Dato' Zhiyong Zhao (DZZ) Pickleball Tournament 2026

EVENT DETAILS

Date: 13 November 2026

Time: 10:00 - 18:00

Venue: The Hood, Kuala Lumpur

Number of Courts: 3

SCHEDULE

• 10:00 - 12:30 Group Stage, Knockout Stage for Men's/Women's Doubles
• 15:00 - 18:00 Group Stage, Knockout Stage for Mixed Doubles

Match schedule and Court Assignments will be updated on Sports Sync. Players or Team will be declared as Walkover if they are not present at the assigned court 5 minutes after the match time.

PRIZES & AWARDS

• Champion, Runner-up and 3rd Place

REGISTRATION

Registration Deadline: 11 November 2026

All players must check-in at the Registration Booth during the Registration Time Slot on Tournament Day to confirm participation in the tournament. We kindly recommend that all players arrive early for registration to ensure a smooth tournament flow and avoid any unnecessary delays.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

Group Stage & Knockout Stage

• Men's Doubles - 10 teams
• Women's Doubles - 3 teams
• Mixed Doubles - 8 teams

Men's Doubles Group Stage

• The 10 participating teams will be divided into 2 pools, with 2 teams in each group.
• Teams will compete within their respective pools during the Group Stage.
• The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the Knockout Stage.
• The bottom 3 teams from each pool will be eliminated from the tournament.

Men's Doubles Knockout Stage

• The 4 teams advancing from the Group Stage will compete in the Semi-Finals.
• Following the Semi-Finals, 2 winning teams will advance to the Final, meanwhile the remaining 2 teams will proceed to 3rd-Place Playoff

Women's Doubles Group Stage

• The 3 teams will play Round-Robin
• The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the Knockout Stage.

Women's Doubles Knockout Stage

• The top 2 teams from Group Stage will advance straight to the Final

Mixed Doubles Group Stage

• The 8 participating teams will be divided into 2 pools, with 2 teams in each group.
• Teams will compete within their respective pools during the Group Stage.
• The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the Knockout Stage.
• The bottom 2 teams from each pool will be eliminated from the tournament.

Men's Doubles Knockout Stage

• The 4 teams advancing from the Group Stage will compete in the Semi-Finals.
• Following the Semi-Finals, 2 winning teams will advance to the Final, meanwhile the remaining 2 teams will proceed to 3rd-Place Playoff

GAME RULES

• Rally Scoring Format: 1 Game to 15 points (Group Stage + Semi-Finals), Best of 3 to 15 points (Finals & 3rd-Place Playoff), win by Sudden-Death
• No timeouts
• Medical Timeout: One (1) five-minute medical timeout per match, if needed.
• Warm-Up: One (1) minute per match prior to first serve.
• Default Time: Five (5) minutes. A team that fails to report to their assigned court within this window forfeits the game and will be marked as Walkover.
• Default Score: A defaulted game is recorded as 11-0 in favor of the present team.

POOL SEEDING

Where teams finish pool play with identical records, seeding for bracket advancement is determined in this order:

• 1st Tiebreaker - Head-to-Head Result: The outcome of the direct match between the tied teams
• 2nd Tiebreaker - Point Differential: Overall cumulative point differential across all Pool Matches