This is Minor League Pickleball

Minor League PIckleball is an innovative team competition where teams of 4 players (2 women and 2 men) compete against each other in an engaging format, with twists on traditional match-ups and scoring for games, matches, and tiebreakers. Teams compete against each other in Matches using the MLPlay™ format:

MLPlay™ is an ingenious gameplay format that brings men and women together on a level playing court. In the MLPlay™ format team matches are composed of four 21-point games, one women’s doubles, a men’s doubles, and the final two games consisting of mixed doubles.

If both teams are tied at 2-2 after the 4 games are played, they’ll go to a Dreambreaker™! In a Dreambreaker™ one person from each team plays singles against the other team’s player, switching players every four rallies until someone gets to 21 and wins by two points.

Teams play in a round robin pool, with guaranteed matches. Top teams square off in a bracket playoff. 

To sign up for any Minor League event, a DUPR account is required at the time of registration.

DUPR 20 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 20.999).

DUPR 18 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 18.300)

DUPR 16 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 16.300)

DUPR 14 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 14.300)
**Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 14

DUPR 12 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 12.30)
**Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.60 to play in DUPR 12

*DUPR 12 and 22 is available in specific markets and special events. 

Once a team registers for a Minor League Pickleball event, their ratings are “locked” and their DUPR increasing or decreasing will not impact the team’s aggregate or division placement. 

The 2024 National Pathway will be announced soon! 

2023 Pathway:
A point system will be implemented where top-performing teams qualify for Nationals Top 12-16 teams per division.

If a tie, those teams will be placed into a lottery to be drawn.

Special situations

If a qualifying team cannot make it to Nationals, the team with the following highest points in that region will be selected.

One player can play in multiple teams but can only qualify for one team in Nationals.

At least two players from qualifying teams must be able to play Nationals.

We understand that individual DUPR ratings will change; however, players can play for the division they qualified for.

MiLP Rules & Policies Guide