Kings & Queens of the Court

Tournament Details

Kings/Queens of the Court is a different way to play beach volleyball. Instead of two teams competing against each other, there are five teams on court! The court is divided into a king's or queen's side and a challenger side. Playing one point at a time, it's a knockout race that makes every rally count!

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Playing Rules

• Blind draw to see who will start on the King/Queen side

• Max. 15 teams per level, 3 pools of 5 teams each

• Guaranteed 3 rounds of 20 min/round of play, then knockout starts

• After each round teams are re-seeded

• One side of the court is designated the King/Queen side

• The challenger side is the serving side

• The winner of the rally stays on the court (if they are not King/Queen, they move to theKing/Queen side), and the losing team is replaced by the next team on line.

• Play is set for 20 mins each round

• All beach volleyball rules apply

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Kings & Queens Tournament Layout

• Kings/Queeens of the Court is all about getting to the King's/Queen’s side and scoring points there.

• A King/Queen of the Court match starts with 3 pools of 5 teams.  

• Before the match, they draw playing cards to determine which team may start on the side where points are scored. The remaining four teams start in order of the cards drawn.

• A competition consists of 7 rounds of twenty minutes each. At the end of the 3rd round, knockout starts and teams with the fewest points is eliminated going from 15 to 10 teams.

• The 4th round starts after a short break with the ten remaining teams in two pools. After another twenty minutes, two teams with the fewest points will be eliminated one from each pool.

• The 5th round is considered the quarterfinal round and down to eight team.

• The 6th round is the semifinals where four teams battle.

• The final, 7th round is played by three teams. Whoever has the most points after twenty minutes, or who is the first to reach fifteen points, wins and will be crowned Kings/Queens of the Court.