Your league or Tournament stays in the same event for one full year.
Each time you create a new bracket/tournament you go to your same Event and create a new Division.
Step 1: Go to Manage, Division, Division:
- Click on the plus to add a division.
- Name your division with the date of the tournament,
- Choose a color,
- Choose Teams or Singles,
- Save.
Step 2:
If team bracket:
Go to Manage, Players/Teams, Teams:
- Select the Division you are entering teams for.
- Click on Add Team with Members
- Type the name of the players in the Search & Add Player.
- Choose the already existing players as much as possible, if not Add them.
- Continue until all teams are created.
*We have an option to Create Shuffled Teams. If players are signing up as individuals.
If single player bracket:
Go to Manage, Players/Teams, Players:
- Select the Division.
- Add names in the Search & Add Player box.
- Choose already existing players as much as possible, if you are not sure Add a new one.
- Repeat this process to add players.
Step 3: Go to Manage, Brackets/Round-Robin, Brackets
- Click on the Plus to add a Bracket.
- Choose the Division you want to associate to the Bracket.
- The name of the bracket is added automatically, named the same as the division.
- Choose a Bracket Format: ex: Double Elimination 8, Double Elimination 16, etc.
- Do not choose brackets that say (# out) those are to link to other brackets.
- Save.
Step 4: Go to Manage, Brackets/Round-Robin, Fill Up Brackets & RRB
- Choose the Division you want to add teams/players to.
- Select a method to shuffle. (Random)
- Click on Try Shuffle.
- Click on Accept Results.
Step 5: Go to Manage, Schedules/Charts, Charts,
- Choose the Division. (Date)
- Click on the team, Set as Winner.
- In case you Set the Wrong winner, erase the name of the winner that moved forward.
- To add the time/board on the bracket, You will want to create your surfaces available first. Go to Menu > Manage > Locations/Surfaces > Boards or tables. Create the amount of surfaces you need.
- Go back to your bracket, click in the middle space between the two teams. Options, Edit Schedule.
Interesting options to think about:
- Letting the system assign boards/tables (players receive notifications when board is assigned.)
- Letting the players be scorekeepers on the app and advance themselves on the bracket.
- Adding championship points to each bracket to give an incentive to keep coming back to play more brackets.