The Season
Major League Pickleball lands in Asia this November. Six teams — based in China, Hong Kong China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and Vietnam — go head-to-head across five weeks for the inaugural MLP Asia title.
Every team builds its roster from the ground up. Three domestic players form the local core — at least one man and one woman from the home market — before the September live auction, where teams bid in real time for regional and international talent to round out their squads of six.
Then it’s on. Six match days of pool play decide who advances, before the final weekend turns up the heat — semifinals set the stage, and Super Saturday crowns the first-ever MLP Asia champions.
The Format
Every match is played under MLPlay™ Rules. Four games, one after another: Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles, then two Mixed Doubles. Each one races to 11, win by 2, side-out scoring — only the serving team scores, so every serve is a chance to swing the momentum.
Split the four games 2–2? It goes to the DreamBreaker™ — a winner-take-all singles game to 21, win by 2, rally scoring, with all four players rotating through. One game, and the match is decided.
