The 2026 Seattle Wiffleball In-Season Tournament goes down on Sunday, July 19 at Cowen Park. Six teams, one full day. The morning is for mini-games that set the seeding. The afternoon is a double elimination bracket. By 4 PM, somebody's holding the trophy.
Register here: Sign up for the IST
Schedule
| Time | What's happening |
|---|---|
| 9:15 to 10:00 AM | Setup |
| 10:00 to 11:45 AM | Mini-games (seeding) |
| 12:00 to 4:00 PM | Tournament (double elimination) |
Mini-Games
Before anyone throws a tournament pitch, all six teams grind through ten mini-games to earn their seed. Every event puts points on the board, and how you stack up in the morning decides where you land in the bracket. We're keeping the exact rules close to the vest. Some of it you'll figure out when you get there.
Here's the lineup:
Willpower - Show up on time. That's the whole game. Mostly.
Intelligence - League trivia, with a catch. You have to earn the right to answer.
Finesse - Wiffleballs, a bucket, and the mound. How's your touch?
Fielding - How long can you keep a good thing going? One thrower, one catcher, and a lot of pressure.
Legs - Just you and the basepaths, on the clock.
Evasiveness - Wiffle dodgeball. Last one standing takes the points. Everyone else takes a story home.
Balance - Get around the bases without dropping the bat. Sounds easy. It is not.
Accuracy - The radar gun doesn't lie. Hit your spots.
Long Ball - Home run derby. Swing big.
Luck - Roll the dice. The commissioner reserves the right to do whatever the commissioner wants. 😈
Seeds get set by total points. Then the real thing begins.
Tournament Format
Six teams, double elimination, two fields. Games run 25 minutes with no new half-inning after the 20-minute mark. Higher seed bats first, unless the two of you have already tangled earlier in the bracket and it went the other way.
Here's the whole thing, start to finish:
Win your way through the winner's bracket and you're sitting pretty. Drop one and you're not done, you just take the long road through the loser's side. One loss stays alive. Two and you're out. If the loser's bracket team knocks off the winner's bracket team in the final, it all comes down to one last game.
Register Now
No team? No problem. Everybody signs up as a free agent, and we build the teams from there. You don't need to bring a roster, just bring yourself. Get your name in.
See you at the park on the 19th. ⚾
