playoffs

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A. Playoff Start Date:

Playoffs are held immediately after the completion of the regular season.

B. Opt-in Requirement:

Opting-In: All players/teams must "confirm their availability" to be included in the end of season playoff. Click on the link at the bottom of your schedule to confirm your availability for the playoffs. To be included in the playoffs you must confirm your availability before the end of the season. Please be aware that travel distances to playoff matches can be considerably further than regular season matches.

C. Playoff Qualifications:

Click here to read Playoff Qualifications.

D. Seeding Method:

Click here to read the Playoff Seeding method.

E. Playoff Notification:

At the conclusion of the season all qualifying players/teams will receive an email notifying them their playoff schedule is available.

F. Accessing the Draw:

Accessing your playoff schedule: Players who qualify for the playoffs, will see a new Playoff match at the bottom of your schedule. The highest seeded player/team will be the "home" player/team and provides the balls. Make sure you play and enter your score by midnight of the “deadline” date.

G. Playoff Match Scheduling:

Scheduling a playoff round: Each player/team must offer 2 dates to play in each playoff round, or agree to a date offered by the opponents - the same rules apply as in the regular season, HOWEVER during the playoffs the "deadline date" date can be used as one of your two offered days to play the playoff round. Due to limited days to play each round, weekend dates are valid to offer in all leagues.

H. Solving scheduling issues:

If a player/team cannot offer 2 dates to play the playoff round and cannot agree to any of the 2 dates offered by the opponents, the team forfeits the match. A team that has not offered 2 dates to play cannot force the playoff match to be played at the default time. If neither team has offered 2 dates to play the match and cannot agree to a date to play, the match is scheduled at the “default time” which is the last day of each playoff round.

I. Default Times:

Default times for the “deadline” date are the last day of each playoff round at the times shown below.

• Weekday Women: Start time: 11 am

• Business Women, Men and Mixed Doubles: Start time: 7 pm

J. Accessing Your Next Round Opponent

After entering a winning match, your next playoff match will appear on your schedule AS SOON AS YOUR OPPONENT IS DETERMINED. If it is not shown initially, please check back frequently to see if your next match has been determined.

K. Playoff Match Deadlines

Deadline dates and default times for each round are listed at the bottom of your schedule page and the playoff draw.

L. Locating the Playoff Draw

The full playoff draw for your league and level can be accessed by clicking on the playoff tab (next to the league standing tab), after the playoffs begin.

M. Forfeiting Matches and Suspension

The following may result in league league suspension: - Player/Teams that enter the playoff knowing they will be unable to complete the entire tournament. - Player/Teams that reach the city finals and forfeit the match.