# Bandeja

> Free padel Americano and Mexicano organiser: fair rotating pairings, QR self-scoring, live standings and a full-screen TV leaderboard. No app to install.

- Bandeja is a free browser-based organiser for social padel tournaments: Americano, Mexicano, Team Americano, Mixed Americano and King of the Court, for 4–32 players on 1–16 courts (as of 2026-10-18).
- No install or account. Tournament data stays in the browser (localStorage) unless the organiser opens a live room; live rooms expire 45 days after creation.
- A perfect Americano (every pair partners exactly once and opposes exactly twice) exists exactly when the player count is 0 or 1 mod 4 (whist tournaments, Baker 1975). Bandeja ships such designs for 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 29 and 32 players.
- Full rotation lengths: 8 players on 2 courts = 7 rounds; 12 on 3 = 11; 16 on 4 = 15; 9 on 2 = 9 (one sits out per round); 12 on 2 = 17; 8 on 1 = 14.
- For other player counts (6, 7, 10, 11, 14…) a perfect rotation is impossible; Bandeja minimises repeat partners and rotates sit-outs so nobody sits out twice in a row when avoidable.
- Mexicano pairing in Bandeja: round 1 random (or as listed); then players are ranked and grouped in fours, 1st & 4th v 2nd & 3rd, top group on court 1.
- Standings: points, then wins (draw = half), then point difference. Sit-out compensation (none, half the match total, or own average) is a club setting.
- Live mode: one QR code per court; players enter a 4-digit room PIN to submit scores; the organiser approves; a full-screen TV page (/tv/?room=CODE) rotates courts and standings and keeps the screen awake.
- Languages: English, Spanish (/es/), Swedish (/sv/), Italian (/it/), Dutch (/nl/).

## Tool

- [Bandeja (English)](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/): Free padel Americano and Mexicano organiser: fair rotating pairings, QR self-scoring, live standings and a full-screen TV leaderboard. No app to install.
- [Bandeja (Español)](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/es/): Organizador gratis de americanos y mexicanos de pádel: cruces justos, resultados por QR, clasificación en directo y pantalla para la tele del club. Sin app.
- [Bandeja (Svenska)](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/sv/): Gratis planerare för padel-americano och mexicano: rättvisa spelscheman, resultat via QR-kod, livetabell och fullskärmsläge för klubbens tv. Ingen app.
- [Bandeja (Italiano)](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/it/): Organizzatore gratuito di americano e mexicano di padel: abbinamenti equi, punteggi via QR, classifica in diretta e schermo per la TV del circolo. Nessuna app.
- [Bandeja (Nederlands)](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/nl/): Gratis planner voor padel-americano en mexicano: eerlijke indeling, uitslagen via QR-code, live stand en een tv-scherm voor in de kantine. Geen app nodig.

## Schedules

- [Padel Americano schedules for 4–32 players](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/): Free printable padel Americano schedules for 4 to 32 players on 1 to 8 courts: who partners whom each round, sit-outs and how long the night takes.
- [Americano schedule: 8 players, 2 courts](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/8-players-2-courts/): 7 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.
- [Americano schedule: 12 players, 3 courts](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/12-players-3-courts/): 11 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.
- [Americano schedule: 16 players, 4 courts](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/16-players-4-courts/): 15 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.
- [Americano schedule: 10 players, 2 courts](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/10-players-2-courts/): 12 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.
- [Americano schedule: 12 players, 2 courts](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/12-players-2-courts/): 17 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.
- [Americano schedule: 8 players, 1 court](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/8-players-1-court/): 14 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.
- [Americano schedule: 9 players, 2 courts](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/9-players-2-courts/): 9 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.
- [Americano schedule: 20 players, 5 courts](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/20-players-5-courts/): 19 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.
- [Americano schedule: 24 players, 6 courts](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/americano-schedule/24-players-6-courts/): 23 rounds, printable, opens in the organiser.

