*Please READ all T&Cs before registration.

‼️Important Rules for Lake View Inter-Community Pickleball Tournament 2.0 (Open)‼️:

Players Eligibility Criteria:

Lake View Club maintains the highest standards of fairness and commitment. To ensure integrity and consistency, all participating teams must fully comply with the eligibility criteria outlined below. If **any single criterion is not met by any player on a team, the entire team will be disqualified from the tournament. No exceptions will be made.

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Club Membership:
2. Each player must be an active member of your club prior to the tournament registration opening date (15^th October 2026).
3. Minimum Session Attendance:
4. Each player must have attended more than 8 sessions conducted by your club at the Lakeview Club venue before 15^th October 2026.

• Sessions attended at other venues will not be counted.
• Players who joined or began attending sessions on or after 15^th October 2026 are not eligible.
• STRICTLY no import players – this event is to honour our internal community only

1. DUPR Eligibility:

• Players’ DUPR will be based on the registration date.
• Players must have DUPR rating and at least 30% reliability.
• NR (No Rating) players are eligible and will be treated as having a DUPR rating of 3.3 for eligibility and seeding purposes.
• Players must submit their DUPR profile link to your team captain for verification.
• There is no cap on an individual DUPR rating but the combine DUPR rating for each pairing for every category have to be BELOW 6.600 or BELOW 6.000

General Rules 📝 :

1.     Players must register at least 30 minutes before the tournament starts and report to their designated courts on time. A 10-minute late arrival results in a forfeit (no-show).

2.     Players must have valid Sportsync ID (a clear picture of yours for identification, not animation / pets / objects /cars / or group photos) that sync to a DUPR account.

3.     Matches will NOT be submitted to DUPR.

4.     Each player is permitted to participate only once in any given team matchup. Multiple appearances by the same player within a single matchup are not allowed under any circumstances. (Except for Dreambreaker – refer to Dreambreaker notes)

Payment & registration:

1.     Registration fee: RM800 per team.

2.     Payment method: Sportssync platform

3.     Teams are confirmed only after payment is received.

4.     First paid, first served.

Prize 💰:

Champion                         RM5000 cash + medal

2^nd Place                            RM2500 cash + medal

3^rd Place                           RM1500 cash + medal

4^th Place                            RM1000 cash

Quarter finalists              RM500 cash

lucky draw prizes for participants only.

🏆 Tournament Structure Overview

Teams: 12, Groups: 4

Categories:

1.     Men’s Doubles Combine ≤6.6

2.     Women's Doubles Combine ≤6.0

3.     Mixed Doubles Combine ≤6.6

4.     Men’s Doubles Combine ≤6.0

Phases:

Group Stage (Round Robin) If draw 2 – 2 Dreambreaker match applies.

1.     Start with a preliminary round (round robin), 12 teams divided into 4 groups (ABCD)

2.     (LIVE draw on the 28^th November 2026 8:00am

3.     Group stage tiebreaker priority (H2H Wins > Score Diff > Total score)

4.     Top 2 from each group advance to Quarter Finals.

Playoffs - Quarterfinals > Semifinals > 3^rd place > Grand Finals

1.     Knock-out stage

2.     If draw 2 – 2 Dreambreaker match applies.

🎯 Dreambreaker Format

1.     Group stage, QFs and SFs

If match tie at 2-2, a dreambreaker match will be played, doubles format, 15 points sudden death (NO serve to win), switch every 4 points, must be in the team playing, same pairing in the match-up but sequence can be randomized.

2.     3^rd/4^th place and Grand Finals

If match tie at 2-2, a dreambreaker will be played, doubles format, 21 points sudden death (no serve to win), switch every 4 points, must be in the team playing, same pairing in the match-up but sequence can be randomized.

Scoring system

1.     All group stage, quarterfinal and semifinal matches will be played in a 1 set of 15 points rally scoring, If score at 14 – 14 (Sudden death) with no time-out.

2.     Final and 3rd/4th placing matches will be played in a 1 set of 21 points rally scoring, If score at 20 – 20 (Sudden death) with 1 time-out for each team

Rules and Regulations

1.     Team captain must submit the line-up form at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the match. No player changes are permitted once the form has been submitted.

2.     Player must report at least 5 minutes before the match begins. A walkover will be awarded in case of a no-show.

3.     Each player is permitted to participate only once in any given team matchup.

4.     Any form of unsportsmanlike behaviour will not be tolerated and may result in disqualification.

5.     All registration fees are non-refundable once payment has been made.

6.     The organizing committee reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions in any way they see fit for the success of the tournament.

7.     All decisions from the organizing committee are final.

Waiver of claims

While all precautions are taken by the committee, by submitting an entry into the tournament all players agree, as a condition of entry, that for themselves, their executors, administrators, heirs and personal representatives, they waive all claims of any kind, nature and description, including any past, present or future claims and injuries (if any) sustained in travelling to or from, or participating in, the tournament.