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific. Rated players must use actual DUPR ratings; unrated players may use an expected value or leave it blank for the 3.000 event value. All replacements must pass revalidation.

Age is calculated as the event year minus birth year, without using the player’s birthday month or day. A 50+ roster must have a combined age of at least 200, a youngest player aged at least 45, and no more than one player under 50. Initial registration and every roster edit are revalidated. Senior 16 additionally requires team average below 57; incomplete teams remain in Senior 16 pending revalidation.

57+ Songbai 16 requires team average age at least 57, youngest at least 45, and at most one player under 50, matching Songbai 12. A complete four-player roster is required. Senior 16 and Songbai 16 each have four places. DUPR 16 caps remain unchanged: team ≤16.300 and individual ≤4.60.

The 57+ Songbai DUPR 12 & Below division requires a team average age of at least 57 (four-player total at least 228), not every player aged 57+. The youngest must be at least 45, with at most one player under 50. Initial registration and every roster edit are revalidated. The 50+ and 57+ DUPR 12 & Below divisions each have four places; overall capacity remains 44 teams.

Each team match contains up to five rounds:

1. Men’s Doubles
2. Women’s Doubles
3. Mixed Doubles 1
4. Mixed Doubles 2
5. DreamBreaker singles rotation, played only when the first four rounds finish 2–2

Men’s and women’s doubles are played simultaneously. After both finish, captains submit their two mixed-doubles lineups for simultaneous reveal; the two mixed games are then played simultaneously. After Round 4, captains submit and simultaneously reveal the DreamBreaker order if the match is tied 2–2.

Rounds 1–4 use traditional side-out scoring: only the serving team scores when it wins a rally. Games are played to 11, win by 1, with an end change when either team first reaches 6. Each team receives one 60-second timeout per game, requested between rallies before the next serve.

Every game in the Gold and Bronze medal matches must be won by 2. The primary event rulebook’s scoring, end-change, and timeout provisions override different versions in MLPlay or other supplemental guides.

A DreamBreaker is played only when the first four rounds finish 2–2. It uses singles rally scoring to 21, win by 2, with a hard cap at 28; at 27–27, the next point wins. Teams switch ends when either team first reaches 11.

Each player competes for four consecutive points before the rotation moves from first man → first woman → second man → second woman, then repeats. There is no Freeze and no requirement to win the final point while serving.

After every round, both captains—or one designated player from each team—must submit the score to the scorekeeper. Independent confirmation by both sides reduces entry errors and protects the accuracy of the match record.

Teams tied on round-robin wins are ranked in this order:

1. Head-to-head wins
2. Net games (games won minus games lost)
3. Net points (points won minus points lost)
4. Head-to-head net games among the tied teams
5. Head-to-head net points among the tied teams

Official game ball: Franklin X-40.

• The serve travels diagonally into the correct service court and must use an otherwise legal service motion.
• The two-bounce rule applies: the serve and return of serve must each bounce before either side may volley.
• A player may not touch the non-volley zone—the kitchen—while volleying or through momentum from a volley.
• Players call lines on their own end. A ball that cannot clearly be called out is in, and any doubt benefits the opponent.

Apply the hierarchy in Section 1 to service details, dead balls, hinders, medical or equipment timeouts, conduct, and any other on-court situation not specifically addressed by the primary event rulebook.

Captains are responsible for timely lineup submission, score confirmation, and bringing rule questions to event staff. If none of the four approved sources addresses a situation, the Tournament Director or designated referee will make the on-site ruling, consistently and fairly, with safety and orderly play as priorities.