Competition structure has been divided into 5 tiers. Tier 1 is intended to be at a local level in a country, Tier 2, regional level within a country, Tier 3 is country level, i.e the flagship events within a country. Tier 4 is at the continent level and the top tier, tier 5 for world level tournaments, e.g. World Pickleball Games and World Pickleball Championships. Each of the tiers attracts points for each game won and the best 12 results are used to calculate a players ranking.