The 2024 National Pathway encourages players to participate in multiple The DInk Minor League events throughout the qualifying season (November 25, 2023 through October 14, 2024) to earn points to then qualify for the 2024 The Dink Minor League Pickleball National Championship taking place December 13-15, 2024 in Fenton, MO.

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National Pathway and Leaderboard

Each DUPR Division has its own National Leaderboard. Each individual player’s points are accumulated based on their team’s performance at official The Dink Minor League Pickleball events.

How to Qualify and Get on the Leaderboard

There are two ways to qualify for The Dink MiLP National Championship:

1. Local The Dink MiLP Events
2. The Dink MiLP Regional Showdowns

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National Pathway #1: Local The Dink MiLP Events

Local The Dink MiLP Events are hosted all across the USA.

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The National Leaderboard keeps track of the points of every individual in each division. Top players from the leaderboard will receive an invitation to the National Championship.

• Players play as a team but earn points towards Nationals as an individual.

• For example, if a DUPR division has 8 teams, the 1st place team members will receive 8 points each, the 2nd place team members will receive 7 points each, the 3rd place team members will receive 6 points each and so on through last place. Members of the last place team will each receive 1 point each. 
  • At all The Dink MiLP local events, the 1st place team members will receive at least a minimum of 4 points each. The maximum will be based on the total number of teams. 
  • If you play multiple divisions within the 2024 season, your points stay within each division. 

• Once a player qualifies for Nationals, the player is then tasked with forming a team. The team can be made up of teammates from the 2024 season or any players who have played in any official The Dink Minor League events from the qualifying season.
• A player can participate in multiple teams throughout the season, but can only compete in one team at the National Championship.
• The team will be placed into the appropriate DUPR division based on their total team aggregate at the time of registration. Once a team registers for Nationals, their ratings are “locked” and their DUPR increasing or decreasing will not impact the team’s aggregate or division placement.
  
  

National Pathway #2: The Dink MiLP Regional Showdowns

The Dink MiLP organizers will be hosting a total of 7 tournaments in different regions of the USA. 

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These Regional Showdowns will include 12 to 16 teams per division. At each event, the 1st place teams from each division will receive a Dream Ticket to the National Championship.

• All Regional Showdown players will earn points towards their respective DUPR Divisions on the National Leaderboard (including the 1st place team). 
• A team that earns a Dream Ticket to the National Championship will compete in the division in which they qualified regardless of their DUPR aggregate at registration as long as the entire team is intact (all 4 players stay the same). If any players of the team are substituted, the team will be placed in the appropriate aggregate at the time of registration. 
• If a team that received a Dream Ticket cannot attend the National Championship with all 4 of its original teammates, they can choose to replace up to 2 teammates with players who have competed in The Dink MiLP events during the 2024 qualifying season.
• If a 1st place team cannot attend Nationals with at least 2 of its original Regionals’ teammates, the 2nd place team will be offered their Dream Ticket to Nationals.

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Sign up now for a The Dink Minor League Pickleball event to get your name and points on the National Leaderboard and earn your spot at The Dink MiLP’s pinnacle event, The Dink Minor League Pickleball National Championship 2024. 

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To learn more about The Dink Minor League Pickleball, visit our website. To explore highlights from the 2023 MiLP National Championship, view our blog post. 

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