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What is Premier?

Premier is an exclusive division within the Spikeball Tour Series for the top 1% of roundnet players. Players can earn Premier when finishing in top spots at Spikeball Tour Series events. The Premier Division elevates the development of roundnet, allowing us to showcase the best athletes and providing beginner and intermediate players a goal to aspire to.

How do I earn Premier?

  • Top 3 non-premier teams in Contender division at Challengers, top 6 non-premier teams at Majors, and top 8 non-premier teams at The Spikeball Championship.
    • Minimum Team Count - If there are 8 - 19 teams in the Contender division only 1 team will earn Premier. There must be 20+ teams in Contender for 3 teams to earn Premier at a Challenger, 6 to earn Premier at a Major, and 8 to earn Premier at the Championship.  
  • Players cannot earn premier with a current premier player.
    • Exception: In EU Challengers where there is a Gold Division (EURA selective division of top players), non-premier teams/players will earn premier if they meet the requalification guidelines (ie earn top 50% bracket seed or win a match in a full round of bracket).
    • Exception: Players cannot qualify for premier with a player that has "Gold Status" by the EURA.

Who is Currently Premier?

Premier Athletes 2023

Premier players can play in the two highest skilled divisions offered & in any non skill based division (it High School/Youth) as long as they meet the age requirements.

How do I requalify for Premier?

  • At Challengers and Majors, earn a bracket seed in the top 50% or win a match in the first full round of bracket play (ie a round with no byes).
    • If there are 33 teams, the top 16 seeded teams after pool play will requalify. Teams 17 - 33 can requalify by winning a match in the round of 32.
  • At the Championship, qualify for the Pro Division or in the Premier division earn a bracket seed in the top 50% or win a match in the first full round of bracket play.
  • All players that earn or re-qualify for Premier in 2023 retain Premier status through 2024.
  • All players who participated in the Open Pro Division at Nationals/the Championship will retain Premier status for two years following their participation.

What are the restrictions?

  • Premier qualified players are not allowed to play in divisions below 4.5
  • When a Premier division is present
    • Premier qualified teams are not allowed to play below 5.0
    • A Premier qualified player can play 4.5 if they:
      • Did not compete in any 2022 Pro Division
  • If a Premier player competes in 4.5 and gets top two they a restricted from playing 4.5

Premier Format + Info

Seeding

  • Points from a previous season are worth 50% of their value in the following season. Points last for one season after they are earned. All points earned in the 2022 season are worth 50% in 2023 season.

    • Points are awarded to each player.
    • Seeding takes the sum of top 3 individual points from 2022 season (50% original value) or 2023 season (100%).

Pool Play

Majors

  • Teams snake seeded into pools based on points
  • Two-game matches, cap at 25

Challengers

  • To be determined by Challenger hosts.

Bracket Play

Majors

  • Based on the number of teams in the division, the top teams (as determined by the sum of player points) will be snake seeded into power pools
    • 9 - 23 Teams = 1 power pool, 4 teams
    • 24 - 43 Teams = 2 power pools, 4 teams each (8 teams)
    • 44 - 63 Teams = 3 power pools, 4 teams each (12 teams)
    • 64+ Teams = 4 power pools, 4 teams each (16 teams)
  • Teams within the power pool will earn the top seeds and are guaranteed a spot in the Premier Gold bracket.
    • For example, if there are two power pools, those teams will earn seeds 1 - 8.
    • Teams will be ranked by game losses (low to high), head to head, point differential ratio (high to low). This is standard seeding, not slotted.
  • The top two teams from each regular pool will qualify for Premier Gold bracket - seeded by pool play performance - game losses (low to high), head to head, point differential ratio (high to low). This is standard seeding, not slotted.
    • If more than 32 teams would qualify for A bracket then the single top seed from each regular pool will advance and the rest of the seeds (up to 32) are filled from across the pools.
    • If 2 or less pools, no bracket split.  
  • Teams not qualifying for Premier Gold bracket will play out in Premier Silver bracket, seeded by pool play performance - losses (low to high), head to head, point differential ratio (high to low). This is standard seeding, not slotted.
  • Bracket is single elimination, best of 3 matches, games to 21.
  • One round of consolation counts for points.

