TEAM GAMES 

The Venice Beach Team Games will happen Saturday July 27th, from 12pm to 6pm, followed up with a Mixer at 7pm to celebrate the competition and the community!

There will be a Round Robin, culminating with a Single Elimination Tournament to be crowned the Winner of the Team Games.

The Team Games will consist of the following events:

The Registration

Everyone gets to register for free!!

Yes!! You read it right! This is a L.A. City event which means Street Paddle doesn’t have to rent the courts to make this tournament happen. Therefore, we are making The Team Games accessible for everyone! All you have to do is bring your paddle! If you are in need of a paddle, contact [email protected]

Donations are very appreciated! Your tax free donation goes towards resurfacing the Venice courts! Make your donation to Los Angeles Parks Foundation page and write “Venice Paddle Tennis Courts” in the Additional Comments section.

The Draw

• Street paddle will assemble 5 pools of community players and a assign them one of the following categories:
  • Pro
  • A1
  • A2
  • A3
  • B
• On Tournament Day (July 27th at 12 p.m.) every player of each category will draw a number from a hat. The numbers will go up to the amount of teams we will be able to make based on the amount of registrants.  E.g. If we have a total of 50 players registered, and each team has 5 players, we will have a total of 10 teams playing, therefore we will have numbers 1 to 10 to draw from the hat.
• Once the teams have been made, the players will have to decide on the team captain.

Team Games Format 

• There will be one round of  Round Robins followed by a Single Elimination Tournament.
• Round Robin:
  • Each team will be assigned a team number (teams 1-12)
    • Team numbers will be drawn at the start of games.
  • There will be 3 groups of 4 teams.
  • Based on team number drawn – Each team will be assigned to a group and play the other three teams within their group in the following way:
  • Round Robin Format 
    • Group 1: Teams 1,2,3,4

      • 1	plays	2	while	3	plays	4
        1	plays	3	while	2	plays	4
        1	plays	4	while	2	plays	3

    • Group 2: Teams 5,6,7,8

      • 5	plays	6	while	7	plays	8
        5	plays	7	while	6	plays	8
        5	plays	8	while	6	plays	7

    • Group 3: Teams 9,10,11,12

      • 9	plays	10	while	11	plays	12
        9	plays	11	while	10	plays	12
        9	plays	12	while	10	plays	11

  •  The format of each match will be the following:
  • 1 Singles and 2 doubles tie-breakers.
    • Tie-breakers to 11 points win by 2.
    • All players must play once.
  • The captains will coin toss for who chooses the first match.
  • The winner of the coin toss can decide what the first match will be – they can choose any ranked player to play the opponent’s team same rank players. For example:
    • The coin toss winner can choose the first match to be a singles match between players ranked number 3 on each team.
    • The losing coin toss captain can choose the second match to be a Doubles match with players ranked 2 and 4 (since 3 already played singles).
    • In this scenario the final match will be a Doubles between players ranked 1 and 5.
  • Each player must play once.
• Tournament –  Single Elimination
  • The 12 teams will be seeded in the tournament bracket based on performance.
    • The following criteria listed in order of importance will be used:
      • Matches won-loss deferential
      • Tie breakers won-loss deferential
      • Points win-loss deferential
      • Head to head if all other criteria is the same.
    • All Tournament matches will be Played the same way but each tie breaker will be to 15 win by two.