A bracket of 3 teams or fewer will be combined with another bracket.
A bracket of 4-7 teams; after round robin play; the TOP 2 teams will play in a gold medal match (1 game to 15 win by 2) and teams 3 and 4 will play for bronze (1 game to 15 win by 2).
A bracket of 8-14 teams; 2 pools; the TOP 2 teams from each pool will advance to the playoffs and play 2 more matches.
A bracket of 15 teams or more; 3 pools; the TOP 2 teams from each pool will advance to a single elimination playoff. When 3 teams are left in the single elimination playoff, we will utilize USA Pickleball's tie-breaker rule for seedings.