Squash league
Detailed information about registration, rules, group divisions, and results can be found on the Squashliga website.
Player who wins their group in a given monthly period receives one free hour of squash from SCE as a prize.
League rules
- Squash league is intended for amateur players.
- It is a mixed league – men and women compete together.
- Players are divided into groups of five (or six if a wild card is used). After each round, the top two players from each group move up, while the bottom two move down.
- Matches are played over the period of one calendar month - a total of 10 rounds are played from January to November (holiday months are combined into one round and no matches are played in December).
- A Masters tournament is played at the end of the year based on the overall league ranking for the entire year.
- The entry fee for the league is 350 CZK per year.
- Players can join later in the season - either for the last group or for a wild card to a higher group (of their choice), but they must stay in that group.
- Players enter their match results online on the website.
- Current standings are available on the league website www.sceliga.cz
- Players arrange match dates themselves - games are generally played on the courts at SCE.
- All league matches are played on SCE courts with a 15% discount off the current court price (this discount does not apply in the case of a missed reservation).
Matches follow official international squash rules, with the current modifications for men’s competitions under ČASQ - i.e., matches are played as best of five games, each game to 11 points (with no losses), with a minimum difference of 2 points.
The standard ball used is the Dunlop double yellow dot, or an equivalent from another brand. Players may also agree to use a different type of ball. - The players decide the matches themselves, or they can agree on a referee. The match is played with a ball agreed upon by both players.
Playing Conditions
Matches are played at Sportcentrum Evropská. Players receive a 15% discount on standard court rates and a 10% discount on goods in the SportShop. If a court is reserved but the match does not take place without proper notice, the full court fee will be charged to the player responsible (e.g. not showing up for a scheduled match). If this amount is not paid during the player's next visit to Sportcentrum Evropská, they may be excluded from the league - without the right to a refund of the entry fee.
Scoring system
- Matches follow official international squash rules, with the current modifications for men’s competitions under ČASQ - i.e., matches are played as best of five games, each game to 11 points (with no losses), with a minimum difference of 2 points.
The standard ball used is the Dunlop double yellow dot, or an equivalent from another brand. Players may also agree to use a different type of ball. - Players will receive points for individual matches:
- for winning a match 3 points
- for losing a match 1 point
- for a forfeited match 0 points (a one-sided forfeit is recorded with a score of 3:0, a two-sided forfeit is recorded 0:0)
- For the placement in the groups, the players will receive points for the overall ranking
- The last player in the lowest league receives 1 point, the second to last 2 points, and so on up to the winner of the 1st league.
- the first three players in the 1st league will receive an extra bonus of 5, 3 and 1 point
- Evaluation and progression in the league groups:
- Match results are updated live on the league website.
- Final standings are processed within three days after the end of each round, followed by player assignments for the next round.
- The top two players in each group advance to a higher group, while the bottom two drop to a lower group. (exceptions are listed in the league regulations, especially in the case of wild card players).
- Tiebreak Criteria:
- mutual match (or mini-table of mutual matches)
- total score of sets in the group
- Placement in the previous league round
Benefits
- Frequent rotation of opponents
- eliminating the stereotype of always playing the same people
- Improved gameplay
- Opportunity to meet new friends and teammates
- Year-round competition for valuable prizes