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Tournament Fundamentals

Pro feature

Tournaments are available with a MixItOne Pro subscription. Pro accounts can run unlimited tournaments with full bracket management and court scheduling.

The MixItOne tournament system is designed to help you manage badminton tournaments, from initial setup to final scoring. This guide will walk you through the fundamental aspects of creating and configuring your tournaments within the software.

Understanding Tournaments in MixItOne​

A tournament in MixItOne is a structured event that can encompass multiple competitions. Key components include:

  • Competitions: These are individual events within your overall tournament, such as "Men's Doubles A Grade" or "Women's Singles". Each competition has its own set of entries and a match bracket.
  • Players: These are the individuals who sign up to participate in the tournament. A player can potentially join multiple competitions.
  • Entries: An entry represents a participant (or a pair in doubles) registered for a specific competition. For singles, an entry is one player; for doubles, it's two. Entries can be seeded to influence their starting position in a bracket.
  • Matches: These are the games played between entries, organized systematically within a competition's bracket.

Key Software Features​

MixItOne provides a suite of features to streamline tournament management:

  • Flexible Tournament Setup: Easily create tournaments and add multiple, distinct competitions.
  • Player and Entry Management: Robust tools for registering players and managing their entries into various competitions, including seeding capabilities.
  • Automatic Bracket Generation: The system can automatically generate match brackets based on the chosen tournament format and entry seeding.
  • Court Management: A visual interface allows for efficient assignment of matches to courts, with live tracking of match timers and court status.
  • Registration & Check-in: Manage player arrivals and validate participation on tournament day.
  • Live Scoring & Progression: Track match scores and see winners automatically advance in the brackets.

Supported Tournament Formats​

MixItOne supports several tournament formats, each with distinct characteristics and managed by the software:

Single Elimination​

This is a traditional knockout format where winners advance to the next round, and losers are eliminated. The system automatically handles seeding to separate stronger players in early rounds and assigns byes if the number of entries is not a power of two. This format is ideal for tournaments where a clear winner needs to be determined efficiently.

Round Robin​

In a Round Robin format, entries are divided into groups, and every entry within a group plays against all other entries in that same group. The software helps manage group assignments and can be configured for group size. This format is excellent for ensuring more gameplay for participants, especially in smaller competitions or for initial group stages. Standings are typically based on points.

Swiss/Monrad System​

This system pairs players with similar performance records against each other in each round. All participants typically play a set number of rounds. MixItOne's implementation also supports splitting players into different skill-based divisions after a few initial rounds, allowing for more competitive matches across all skill levels.

You will select the desired format when configuring each competition.

Creating Your First Tournament​

To start, you'll need to create the main tournament shell:

  1. Navigate to your club's section within MixItOne.
  2. Click the "New tournament" button.
  3. A form will appear where you'll fill in the tournament's details:
    • Name: A descriptive name, e.g., "Club Championship 2025".
    • Start and End Dates/Times: Define the tournament's duration.
    • Registration Deadline: The cut-off date for player sign-ups.
    • Courts: Specify the number of courts available for this tournament. This is crucial for court management and match scheduling.

Once saved, your tournament is created, and you can begin adding competitions.

Adding and Configuring Competitions​

Competitions are the individual events (e.g., Men's Singles, Mixed Doubles B Grade) that run under the umbrella of your main tournament.

  1. From your newly created tournament's overview page, find and click the "New competition" button.
  2. You'll then configure the settings for this specific competition:
    • Name: e.g., "Men's Doubles A Grade".
    • Format: Select one of the supported tournament formats (Single Elimination, Round Robin, etc.). The software will use this to generate the bracket.
    • Entry Limits: Define the minimum and maximum number of entries allowed. The system can enforce these limits.
      • Minimum: Helps ensure a viable competition.
      • Maximum: Prevents over-registration.
    • Registration Requirements: Specify any particular rules for this competition, such as skill level restrictions or age groups. These are primarily for informational purposes for players and manual enforcement by organizers.

Repeat this process for each event you plan to run within your tournament.

With your tournament and its competitions set up, the next step is to manage participants and generate brackets.