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FRIDAY BAJADA Crosscourt Challenge
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≈ 2 h 55 min
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R1
Bracket preview
Groups → semifinals → finals
Groups
Group A
| # | Pair | Pts | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klim Yevmin Vitalii Sokol | 0 | +0 |
| 2 | Maks Valerii Kempf | 0 | +0 |
| 3 | Роман Мельник Богдан Кривошеєнко | 0 | +0 |
Group B
| # | Pair | Pts | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakub Smorag Arkadiusz Tokarz | 0 | +0 |
| 2 | Max Tereshchenko Vitalii Tomak | 0 | +0 |
| 3 | Oleksandr Kotliarov Дмитрий Борисенко | 0 | +0 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Group A #1
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Group B #2
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Semifinal 2
Group B #1
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Group A #2
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Finals
Final
Winner SF1
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Winner SF2
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3rd-place match
Loser SF1
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Loser SF2
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5th-place match
Group A #3
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Group B #3
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Rules
How Groups + Knockout works
This tournament
- Fixed pairs (partners stay together the whole event) — pick a variant when creating the tournament: 3-8 pairs (6-16 players), 10 pairs (20 players), or 12 pairs (24 players).
- Group stage: 3p / 4p → a single round-robin group (3 rounds); 5p → a single group of 5 (5 rounds, 1 pair rests each round); 7p → a single group of 7 on 2 courts (7 rounds; every pair plays 4 matches, 3 pairs rest each round); 6p → 2 groups of 3 (3 rounds, 1 pair rests each round); 8p → 2 groups of 4 (3 rounds); 10p → 2 groups of 5 (5 rounds, 1 pair rests each round); 12p → 3 groups of 4 (5 rounds, two groups play per round, one rests).
- Group standings: Win = 3, Draw = 1, Loss = 0. Tiebreakers: head-to-head, then game difference, then more games won.
- Knockout: 3p → the top 2 play a final; 4p / 5p / 7p → final (1st vs 2nd) + 3rd-place match; 6p qualifies top 2 of each group to the semis (1A vs 2B, 1B vs 2A) while the two 3rd-placers play a 5th-place match; 8p / 10p qualify top 2 of each group to the semis + ranks 3-4 to the 5-8 placement bracket; 12p qualifies into 3 brackets (Championship 1-4, Middle 5-8, Lower 9-12).
- Finals: full ranking 1-3 (3p), 1-4 (4p), 1-5 (5p), 1-6 (6p), 1-7 (7p), 1-8 (8p), 1-10 (10p — extra 9th-place match), 1-12 (12p — 5/7/9/11 finals across all 3 brackets).
- Match limit: 20-min rounds, 30-min finals · Roster: 12 players.
Format variants — pick when creating the tournament
- 3 pairs (6 players): a single round-robin group — every pair plays every other pair; one pair rests each round. 3 group rounds + a final between the top 2 (round 4). 3rd place goes to the group's 3rd-placer. Total 4 rounds.
- 4 pairs (8 players): a single round-robin group on 2 courts — every pair plays 3 group matches. Round 4: final (1st vs 2nd) + 3rd-place match (3rd vs 4th). Total 4 rounds.
- 5 pairs (10 players): a single round-robin group on 2 courts — every pair plays 4 group matches; one pair rests each round. Round 6: final (1st vs 2nd) + 3rd-place match (3rd vs 4th). 5th place goes to the group's 5th-placer. Total 6 rounds.
- 6 pairs (12 players): 2 groups of 3 — every pair plays 2 group matches; one pair rests per group each round. 3 group rounds + semi-finals & 5th-place match (round 4) + final & 3rd-place match (round 5). Total 5 rounds.
- 7 pairs (14 players): a single group built for 2 courts — a balanced schedule where every pair plays 4 group matches (its four nearest lineup neighbours) and rests 3 rounds; both courts are full in every round. Round 8: final (1st vs 2nd) + 3rd-place match (3rd vs 4th). Places 5-7 come from the group standings. Total 8 rounds, 16 matches.
- 8 pairs (16 players): 2 groups of 4 — fastest format. 3 group rounds + knockout (round 4) + finals (round 5). Total 5 rounds.
