diff --git a/app/features/core/streams/streams.server.ts b/app/features/core/streams/streams.server.ts
index e8ce4f301..b08f72c42 100644
--- a/app/features/core/streams/streams.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/core/streams/streams.server.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type SidebarStream = {
 	subtitle: string;
 	startsAt: number;
 	tier: TournamentTierNumber | null;
+	membersPerTeam?: number;
 	tentativeTier?: number;
 	peakXp?: number;
 	twitchUsername?: string;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ export function getLiveTournamentStreams(): SidebarStream[] {
 
 	for (const tournament of RunningTournaments.all) {
 		if (tournament.isLeagueDivision) continue;
-		if (tournament.minMembersPerTeam < 4) continue;
 
 		streams.push({
 			id: `tournament-${tournament.ctx.id}`,
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export function getLiveTournamentStreams(): SidebarStream[] {
 			subtitle: deriveCurrentRound(tournament),
 			startsAt: dateToDatabaseTimestamp(tournament.ctx.startTime),
 			tier: tournament.ctx.tier,
+			membersPerTeam: tournament.minMembersPerTeam,
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/features/sidebar/core/StreamRanking.ts b/app/features/sidebar/core/StreamRanking.ts
index 10c53c358..270bc079d 100644
--- a/app/features/sidebar/core/StreamRanking.ts
+++ b/app/features/sidebar/core/StreamRanking.ts
@@ -25,14 +25,28 @@ export function rank(
 	return [...live, ...upcoming].map((rs) => rs.stream);
 }
 
+const SMALL_TOURNAMENT_PENALTY = 4;
+
 export function tournamentTierToScore(
 	tier: TournamentTierNumber | null,
+	membersPerTeam?: number,
 ): number {
-	return tier ?? 9;
+	const base = tier ?? 9;
+	const isSmallTeamSize = (membersPerTeam ?? 4) < 4;
+
+	return Math.min(9, base + (isSmallTeamSize ? SMALL_TOURNAMENT_PENALTY : 0));
 }
 
-export function upcomingTournamentTierToScore(tier: number): number {
-	return Math.min(9, tier + 4);
+export function upcomingTournamentTierToScore(
+	tier: number,
+	membersPerTeam?: number,
+): number {
+	const isSmallTeamSize = (membersPerTeam ?? 4) < 4;
+
+	return Math.min(
+		9,
+		tier + 4 + (isSmallTeamSize ? SMALL_TOURNAMENT_PENALTY : 0),
+	);
 }
 
 export function sendouQTierToScore(tier: {
diff --git a/app/features/sidebar/core/sidebar.server.ts b/app/features/sidebar/core/sidebar.server.ts
index 7f1de2cfc..bd37a3fdd 100644
--- a/app/features/sidebar/core/sidebar.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/sidebar/core/sidebar.server.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ async function combinedStreams(): Promise<SidebarStream[]> {
 	for (const stream of tournamentStreams) {
 		ranked.push({
 			stream,
-			score: StreamRanking.tournamentTierToScore(stream.tier),
+			score: StreamRanking.tournamentTierToScore(
+				stream.tier,
+				stream.membersPerTeam,
+			),
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -215,7 +218,8 @@ async function combinedStreams(): Promise<SidebarStream[]> {
 		if (event.startTime < nowTimestamp) continue;
 		if (event.startTime > threeDaysFromNow) continue;
 		if (event.hidden) continue;
-		if ((event.minMembersPerTeam ?? 4) < 4) continue;
+
+		const membersPerTeam = event.minMembersPerTeam ?? 4;
 
 		ranked.push({
 			stream: {
@@ -226,9 +230,13 @@ async function combinedStreams(): Promise<SidebarStream[]> {
 				subtitle: "",
 				startsAt: event.startTime,
 				tier: (event.tier as TournamentTierNumber) ?? null,
+				membersPerTeam,
 				tentativeTier: event.tentativeTier ?? undefined,
 			},
-			score: StreamRanking.upcomingTournamentTierToScore(effectiveTier),
+			score: StreamRanking.upcomingTournamentTierToScore(
+				effectiveTier,
+				membersPerTeam,
+			),
 		});
 	}