Create Tournaments
Before starting the definition of a tournament it must be ensured that all teams which should participate are created in the teams tab.
Tab Basic Data
name:
Here a tournament name must be specified.
This name will later be the main identifikator for the tournament.
league:
This is a free text box where a league name can be entered.
Tournament system:
Here a pre defined tournament system must be selected.
description:
This is a free text box where a description of the tournament can be entered.
date:
Here the starting date of the tournament has to be entered.
Start first match:
Here the starting time of the first match has to be entered.
intervall:
Here it must be entered how many minutes are between the start of two matches.
Example: One match takes 20 minutes. There is a 5 minutes break between the matches. In this case each 25 minutes a match is starting.
Together with the starting time of the first match a time scheduling of the tournament will be calculated.
location:
Here a location can be entered.
Tab Teams
In the tab teams the teams must be assigned toi the groups of the first round. On the left side all teams from the team master are displayed. On the right side all groups are listed. At frist you have to select one or more teams on the left side. By click the → button the teams are moved to the groups on the right table. The right side is filled in top down direction. Alternatively you can double click a team. BY clicking the ← button a team can be switched back to the left side.
Tab Schedule
In this tab the match schedule is displayed. Base on the definitions in the tournament system this step is fully automated. Here you can see the advsantage of pre-defining tournament systems. Based on the time information from the first tab, you can see the time schedule. A esstimation for the needed time for the whole tournament can directly see.
Right side buttons:
- With help of a dialog it is possible to select row intervals e.g. each second row.
- Move all selected matches one step up
- switch the teams left and right of the selected rows
- Move all selected matches one step down
- Delete all selected matches.
- Re-schedule all selected matches.
- Change the location for each selected matches.
finalize
Tournament is created.