## Guides

- [Padel Americano: rules, scoring and how it works [en]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/guides/what-is-padel-americano/): Padel Americano is a social doubles format where you change partner every round and score as an individual: each player banks the points their side won, so a 13–11 match gives 13 points to each winner and 11 to each loser. A perfect rotation, where everyone partners everyone exactly once, exists only for 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 and so on players, and takes 7 rounds for 8 players on 2 courts or 11 rounds for 12 players on 3 courts.
- [Puntos en el americano de pádel: 16, 21, 24 o 32 [es]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/es/guias/puntuacion-americano-padel/): En un americano de pádel cada partido se juega a un total fijo de puntos (lo habitual es 16, 21, 24 o 32) o por tiempo, y cada jugador suma los puntos que ganó su pareja: un 13–11 a 24 puntos da 13 a cada ganador y 11 a cada perdedor. Como regla orientativa, un partido a 24 puntos dura unos 16 minutos con el cambio de pista, así que 8 jugadores en 2 pistas completan las 7 rondas en algo menos de 2 horas.
- [Organizzare un torneo sociale di padel al circolo [it]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/it/guide/torneo-sociale-padel/): Per una serata sociale di padel il formato più semplice è l’americano: si cambia compagno a ogni turno e ognuno somma i propri punti. Con 8 giocatori su 2 campi bastano 7 turni perché tutti giochino con tutti, circa 1 ora e 52 minuti con partite a 24 punti; con 12 giocatori su 3 campi ne servono 11. Decidete prima formato, punti e regole sui riposi, poi preparate tabellone, punteggi e classifica.
- [Eerlijke americano-indeling: de wiskunde erachter [nl]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/nl/gidsen/eerlijke-indeling-americano/): Een perfecte padel-americano, waarin iedereen precies één keer met iedereen speelt en twee keer tegen iedereen, bestaat alleen als het aantal spelers bij deling door 4 rest 0 of 1 geeft: 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 enzovoort. Wiskundigen noemen dat een whist-toernooi. Met 8 spelers op 2 banen kost het 7 rondes; met 10 of 14 spelers is een perfect schema onmogelijk en moet je herhaalde partners zo eerlijk mogelijk verdelen.
- [Americano för 12 spelare: schema, banor och tider [sv]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/sv/guider/americano-12-spelare/): Med 12 spelare på 3 banor går en padel-americano perfekt jämnt ut: på 11 rundor spelar alla med alla exakt en gång och ingen vilar. På 2 banor blir det 17 rundor där varje spelare vilar 6, och på 1 bana hela 33 rundor. Med matcher till 24 poäng tar en runda ungefär 16 minuter, så en bokning på 2 timmar räcker till cirka 7 rundor.
- [Americano vs Mexicano: which padel format? [en]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/guides/americano-vs-mexicano/): Americano and Mexicano both score padel players individually, but they pair people differently. Americano follows a rotation fixed before the first ball, so everyone partners as many people as possible. Mexicano draws round 1 at random, then ranks everyone after each round and sends them out in groups of four, where 1st and 4th play 2nd and 3rd, so matches get closer as the session goes on.
- [How to organise a padel tournament for your club [en]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/guides/how-to-organise-a-padel-tournament/): To organise a social padel tournament, book one court per four players, aim for a player count that divides by 4 (or leaves 1 over), choose a format and decide points per match before anyone arrives. As a rule of thumb a 24-point match takes about 16 minutes, so 8 players on 2 courts finish a full Americano in about 112 minutes, which fits a two-hour booking with time to warm up.
- [King of the Court padel: rules and rotation [en]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/guides/king-of-the-court-padel/): In King of the Court padel, winners move up one court and losers move down one after every round; the winners on court 1 stay to defend it and the losers on the bottom court stay or make way for a waiting pair. It is a club convention rather than an official format, so clubs differ on fixed versus switching partners and on whether the champion is the last pair standing on court 1 or the one with the most wins.
- [Mexicano padel rules and scoring explained [en]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/mexicano-rules/): Mexicano is a social padel format where only round 1 is drawn. After every round the players are ranked by points, cut into groups of four, and in each group 1st and 4th play 2nd and 3rd; the top group takes court 1. Everyone scores individually, so the format sorts the room by level as the night goes on.
- [Mexicano de pádel: reglas y puntuación [es]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/es/reglas-mexicano/): El mexicano es un formato social de pádel en el que solo se sortea la primera ronda. Después de cada ronda se ordena a los jugadores por puntos, se hacen grupos de cuatro y en cada grupo el 1.º y el 4.º juegan contra el 2.º y el 3.º; el grupo de arriba va a la pista 1. Cada uno puntúa por su cuenta, así que el formato va agrupando a los jugadores por nivel a lo largo de la tarde.
- [Mexicano i padel – regler och poängräkning [sv]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/sv/mexicano-regler/): Mexicano är ett socialt padelformat där bara första rundan lottas. Efter varje runda rangordnas spelarna efter poäng och delas in i fyrgrupper, och i varje grupp spelar 1:an och 4:an mot 2:an och 3:an – toppgruppen på bana 1. Alla samlar egna poäng, så formatet sorterar spelarna efter nivå under kvällen.
- [Mexicano di padel: regole e punteggio [it]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/it/regole-mexicano/): Il mexicano è un formato sociale di padel in cui si sorteggia solo il primo turno. Dopo ogni turno i giocatori vengono ordinati per punti, divisi in gruppi di quattro e in ogni gruppo il 1° e il 4° giocano contro il 2° e il 3°; il gruppo di testa va sul campo 1. Ognuno segna per sé, quindi nel corso della serata il formato raggruppa i giocatori per livello.
- [Mexicano padel: regels en puntentelling [nl]](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/nl/mexicano-regels/): Mexicano is een sociaal padelformat waarbij alleen de eerste ronde wordt geloot. Na elke ronde worden de spelers op punten gerangschikt en in groepen van vier verdeeld; in elke groep spelen de nummers 1 en 4 tegen 2 en 3, de bovenste groep op baan 1. Iedereen speelt voor eigen punten, dus in de loop van de avond sorteert het format de spelers op niveau.

## Optional

- [Full text of all guides](https://bandeja-padel.pages.dev/llms-full.txt): every guide as plain Markdown