Tournament Settings
Update: 2026-06-20 | 19,945 views | Share1. Tournament Settings
After creating a tournament, the Organizing Committee can configure all necessary information and operational settings to match the tournament's scale, competition format, and management workflow. These configurations serve as the foundation for registration, draw generation, scheduling, live operations, and result publication throughout the entire tournament lifecycle.
*Tournament settings not only determine how information is presented on the public tournament page, but also provide the data required for Sportnet to automate registration management, competition draws, scheduling, score calculation, and achievement synchronization after the tournament concludes.
Centralized Configuration
Manage tournament information, regulations, schedules, venues, competition groups, and operational rules from a single unified interface designed for efficient tournament administration.
Flexible Role Management
Multiple committee members can collaborate on the same tournament with clearly defined responsibilities and permissions, ensuring both efficiency and data security throughout the event.
Automated Operations
The configured settings are used by the system to automate registration, draws, scheduling, point calculation, rankings, and result publication in real time.
2. Tournament Information
These details are displayed on the official tournament page, allowing athletes, spectators, and sponsors to easily access important information before and during the event.
- Tournament name.
- Cover image and tournament banner.
- Tournament dates.
- Registration deadline.
- Competition venue.
- Contact information.
- Short introduction.
- Tournament regulations.
In addition to being displayed publicly, several settings are used internally by the system to automatically generate schedules and optimize tournament operations.
- Number of competition courts.
- Match interval between consecutive games.
- Venue selected from existing Sportnet facilities or entered manually.
- Operational data required for scheduling and tournament management.
3. Tournament Lifecycle and Status
Preparation
The tournament has been created and is currently being configured. During this stage, the Organizing Committee can complete tournament information, regulations, competition groups, events, and other operational settings before opening registration to participants.
Registration Open
Registration becomes available to participants. Athletes or team captains can submit their entries according to the tournament regulations and requirements defined by the Organizing Committee.
Registration Closed & Draw Published
After registration ends, the Organizing Committee finalizes the participant list and performs the competition draw or seeding process according to the tournament format.
- Confirmed participant list.
- Competition groups and brackets.
- Draw results.
- Seeding information when applicable.
Schedule Finalized
Once the draw has been completed, the system publishes the official match schedule, including match times, assigned courts, and the order of play, allowing participants and spectators to follow the tournament conveniently.
Completed
When the tournament is completed, the system automatically summarizes results, individual achievements, and overall team standings in the Achievements section.
Inactive is a special status for tournaments that are no longer used in the system, such as test tournaments, duplicate tournaments, incorrectly created tournaments, or tournaments that organizers no longer need to manage.
- The tournament will be removed from the main operational lists in the system.
- Regular users will no longer see or interact with the tournament as an active event.
- The system may include the tournament in an automatic cleanup and deletion process according to Sportnet's data management policy.
4. Management Roles and Permissions
Organizing a tournament often requires coordination among multiple committee members, referees, and operational staff. Sportnet allows multiple users to manage the same tournament while maintaining clearly defined responsibilities and access permissions for each role.
- The tournament creator can invite additional members to participate in tournament management.
- Each member can be assigned a specific role with its own permissions and responsibilities.
- Role-based access control enables multiple people to work simultaneously while protecting critical tournament data.
Depending on the operational workflow, the Organizing Committee can delegate responsibilities to different members, ensuring efficient tournament execution from preparation through completion.
- Organizing Committee: Has full administrative access to configure tournament information, manage participants, organize draws, create schedules, and oversee all operational activities.
- Referee: Does not have access to the tournament administration pages or configuration settings, but is authorized to manage assigned matches, update scores, and submit official match results in real time.
5. Competition Groups and Events
Organize the Tournament into Competition Groups
A tournament may consist of multiple competition groups that separate participants by skill level, age category, ranking, or any other organizational criteria. Each group operates independently with its own participants, competition events, brackets, schedules, and results, allowing large tournaments to be managed efficiently.
Configure Competition Events
After creating a competition group, the Organizing Committee can add one or more competition events. Each event can be configured independently, enabling the tournament to support various formats and regulations across different sports.
- Select the competition format, such as Single Elimination or Round Robin.
- Enable or disable Self Pairing for doubles events, allowing players to choose their own partners before registration closes.
- Enable Automatic Draw for random bracket generation or perform the draw manually according to the tournament plan.
- Decide whether the event includes a Third-place Playoff.
- Configure the points awarded for Win, Loss, and Draw when point-based ranking is applied.
Configure Team Match Structure
Team competitions often consist of multiple individual matches within a single team encounter. Sportnet allows the Organizing Committee to define this structure so that schedules, score calculations, and final results can be generated automatically.
Sportnet supports a wide variety of sports and competition formats. Available events, formats, and configuration options are automatically adjusted to match the selected sport, ensuring a streamlined setup experience for organizers.
The configuration of competition groups and events serves as the foundation for automated tournament operations, including participant draws, schedule generation, ranking calculations, and achievement publication once the tournament is completed.
6. Announcements and Sponsors
Throughout the preparation and operation of a tournament, the Organizing Committee can publish announcements to keep athletes, teams, referees, and spectators informed of the latest updates. This centralized communication channel helps ensure that important information is delivered quickly and consistently.
- Publish or update match schedules and court assignments.
- Announce tournament regulations, operational guidelines, or policy changes.
- Provide urgent notices or important updates during the tournament.
- All announcements are displayed publicly on the official tournament page, allowing participants and spectators to access the latest information at any time.
Sportnet provides a professional sponsor management system that enables the Organizing Committee to showcase supporting organizations while delivering greater promotional value throughout the tournament.
- Sponsors can be selected from existing Venues or Pages that have already been created on Sportnet.
- Alternatively, organizers can create new sponsor profiles by providing information such as the sponsor name, logo, and description.
- Sponsor information is displayed on the tournament information page, allowing participants and visitors to easily recognize supporting organizations.
- Sponsor branding can also be integrated into tournament livestreams, providing additional exposure and enhancing the professional image of both the event and its partners.
7. Best Practices for Tournament Configuration
Before changing the tournament status to Registration Open, it is recommended to complete all essential configurations, including tournament information, regulations, competition groups, events, venues, and scheduling parameters. A well-prepared configuration helps participants clearly understand the tournament and provides a stable foundation for registration, draw generation, scheduling, and live operations.
Once registrations, competition draws, or match schedules have been generated, modifying competition groups, formats, or event settings may affect existing tournament data. The Organizing Committee should carefully review any structural changes before applying them to maintain data integrity and ensure a smooth tournament operation.