APGCE 2026 PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT 

EVENT DETAILS

Date: 14 November 2026

Time: 07:00 - 13:00

Venue: The Hood, Kuala Lumpur

Number of Courts: 8

SCHEDULE

• 07:00 - 11:00 Group Stage matches
• 11:00 - 13:00 Knockout Stage + Plate Event

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
• Plate Champion, Plate Runner-up

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.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

Team Event – Player Pairing Submission Requirements

• The event will consist of 16 participating teams.
• Each team is required to nominate and submit their respective player pairings for the following three doubles categories:

1. Men’s Doubles
2. Women’s Doubles
3. Mixed Doubles

• Teams must submit their player pairings before each match.
• Player pairings must be finalized and submitted prior to the commencement of every match to ensure smooth coordination and scheduling.
• Teams are responsible for ensuring that all player nominations are accurate and submitted on time.

Group Stage, Knockout Stage and Plate Event

Group Stage

• The 16 participating teams will be divided into 4 pools, with 4 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.

Knockout Stage

• The 8 teams advancing from the Group Stage will compete in the Quarter-Finals.
• Following the Quarter-Finals, 4 winning teams will advance to the Main Event:

Semi-Finals

Final

3rd Place Play-off

• 4 losing teams will move to the Plate Event Semi-Finals, where they will compete for:

Plate Event Champion

Plate Event Runner-up

• The Main Event will determine the overall tournament Champion, Runner-up and 3rd Place.
• The Plate Event will provide the remaining 4 teams from the Quarter-Finals playoff with an opportunity to compete for the Plate Event title.

GAME RULES

• Rally Scoring Format, 13 points (Group Stage + Quarter-Finals + Semi-Finals) 15 points (Finals), 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 - Point Differential: Overall cumulative point differential across all Pool Matches
• 2nd Tiebreaker - Head-to-Head Result: The outcome of the direct match between the tied teams
• 3rd Tiebreaker - Head-to-Head Point Differential: The point differential from the Head-to-Head match between the tied teams