Team Americano: a round-robin for fixed padel pairs

What is a Team Americano?

It's an Americano for people who already have a padel partner. Instead of rotating partners, pairs stay together and the rotation happens between teams: every team plays every other team once, like a league table played in one evening.

It suits club leagues, company events, and any group where pairs train together and want to find out who's best — without the sudden death of a knockout. Every team plays the same number of matches, whatever their results.

How the rules work

1. Form the pairs before play. Pick partners yourselves, or draw the rest at random.
2. Play a round-robin. Each round, teams are matched against a team they haven't played yet. With N teams that takes N − 1 rounds.
3. Score every rally. Each match is a fixed total of points, with no games or sets — exactly as in an Americano.
4. Points go to the team. A 19–13 win adds 19 to your team's total and 13 to your opponents'.
5. Most points wins. The standings list teams, not individual players.

How many teams and courts you need

Two teams fill a court, so you need one court for every two teams. With an odd number of teams, one team rests each round and the round-robin takes one round longer — every team still sits out exactly once.

Short of courts? Teams take turns sitting out, and the event runs longer. For four teams, 32-point matches fill an hour nicely; past eight teams, drop to 16 or 21 points.

Who wins, and tie-breaks

The team with the most points wins, then point difference, then matches won. Ranking on points rather than wins rewards close losses: a team that loses three matches 15–17 can finish above a team that won one 20–12 and was thrashed in the others.

When to choose Team Americano

• Pairs already exist — league partners, couples, colleagues — and want to play together.
• You want everyone to play the same amount. Nobody is knocked out early.
• You'd rather rotate partners for a social night? Use an Americano or Mexicano.
• You want a champion and a final? Use a knockout, optionally with round-robin groups first.

Run a Team Americano with BAYmericano

1. Create the event and pick Team Americano as the format, then set the date, start time and courts.
2. Share the invite link in the group chat. Players add themselves; anyone past the courts' capacity goes on a waitlist.
3. Pair up the players — tap two names to make a team, or let the app pair the rest at random — and generate the round-robin.
4. Enter scores on the court card — tap a pair, pick their points, and the standings update straight away. Put the club screen on a TV so everyone can follow.

It's free, runs in the browser, and nobody needs an account to join. Start a tournament →

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