- 10 pairs (20 players): 2 groups of 5 — every pair plays 4 group matches, one pair rests in each group per round. 5 group rounds + knockout (round 6) + finals (round 7) + 9th-place match (round 8). Total 8 rounds.
- 12 pairs (24 players): 3 groups of 4 — only two groups play per round, one rests (court 4 is idle in one round). 5 group rounds + a 3-bracket finals tree across rounds 6-8. Total 8 rounds.
- Roster is fixed pairs — partners stay together the whole event.
How a match is played
- Standard padel game scoring inside every match: 15, 30, 40, game.
- At 40–40 play a golden point — no advantage, sudden death.
- The match ends either when time runs out (Time mode) or when a pair reaches the target game count (Games mode).
Match length — Time mode (default)
- Group + knockout rounds: 20 minutes per match by default (adjustable per tournament).
- Final + 3rd-place match: 30 minutes by default — typically split into two 15-minute halves; games are added together for the result.
- When the buzzer goes the current game is dropped. Only completed games count.
- Examples: 5:3 at 40:30 (unfinished) → official 5:3. 4:4 at deuce → 4:4 draw. 3:2 at deuce → 3:2.
- Scores are open-ended — there's no per-match cap.
Match length — Games mode
- Each match is played first-to-N games (target set on the tournament). No time limit.
- The first pair to reach N games wins. Whoever's leading when the agreed game count is reached takes the match.
Group standings (all variants)
- Win = 3 points · Draw = 1 point · Loss = 0 points.
- Round-by-round breakdown:
- • 8 pairs: rounds 1-3 (each pair plays 3 group matches).
- • 10 pairs: rounds 1-5 (each pair plays 4 group matches; one pair in each group rests every round).
- • 12 pairs: rounds 1-5 (each pair plays 3 group matches; one group rests per round).
Group tie-breakers (all variants)
- If two or more pairs are level on group points, rank them in this order:
- 1. Head-to-head — who beat whom (only resolves clean 2-way ties).
- 2. Game difference — games won minus games lost across the group stage.
- 3. More games won overall in the group stage.
- 4. If still tied: play a golden point or a mini tie-break (organizer's call).
8 pairs — knockout (round 4) + finals (round 5)
- Round 4 — 4 parallel semi-finals on all 4 courts:
- • Court 1: Semifinal 1 — A1 vs B2.
- • Court 2: Semifinal 2 — B1 vs A2.
- • Court 3: 5-8 Semifinal 1 — A3 vs B4.
- • Court 4: 5-8 Semifinal 2 — B3 vs A4.
- Round 5 — 4 placement finals:
- • Court 1: Final (top semi winners → 1st / 2nd).
- • Court 2: 3rd-place match (top semi losers → 3rd / 4th).
- • Court 3: 5th-place match (5-8 semi winners → 5th / 6th).
- • Court 4: 7th-place match (5-8 semi losers → 7th / 8th).
- Final ranking 1-8.
10 pairs — knockout (round 6) + finals (rounds 7-8)
- Top 4 of each group qualify for the knockout. Each group's 5th-place finisher plays the 9th-place match in round 8.
- Round 6 — same layout as 8p's semis:
- • Courts 1-2: Semifinal 1 (A1 vs B2) + Semifinal 2 (B1 vs A2).
- • Courts 3-4: 5-8 Semifinal 1 (A3 vs B4) + 5-8 Semifinal 2 (B3 vs A4).
- Round 7 — 4 placement finals (same as 8p round 5):
- • Court 1: Final. Court 2: 3rd-place. Court 3: 5th-place. Court 4: 7th-place.
- Round 8 — 9th-place match: A5 vs B5 (single match on court 1).
- Final ranking 1-10.
12 pairs — 3-bracket finals (rounds 6-8)
- After the group stage the 12 pairs split into 3 brackets based on group ranks:
- • Championship (1-4): 3 group winners + the best 2nd-placer from a different group than the top-seeded winner (cross-group seeding so SF1 isn't a same-group rematch).
- • Middle (5-8): the remaining two 2nd-placers + the best two 3rd-placers.
- • Lower (9-12): the remaining 3rd-placer + all three 4th-placers.
