ROUND 01
Round Robin
Four groups, team vs. team. Standings seed the knockouts.
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B
C
D
VOL. 01 · ISSUE 01A field guide to tournament tech.CHH. SAMBHAJINAGAR · IND
CASE STUDY 01 · SKY CITY S1416 players,
416 players,
one tournament,
India Book of Records.
Sky City Pickleball Premier League — the largest pickleball tournament ever staged inside a gated community in India. Three rounds, three days, zero downtime. Powered end-to-end by Yoiden.
RECORD · CERTIFIED MAY 2025
The format that
broke the record.
416
Players
3
Days
01
Record
Image ·The final, Sky City Pickleball Premier League, Season 01.
★ INDIA BOOK ★
of Records
SKY CITY · 2025
THE PROOFThe largest pickleball
The largest pickleball
tournament ever staged
inside a gated community.
416
Players
3
Days
3
Rounds
01
Record
THE FORMATThree rounds.
Three rounds.
Zero downtime.
ROUND 02
Quarter Finals
Top eight advance. Single-elimination across two courts. Losers drop to the eliminator path.
QF 1
QF 2
QF 3
QF 4
ROUND 03
Eliminator · Q2 · Final
IPL-style playoffs — two paths to the trophy. One winner.
ELIM
→
Q2
→
FINAL
THE WEEKEND
Three days, in photographs.
WHAT YOIDEN DID
Software, not spreadsheets.
01
Captain Portal
Captains uploaded tie-sheets, set lineups, posted subs live.
02
Live Score Updates
Courtside score entry. Real-time leaderboards, push to every player and spectator.
03
Fantasy League
Daily fantasy lineups for crowd and players. Engagement that lasted all three days.
04
Bracket Engine
All three formats — Round Robin, QF, Eliminator/Q2/Final — one engine, zero manual brackets.
05
OBS Broadcast Layer
Live stats and scores piped onto the broadcast. Looked televised, not stitched together.
THE RECORD
“The largest pickleball
tournament ever staged
inside a gated community
in India.”
India Book of Records · 2025