Ladder tournament

Ladder is a fun and competitive tournament format that allows players to challenge each other, compete for the first place and collect points. Are you ready to climb the ladder?

What is ladder tournament?

Compete in a ladder and move up or down based on your performance. Each player can challenge other players in the ladder and if you win, you will move up the ladder.

Rules for ladder

These are general rules for ladder tournaments. The rules can be altered by the organizer to suit the needs of the tournament.

• If you are placed below the opponent and win, you will take the opponents place in the the ladder.
• If the opponent loses and are placed below the challenger, the opponent will drop down one place.
• If you are placed above the opponent and win, you will stay in the same place.
• A draw will not change the positions in the ladder.

How do you score?

In a ladder challenge you play a padel match for 3 sets.

• A set is won when one team has won 6 games and is at least 2 games ahead.
• If the set is 5-5, two more game have to be played.
• If the set is 6-6, a tiebreaker is played to 7 points.

How does ladder challenge work?

A challenge is a match between two teams in the ladder.

• The challenge is initiated by the challenger and the opponent has to to accept or decline the challenge before the suggested date has passed.
• Challenge must containt at least two date suggestions for the opponent to choose from.
• If the suggested date is not suitable, the opponent can suggest a new date and time.
• If the opponent accepts the challenge, a match will be played on the suggested date.
• If the opponent fails to respond in time, the challenger will automatically win the match by walkover, unless the opponent has rescheduled the match and the challenger has not accepted in time.

How to organize a ladder tournament?

Setting up a ladder tournament is easy. Follow the points below to get started.

• Teams are set up by the members themselves.
• Members will have to to request other members to team up to join ladder.
• Once the period for the ladder has started, members can challenge each other to matches.
• When the period ends, the organizer mark the ladder as finished and the player at the top of the ladder is declared the winner.