diff --git a/PROJECT.md b/PROJECT.md
index 5e31306..e12eda9 100644
--- a/PROJECT.md
+++ b/PROJECT.md
@@ -504,6 +504,13 @@ Two more from Oliver's screenshots:
   grey; the band's top rung wears the red border, it is the final. Every other mode keeps the
   player block (main.buildLeaguePanel).
 - **The ribbon grew** (13px type, taller band), per his call.
+- **The court section stops pretending on the league modes** (his catch: "eine Liga hat einen
+  festen Court — eigentlich sollte gar keine Courtauswahl da sein" — right; start() had forced
+  the venue all along while the list still offered a pick). On zombie/cup the section reads
+  "02 · HOME COURT · SET BY YOUR LEAGUE" and shows exactly one ringed row, the league's court;
+  the click handler refuses there. One authoritative loop in syncSetup paints on/lock/display for
+  both faces — the first cut had the league filter ABOVE the generic repaint, which promptly
+  undid it.
 
 ## Session log: THE LEAGUES — the polish round: the ribbon, the glow, the count-up (2026-08-29, same day, STAGING ONLY)
 
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 2679273..954e835 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
   .lgFoe.un i { color: var(--dim); }
   /* the band's top rung is the final — it wears the door's own red */
   .lgFoe.fin { border-color: var(--red); }
+  /* league modes: the venue is the league's own and not a choice — one row, no tap */
+  #courtList.fixed .court { cursor: default; }
   /* the WAY-UP RIBBON, horizontal (Oliver's call after two diagonal cuts — a rotated pixel font
      was the one anti-aliased thing in the menu): a red band running in from OVER the left border,
      dissolving rightward through a real PIXEL FADE — an inline-SVG mask of 6px cells thresholded
@@ -721,7 +723,7 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
         </div>
         <div id="lgFoes"></div>
       </div>
-      <h3>02 · COURT</h3>
+      <h3 id="s02">02 · COURT</h3>
       <div id="courtList"></div>
       <div class="foot">
         <p id="sSum"></p>
@@ -918,6 +920,6 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=323"></script>
+<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=324"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 05472df..9d31de0 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -342,11 +342,21 @@ function syncSetup() {
   document.getElementById('s01').textContent = leagueMode ? '01 · YOUR LEAGUE' : '01 · PLAYER';
   if (leagueMode) buildLeaguePanel();
   if (!courtUnlocked(picked)) picked = leagueOf(profile.prof.lg).court;
+  // ...and the COURT section stops pretending to be a choice on the league modes (Oliver: a
+  // league HAS its court — start() has forced it all along): only the league's own row shows,
+  // ringed, as the venue. Every other mode gets the full pickable list. This runs AFTER the
+  // generic repaint below would, so it has the last word on .on/.lock.
+  const homeCourt = leagueOf(profile.prof.lg).court;
+  document.getElementById('s02').innerHTML = leagueMode
+    ? '02 · HOME COURT<span>SET BY YOUR LEAGUE</span>' : '02 · COURT';
+  courtList.classList.toggle('fixed', leagueMode);
   for (const el of courtList.children) {
     const c = COURTS.find(x => x.id === el.dataset.id), l = courtLeague(el.dataset.id);
     const open = courtUnlocked(el.dataset.id);
-    el.classList.toggle('lock', !open);
-    el.classList.toggle('on', open && el.dataset.id === picked);
+    el.classList.toggle('lock', !open && !leagueMode);
+    el.classList.toggle('on', leagueMode ? el.dataset.id === homeCourt
+                                         : open && el.dataset.id === picked);
+    el.style.display = leagueMode && el.dataset.id !== homeCourt ? 'none' : '';
     // the sub line carries the lock and names the price — the tile stays visible, as a goal should
     el.querySelector('i').textContent = open ? c.sub : 'LOCKED — REACH ' + l.name;
   }
@@ -430,6 +440,7 @@ for (const c of COURTS) {
   // Tapping a tile SELECTS it and nothing more. It used to start the match on the spot, which gave
   // you no way to look at the three of them and no way back out of the screen.
   b.addEventListener('click', () => {
+    if (pickedMode === 'zombie' || pickedMode === 'cup') return; // the league picks the venue
     if (!courtUnlocked(c.id)) return;      // locked: the row itself says which league opens it
     picked = c.id;
     for (const el of courtList.children) el.classList.toggle('on', el === b);