DUPR Unveils Its Fall Semester Collegiate Pickleball Regionals Schedule
Students are back on campuses across the country, which can only mean one thing.
Collegiate pickleball is back!
The five DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating) presented by Delaware Life Collegiate Super Regionals of the 2024 season are fast approaching.
Each of these tournaments provide four bids to the Collegiate National Championship along with scholarship money for the top teams.
Florida Super Regional
September 21st-22nd - The Pickleball Club, Port St. Lucie, FL
Virginia Beach Super Regional
September 28th-29th - MLP Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA
Nevada Super Regional
October 5th-6th - Green Valley Life Time, Las Vegas, NV
Texas Super Regional
October 12th-13th - PALA Pickleball, Houston, TX
Arizona Super Regional
October 19th-20th - The Picklr, Scottsdale, AZ
Campus Regionals
In addition to Super Regionals, DUPR also has Campus Regionals that feed into the Collegiate National Championship. These events are run by schools and facilities using the DUPR Collegiate Pickleball format.
- The Pickleball Club Campus Regional - August 25th
- UW-Eau Claire Campus Regional - September 21st
- Villanova Campus Regional - September 21st
- Purdue Campus Regional - October 12th
Links to contact the tournament director for each of the Campus Regionals are available on our college website.
2024 Collegiate National Championship
This fall semester also brings us the third annual Collegiate National Championship. With 64 schools and 600+ players expected, it will surpass the 2023 Nationals as the largest collegiate pickleball tournament ever.
The schedule:
- Friday 11/1 - 16 Groups of 4, 3 Rounds of Group Play
- Saturday 11/2 - 64 Team Single Elimination Bracket Starts, Rounds of 64, 32, 16, and 8
- Sunday 11/3 - Semifinals and Finals
How Bids Are Handed Out
Here is the breakdown of how the 64 bids to Nationals will be given out:
- 36 bids from Super Regionals (9 Super Regionals with 4 bids each)
- 16 bids from Campus Regionals (16 Campus Regionals with 1 bid each)
- 12 wild card bids
The Dink Media Team
Any school that has attended at least one Super Regional or Campus Regional is eligible for a wild card bid. The primary factors DUPR will look at to award wild card bids are the number of events attended and number of players brought to the event. Secondary factors are the average DUPR of the starting team and the number of players in the DUPR Digital Club.
A bid is required to be one of the 64 teams at Nationals. However, schools without a bid can still bring players to compete in the challenger bracket at Nationals. The challenger bracket will run Friday-Sunday alongside the main team bracket.
Find out more on DUPR Collegiate Pickleball at dupr.com/collegiate.
