CALIFORNIA State Championship The Dink Minor League Pickleball Hosted by 40by30 Champions
Registration closed
Ended October 29, 2025
Address
Fountain Valley Tennis & Pickleball Center
16400 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708, United States of America
Events
Format: The Dink Minor League Pickleball
Price: $95.00 / Player (must register and pay as a team)
Description
40 by 30 Champions Pickleball has teamed up with The Dink, Minor League Pickleball, and the LA Mad Drops MLP Team to host the California State Championship!
This is a Dream Ticket event — meaning every winning team earns an automatic spot at MiLP Nationals this December 2025. 🎟️🔥
And here’s the best part — all winners from every age group and division will represent the LA Mad Drops at Nationals! 💥
FORMAT
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.
Format Structure
3 Teams - Double round robin- No play-off top 3 teams metal
4 Teams - Double round robin- No play-off top 3 teams metal
5 Teams - Single round robin- with play-off- Top 2 play for 1 and 2nd, others play for 3rd & 4th. 5th place team goes home.
6 Teams - 3 matches of pool play- top 4 team semi and finals play off
7 Teams- NO 7 team brackets. Last team in will be dropped or moved to a different division. Full refund
8 Teams are divided into 2 pools of four teams- the top two teams from each pool advance to the semi-finals and play in a single elimination round to the finals. This is the ideal bracket for this format.
10 Teams - 2 pools of 5 teams with play-off- Top 2 play for 1 and 2nd, others play for 3rd & 4th
12 Teams are divided into 3 pools of four teams- the top two teams from each pool advance to the semi-finals and play in a single elimination round to the finals and the best 2 teams have a bye into the semi. This is the ideal bracket for this format.
To sign up, a DUPR account is required at the time of registration. Non-rated players can play, however, their estimated rating will be verified by the tournament director, All players must join the 40by30 Champions club on DUPR Please click https://dashboard.dupr.com/dashboard/browse/clubs/7276318016
Read about Minor League Nationals 👉 https://www.dupr.com/post/the-2025-dink-minor-league-pickleball-national-championship-where-the-best-amateur-players-in-the-world-compete
Player Registration:
PLAYERS USE NAME AS LISTED ON YOUR DUPR ACCOUNT- Teams are not confirmed until all 4 players are paid in full- Captains may sign up the team- The first team on the waitlist, is next in!
When adding your DUPR to registration use the complete rating I.e use 4.677 or 3.452
Cancellation Deadline: To receive a refund less $8, cancellation must be received by the end of the day Oct 15, 2025.
Substitute Players: A team that needs a player substitute must submit the substitute to the tournament director. The substitute player’s DUPR may not cause the established team’s aggregate to go over the max event’s aggregate.
Single Registrations: If you want to play in the Team event but cannot form a team, the tournament director will do their best to place you on a team. For players that are not placed, thus not playing the event, their registration fees will be refunded less $8.
Heads up Miles Park “ Agape Pickleball” is getting 16 permanent Courts and brand new resurfacing on all of them. We will be the first event on the new courts.
Divisions and Schedule:
Saturday Nov 1st, 50+ Divisions - Check in 8am- Hard Start 9am
Sunday Nov 2nd, Open Age Divisions Check in 8am- Hard Start 9am
🏓UPA-A and USAPA APPROVED PADDLES ONLY.
🎾 Official Ball- Gen 2 VPRO FLIGHT by Vulcan
📸 Media and Photography by Bapu @ Madhumedia https://www.instagram.com/madhumediafilms?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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Rules
DUPR 20 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 20.99)
DUPR 18 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 18.30)
**Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 5.10 to play in DUPR 18
DUPR 16 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 16.30)
**Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.60 to play in DUPR 16
DUPR 14 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 14.30)
**Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.10 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
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.
To sign up for any Minor League event, a DUPR account is required at the time of registration. Not rated players can play; however, their estimated rating will be verified by the tournament director.
Single Registrations
If you are registering as a single registration but are already part of a team, please notate Team Name AND the DUPR Division. For example, “Mad Drops – 18.”
If you want to play in the Minor League event but are unable to form a team, the tournament director will do their best to place you on a team. For players that are not placed, thus not playing the event, their registration fees will be refunded.
Substitute Players
A team that needs a player substitute can either edit their team by signing into Swish and making the edits themselves or a player may submit the player substitute information directly to the tournament organizer. Substitute player’s DUPR may not cause the established team’s aggregate to go over max event’s aggregate.
For the full Minor League Pickleball rules: https://www.dupr.com/minorleague/rules
All players need to download swish app and connect your DUPR Accounts watch these videos for help, we will set QR join codes Friday night .
Pre - tournament app set up
https://youtu.be/d6SnmddH-A0?si=f3ck3KRsh1HUsy6j
Join Event code -
https://youtu.be/nE7ij7tmRAk?si=JKFYtkqDnJsd7i_W
Team format
https://youtu.be/RJktYtSBXhk?si=IVEUCyE9emvmWhM1
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Cancellation Deadline:
To receive a refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee, cancellation must be received by the end of day 15 days prior to the Minor League Pickleball event start date.
Example: Event start date is June 15, 2024. Cancellation must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, June 1, 2024. After June 1, 2024, no refunds will be issued.
Individual Registration Refund Policy:
Individual Registrations are not guaranteed placement in a team. Players that sign up as a single player (Individual Registration) with no team and are not placed in a team, will receive a full refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee 3-5 business days after the event ends.
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