The rules
of the riot.

Racket Riot is a squad-based padel championship. Each squad registers a balanced 10-player roster, competes in a full round-robin group qualifier, and aims to finish inside the Top 6 General Standings to reach Championship Playoff Day.

Format used this edition: Option A.

Each squad registers exactly 10 players: 5 men's players and 5 women's players. Player ratings are used only as a roster-balancing mechanism; there are no Beginner, Bronze, Silver, or Open match categories.

• A squad must satisfy all three rating limits simultaneously.
• Captains may distribute strength across the roster as long as the official rating cap is respected.
• The official roster and ratings must be approved before competition begins.

Every Squad Tie consists of five Category Matches. A player may be used only once in the same Squad Tie, so all 5 men's players and all 5 women's players are used exactly once.

Before every Squad Tie, both captains submit all five pairings privately. Submission is FULL BLIND. Once both complete lineups are received, the lineup is locked for that Squad Tie.

• Coin-toss winner chooses the first category without seeing the opponent pairing.
• Only the selected category is revealed.
• After each Category Match, the losing squad chooses the next unplayed category.
• The final remaining category automatically becomes Match #5.
• Category selection changes order only; it never permits a lineup change.

Championship Points (CP) are season points used only for pre-tournament seeding and the group draw. They do not carry into the current event's Tournament Points or playoff ranking.

For a 12-squad edition, newly added squads are seeded into the remaining positions using organizer-approved CP / roster-strength placement before the draw.

• Each Category Match is Race to 4 games.
• Golden Point applies at deuce.
• At 3-3 games, NO tiebreak is played. One additional deciding Golden Game is played; its winner takes the Category Match 4-3.
• The Golden Game uses normal game scoring with Golden Point at deuce.
• Official scheduling allocation: 25 minutes per Category Match, including normal turnover / buffer time.
• All five Category Matches are mandatory in the Group Stage, even when the Squad Tie winner has already been decided.

Tournament Points apply only to the current event. Standings use P, W, L, GF, GA, +/-, Pts, BP, and Total Points.

• Men's Double category standings combine MD1 + MD2.
• Women's Double category standings combine WD1 + WD2.
• Mixed Double is tracked separately.
• After Day 2, both groups are combined into one General Standings table.
• Option A ranks #1–#10. Option B ranks #1–#12. The Top 6 qualify for Day 3.
• Best Category award: the top squad of each category (Men's Double, Women's Double, Mixed Double) in each group (or pool) earns the category award — 3 winners per group.

• Seeds #1 and #2 receive a direct bye to the Semifinal.
• A same-group rematch is avoided in the Quarterfinal whenever a valid alternative exists without removing the #1/#2 semifinal protection.
• Group protection ends after the Quarterfinal.

All five Category Matches remain official in the playoff because each Category Match carries a category result and may carry a category reward.

• Once a squad has mathematically secured the Squad Tie by winning three Category Matches, it may voluntarily forfeit one or both remaining Category Matches for recovery.
• The opposing squad receives the unplayed Category Match win and its associated category reward.
• No clean-sweep bonus is awarded for a voluntary forfeit.
• The declaration must be made before the relevant Category Match is called.
• Grand Final: voluntary rest forfeiture is not allowed; all five Category Matches are mandatory.

The Day 3 schedule is the same for every format because each advances exactly six squads. Court 3 is primarily used for warm-up, recovery, and operational holding.

The Grand Final is played on one Centre Court so spectators, production, sponsors, MC, scoring, and media can focus on each category in sequence. Full Blind Submission, Lineup Lock, Progressive Category Reveal, and Dynamic Match Order remain in effect.

• Each Grand Final Category Match is Best of 3 sets.
• Each set is Race to 6 games.
• At 5-5 games, play continues with regular games; there is no 5-5 tiebreak in the Grand Final.
• At 6-6 games, a standard set tiebreak is played to decide the set.
• The Grand Final uses the Premier Padel / FIP Star Point scoring system inside each game.
• No Super Tiebreak replaces the third set: if sets are 1-1, a full third Race-to-6 set is played.
• All five Grand Final Category Matches are mandatory.

Championship Decider: if the Grand Final Squad Tie is 2-2 after four Category Matches, the fifth remaining category is the Championship Decider. Its format does not change: Best of 3 Race-to-6 sets with Star Point scoring.

All squads, captains, and players are expected to uphold fair play and respect opponents, officials, spectators, and event operations. The Tournament Director may issue operational clarifications required to protect safety, fairness, and schedule integrity. Any clarification must be applied consistently to all affected squads.

This participant-share rulebook reflects the current competition format. Final prize amounts, venue instructions, check-in deadlines, roster deadlines, sponsor obligations, and other administrative details may be communicated separately.