Guide
The champion of champions padel format
In short
In a champion of champions, everyone is drawn into small leagues and partners everyone in their own league once. When the leagues are played, the top two of each league team up as a pair and the pairs play a knockout to a final. For a club, it suits a first season or a new intake of members, when nobody knows yet who belongs where, and it ends with a finals night.
How it works
- Drawn into leagues. Everybody is drawn into 2, 4, 8 or 16 small leagues, at random or by level.
- A new partner each week. Inside your league you partner each of the others once. Your points are yours, so the table is per person.
- The top two pair up. When a league is played, first and second team up as a pair. The table picks them, nobody has to.
- The pairs knock out. The pairs play a knockout. Two leagues make two pairs, so they go straight to one final; four leagues give semi finals and a final; eight give quarter finals.
Why it works for a first season
A new group rarely knows who is strong. Rotating partners means nobody is stuck with a mismatched pair, everyone plays with and against most of their league, and the table sorts people by what actually happened. The knockout at the end gives the season a finals night.
How many players
Sixteen to thirty two players is a comfortable size. Leagues of about eight give seven matchdays each before the knockout.
Things to decide first
- Random or by level. Seeding by level puts the strongest together, which makes each league closer but the knockout more predictable.
- Tie-breakers for the table, since two players can finish level on points. See league tables and tie-breakers.
- The knockout dates, one round at a time, and whether the final is a club night.
How Padeliga does it
Champion of champions is one of Padeliga’s five styles. Staff pick the number of leagues; members are drawn into them at random, or by Playtomic level if the league asks for one. Partners rotate automatically inside each league, the table picks the top two, and the knockout draws itself from the tables, round by round, as each result is confirmed. Members join on their own from the poster, and staff follow every league and the knockout on one screen in the club console.
Questions
What is a champion of champions in padel?
Small leagues with rotating partners, then the top two of each league pair up and the pairs play a knockout to a final.
When should a club run a champion of champions?
For a first season, a new intake of members or a group that has not played together, because rotating partners sort people out fairly and the knockout gives the club a finals night.
How many leagues do you need?
Two, four, eight or sixteen, so the knockout has a whole number of rounds. Two leagues go straight to a final.
Is it fair to pair the top two?
It rewards the two people who did best in each league. If you want even pairs, run a social league with a finals ending instead.
Run your club’s leagues in Padeliga
Members join from a code or the QR poster, agree times in the app and confirm each other’s scores, and the table updates itself. Staff see every league on one screen. Clubs get a free 90-day trial, members never pay, and leagues of 16 or fewer are free.