- Round 6 — Championship + Middle SFs:
- • Court 1: Champ SF1 (#1 vs #4). Court 2: Champ SF2 (#2 vs #3).
- • Court 3: Middle SF1 (#1 vs #4). Court 4: Middle SF2 (#2 vs #3).
- Round 7 — Lower SFs + Championship Final:
- • Court 1: Lower SF1. Court 2: Lower SF2.
- • Court 3: Championship Final (winner = 1st / loser = 2nd). Court 4: 3rd-place match.
- Round 8 — Middle + Lower finals:
- • Court 1: 5th-place. Court 2: 7th-place. Court 3: 9th-place. Court 4: 11th-place.
- Final ranking 1-12.
If a placement match is tied
- Recommended: play a tie-break to 5 points, win by 2.
- If time is tight: play first-to-5 without the 2-point rule.
- Whoever wins the tie-break takes the match (and the position it's played for).
Court usage per round
- All variants are designed to keep all 4 courts busy as much as possible.
- 8 pairs: every round uses all 4 courts (group stage 3 rounds × 4 + KO 1 round × 4 + finals 1 round × 4 = 20 court-slots, 20 matches total).
- 10 pairs: every group round + knockout + finals uses 4 courts; round 8 (9th-place match) uses only court 1.
- 12 pairs: court usage pattern is (4, 4, 4, 3, 3) across the 5 group rounds — 18 group-stage matches total, 2 idle court-slots spread across the back two rounds. Knockout + finals rounds all use 4 courts.
Playing on fewer than 4 courts
- Set 'Courts available' when creating (or editing) the tournament — the schedule itself doesn't change, but each round is played in waves: with 2 courts, a 4-match round becomes Wave 1 (2 matches) followed by Wave 2 (2 matches).
- 8 pairs on 2 courts: group rounds play Group A's matches in Wave 1 and Group B's in Wave 2. The knockout round plays the two semifinals in Wave 1 and the two 5-8 semifinals in Wave 2; the finals round plays the Final + 3rd-place match first, then the 5th and 7th-place matches.
- The duration estimate accounts for waves automatically (a 2-court event takes roughly twice as long per round, plus a short gap between waves).
- The court count is locked once the tournament starts (settings are editable only in draft), so waves stay stable for played matches.
Other formats
Americano
- Every player partners with every other player exactly once.
- N-1 rounds for N players (8 players → 7 rounds, 12 → 11, and so on).
- Individual scoring: your tally is the sum of your side's score in every match.
- Points per match is fixed — the two team scores always add up to that total.
- Winner: the player with the most total points at the end.
Mexicano
- Round 1 pairings are random.
- From round 2 onward, the organizer generates the next round on demand — pairings are seeded from current standings.
- Within every group of 4, the classic pairing is rank 1 + rank 4 vs rank 2 + rank 3 — closest competition every round.
- Individual scoring, same as Americano.
- Winner: the player with the most total points after the final round.
Round Robin
- Players are split into fixed doubles teams at the start (randomized pairings from the seat order).
- Every team plays every other team exactly once — for N/2 teams that's N/2 − 1 rounds.
- Team-based scoring: both partners earn the same points in every match they play together.
- Winner: the team with the highest total points.
- Requires an even number of teams (works with 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24 players).
Pair Americano
- Players sign up as fixed pairs — both partners stay together for the whole tournament.
- Each pair plays every other pair exactly once (round-robin schedule).
- Team-based scoring: both partners earn the same points in every match.
- Winner: the pair with the most total points after the final round.
- Requires an even number of pairs (4, 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24 players total).
Pair Mexicano
- Players sign up as fixed pairs — both partners stay together for the whole tournament.
- Round 1 matchups are random.
- From round 2 onward, the next round is generated on demand — pairs are matched by current standings (rank 1 vs rank 2, rank 3 vs rank 4, …).
- Team-based scoring: both partners earn the same points in every match.
- Winner: the pair with the most total points after the final round.
Pair Round Robin
- Players sign up as fixed pairs — both partners stay together for the whole tournament.
- Every pair plays every other pair exactly once.
- Team-based scoring: both partners earn the same points in every match.
- Winner: the pair with the highest total points.
- Requires an even number of pairs (4, 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24 players total).