The Preseason Qualifiers will go from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM at Club Pickleball USA in Orem on the following dates:

• PSQ Week 1: Monday, March 4
• PSQ Week 2: Monday, March 11
• PSQ Week 3: Monday, March 18
• PSQ Week 4: Monday, March 25

Each of the four weeks is like a mini tournament. During each week, you will compete to earn Preseason Qualifier Points (PQP) in a round-robin style tournament that will take place over two rounds.

In each round, teams will play three matches against different teams in their pool. Each match will consist of two gender doubles games and two mixed doubles games. There will be NO singles tiebreakers in the Preseason Qualifiers. Up to 18 PQP can be earned in each match.

Based on the number of games won within a match, your team will earn the following PQP: 

• One game won = 1 PQP
• Two games won = 3 PQP
• Three games won = 6 PQP
• Four games won = 10 PQP

Based on the number of points scored each game, your team will earn the following PQP: 

• 0 – 7 points scored = 0 PQP
• 8 – 14 points scored = 1 PQP
• 15+ points scored = 2 PQP

Each week is composed of two rounds. At the end of the first round, the top two teams from each pool (based on total number of PQP earned) will advance to the next round; your PQP is NOT carried over from round to round, but will accumulate in the background from week to week. The bottom two teams from each pool from Round 1 will be eliminated from the current week’s mini tournament. All teams will come back next week to compete again, as being eliminated from one week does not mean you’re eliminated from the entire Preseason Qualifier. 

Any PQP that your team earns are divided up evenly among the players who played in that game or match. At the end of the Preseason Qualifier, when ranking the teams by PQP to determine seeding, the team’s total PQP will be determined by the sum of the PQP earned by the top two men and top two women who ever played for that team (see the SUBSTITUTION RULES below for more information).

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SUBSTITUTION RULES:

Substitutes must have a doubles DUPR equal to (up to a tenth difference) or less than the player for whom they are substituting. Any teams found breaking this rule will forfeit the game(s) in which that substitute player is found playing, however, any points scored will still count. Men can only sub for men and women can only sub for women.

Any PQP that your team earns are divided up evenly among the players who played in that game or match. At the end of the Preseason Qualifier, when ranking the teams by PQP to determine who will qualify for the Premier League, the team’s total PQP will be determined by the sum of the PQP earned by the top two men and top two women who ever played for that team.

For example: Bob’s team consists of Bob, Joe, Susan, and Sally. During Week 1, Bob’s team comes away with 40 total PQP. The 40 PQP earned in Week 1 will be divided evenly among the four players, which gives each player 10 PQP for that week.

During Week 2, Sally needs a sub, so Kate takes her place and the team earns 60 total PQP. The 60 PQP earned in Week 2 will be divided evenly among the four players, which gives each player 15 PQP for that week.

In Week 3, Joe now needs a sub, so John takes his place and the team earns 48 total PQP. The 48 PQP earned in Week 3 will be divided evenly among the four players who played that week, which gives each player 12 PQP for that week.

During Week 4, all four original players can play and they earn 36 PQP, which gives each player 9 PQP for that week.

At the end of the Preseason Qualifier, Bob’s team knows that they have 157 PQP because of how the points were distributed:

• Bob played four weeks and earned 10, 15, 12, and 9 PQP for a total of 46 PQP.
• Joe played three weeks and earned 10, 15, and 9 PQP for a total of 34 PQP.
• Susan played four weeks and earned 10, 15, 12, and 9 PQP for a total of 46 PQP.
• Sally played three weeks and earned 10, 12, and 9 PQP for a total of 31 PQP.
• Sub Kate played one week and earned 15 PQP for a total of 15 PQP.
• Sub John played one week and earned 12 PQP for a total of 12 PQP.

Taking the top PQP earners of Bob, Joe, Susan, and Sally, Bob’s team has a total of (46 + 34 + 46 + 31) 157 PQP. If they had never used a sub, yet still earned the same amount of points, they would have had (15 + 12) 27 additional PQP at the end of the Preseason Qualifier. 

As the Sundance League is a team league, we do recognize that these Substitution Rules discourage the use of subs, however, we feel that they don’t overly penalize a team who does need to use one. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as we try to make a league that is fair for all participants!