Challengers

To be determined by Challenger hosts.

Projected Schedule

Majors

Saturday

Pool Play: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Round of 32: 1:30 PM

Round of 16: 2:45 PM

Round of 8: 4:00 PM

Semis: 5:15pm

Finals: 6:30pm

*times are estimated, listen to annoucements at each event

Challengers

To be determined by Challenger hosts.

Team Points

Position Challenger Challenger Challenger Challenger Major Championship
  < 8 Teams 8 - 16 Teams 17 -32 Teams 33+ Teams    

1

 150 300 500 600 1100 1600
2 90 180 300 360 660 960
3 57 114 190 228 418 608
4 40.5 81 135 162 297 432
5 33 66 110 132 242 352
6 30 60 100 120 220 320
7 27 54 90 108 198 288
8 25.5 51 85 102 187 272
9 24 48 80 96 176 256
10 22.5 45 75 90 165 240
11 21 42 70 84 154 224
12 19.5 39 65 78 143 208
13 18 36 60 72 132 192
14 17.1 34.2 57 68.4 125.4 182.4
15 16.5 33 55 66 121 176
16 15.9 31.8 53 63.6 116.6 169.6
17 15.3 30.6 51 61.2 112.2 163.2
18 14.7 29.4 49 58.8 107.8 156.8
19 14.1 28.2 47 56.4 103.4 150.4
20 13.5 27 45 54 99 144
21 12.9 25.8 43 51.6 94.6 137.6
22 12.3 24.6 41 49.2 90.2 131.2
23 11.7 23.4 39 46.8 85.8 124.8
24 11.1 22.2 37 44.4 81.4 118.4
25 10.65 21.3 35.5 42.6 78.1 113.6
26 10.2 20.4 34 40.8 74.8 108.8
27 9.75 19.5 32.5 39 71.5 104
28 9.3 18.6 31 37.2 68.2 99.2
29 8.85 17.7 29.5 35.4 64.9 94.4
30 8.4 16.8 28 33.6 61.6 89.6
31 7.95 15.9 26.5 31.8 58.3 84.8
32 7.5 15 25 30 55 80

*Some tournaments may not field the 8 Premier teams needed to hold the division. If so, teams will earn points of a lower value.

Prizes
2023 Prizes
Open Pro Division at Spikeball Championship

16-team division. The top 3 teams at each Major will receive an auto bid for the Pro Division. The rest of the spots are given to teams based on the sum of top 3 team points from the 2023 season.

Tiebreakers

  1. (if applicable) Head to head bracket play record from 2023 Challengers and Majors
  2. Record from 2023 Challengers and Majors against (same) teams that have earned Pro Auto Bids (doesn't matter whether or not they accepted them)
  3. Most points earned from a single event
  4. (if applicable) Highest finish at 4th event. Keep extending if necessary.  
Women's Pro Division at Spikeball Championship

12-team division. The top 2 teams at each Major will receive an auto bid for the Pro Division. The rest of the spots are given to teams based on the sum of top 3 team points from the 2023 season. Point scale determined using chart above with number of teams in Women's Advanced for Challenger events.

Tiebreakers

  1. (if applicable) Head to head bracket play record from 2023 Challengers and Majors
  2. Record from 2023 Challengers and Majors against (same) teams that have earned Pro Auto Bids (doesn't matter whether or not they accepted them)
  3. Most points earned from a single event
  4. (if applicable) Highest finish at 4th event. Keep extending if necessary.  
Mixed Pro Division at Spikeball Championship

8-team division. The spots are given to teams based on the sum of top 3 team points from the 2023 season. Point scale determined using chart above with the number of teams in Mixed Advanced for Challenger events.

Tiebreakers

  1. (if applicable) Head to head bracket play record from 2023 Challengers and Majors
  2. Record from 2023 Challengers and Majors against (same) teams that have earned Pro Auto Bids (doesn't matter whether or not they accepted them)
  3. Most points earned from a single event
  4. (if applicable) Highest finish at 4th event. Keep extending if necessary.  
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