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City vs. City · Home Court Pride · Community Celebration

Bring your crew. Rep your home court.
How does your city stack up?

City Showdown™: Hawaiʻi's first city-vs-city team pickleball tournament.

November 20
Friday Night Experience
November 21
Tournament Day
Pickles at Forté · DOHO
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Not a Typical Tournament

Same courts.
A completely different weekend.

There's a tournament almost every weekend. There's only one City Showdown™.

Typical Tournament
  • Register solo or find a partner
  • Enter a bracket
  • Play
  • Compete for medals
  • Go home
City Showdown™
  • Build a team of four to six players
  • Represent your home court
  • Compete for the Home Court Celebration — a mini picnic for your crew plus 10 pickleball friends from your home court
  • Celebrate with the Hawaiʻi pickleball community
  • Leave with more pickleball friends than you walked in with
More Than A Bracket

Play for pride.
Celebrate for real.

Friday night isn't a warmup. It's the opening ceremony — teams walk the red carpet onto the stage, introduced city by city, uniforms on, cameras out. From there the night opens up: mixer games on the courts, a curated bar keeping the room moving, and raffle drawings and giveaways running all night long.

A portion of proceeds benefits the YMCA of Honolulu.

Who Can Play

Four divisions.
You don't have to be ranked to belong here.

Division · 8 Teams
Advanced Beginner
50+
Skill Cap: 3.4
Division · 8 Teams
Intermediate
50+
Skill Cap: 4.0
Division · 8 Teams
Advanced Beginner
Under 50
Skill Cap: 3.4
Division · 8 Teams
Intermediate
Under 50
Skill Cap: 4.0

This isn't just for the players who already have a trophy shelf. If you're an advanced beginner or intermediate player who takes your game seriously and loves your home court crew, you've got a place at City Showdown™.

In a Nutshell

Build your team.
Represent your city.

  • Two women
  • Two men
  • One captain
  • One team name
  • One uniform

Rosters run 4–6 players — two women and two men at the core, with room to add up to two more. Early bird: $100/player. Regular registration: $125/player.

Match Order

Every match runs the same sequence — women's doubles, men's doubles, then mixed. Three games per match, every team guaranteed 9 games.

Women's Doubles
Men's Doubles
Mixed Doubles

The top 4 teams in each division advance to bronze and gold medal matches — up to 12 games for a shot at the championship.

The Weekend

Two days. One unforgettable weekend
that follows you home.

Friday · November 20
The Experience

Think gala, block party, and homecoming — rolled into one night.

Community Night · Open to All
  • Teams walk the red carpet
  • Opening ceremony
  • Community celebration
  • DJ, raffles, vendor village, The Third Shot Bar (a curated bar), plus mixer games
Saturday · November 21
The Tournament

Your crew. Your home court. Real stakes on the line.

City vs. City · Four Divisions
  • Team competition, city vs. city
  • Women's, men's, and mixed doubles
  • Championship finals
  • Home-court celebration prize for the winning team
  • Awards ceremony
Start Building Your Team Now

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Team-building starts now.

Start filling your roster now. Registration opens early August, and the captains who start early are the ones ready to go the moment it does.

Choose a captain
Identify two women and two men
Confirm your division
Choose a team name
Start thinking about uniforms
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