{"id":239,"date":"2022-08-03T13:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2025-04-15T15:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:49:30","slug":"competition-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Competition Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Competitions, also known as Tournaments, are competed in in many pool leagues, however there are also organizations, promotors, streamers that also run competitions away from a core pool league. It could be your friday flyer, your weekend open, or your weekly shootout. We&#8217;ve got the functionality to support you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our competition functionality suports single elimination, double elimination, round robin, last man standing and also the ability to allocati mini knockouts to a range of venues. You can mix and match models between rounds, and you can do automatic draws or manual draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of the basic operations of running your competition we have great additional features like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Online entry, which can include online payment to make it easy to administer your competition setup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tablet scoring, on club based tablets or players own mobile phone reducing your admin overhead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Streaming scoreboard overlays, featuring shot and match clocks so you can stream your copetition in unique ways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arena screens, featuring shot and match clocks to offer your competitions a unique experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatic or table scheduling so amtches can automatically push to defined tables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Big screen mode that you can display in your venue to keep your players up to date in terms of schedule, matches in play, and results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our competitions are fully flexible in that each round is set up individually, you can change your mind part way through a competition in terms of round types, races, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a <strong>Private Competition<\/strong> mode too, which allows you to fully test a competition setup without it appearing on anyones profiles, and you can delete it when you have finished to keep your data tidy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide explores how you set up and run a competition of any type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You access competition management from the <strong>Competition Management &gt; Competitions<\/strong> button on the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-116.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-116.png 347w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-116-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll access your competition list. From here you can either create a New Competition, or click a competition to access its details\/rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-117.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-117.png 922w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-117-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-117-768x539.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You also have the ability to Copy a competition, which you may find useful  to test a setup without affecting your live data, and you can also Delete a competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1640\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Deleting a competition is permanenet and irreversible and will remove all data about it from your website and player statistics.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public Competition Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Assuming it is not a private competition, your competition comes with a dynamic web page which provides live scores, live group tables, and allows you to drill into each round. They become accessible via your Competitions menu on your <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?p=1242\">League Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-120.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-120.png 279w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-120-121x300.png 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The page allows you to drill into each round, and tap the scorecard, and provide other useful information like allow online entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-121-1024x814.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-121-1024x814.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-121-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-121-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-121.png 1036w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following topics cover the competition management process from end to end. Return back here when you have finished reading about a topic to move onto the next one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1264\">Basic Details<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1266\">Entry Management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1268\">Round Setup<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1270\">Knockout (Draw All Rounds)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1279\">Knockout (Predetermined)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1272\">Groups (Round Robin)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1274\">Mini Knockouts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1276\">Double Elimination<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1281\">Last Man Standing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1283\">Round Execution<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?p=629\">Tablet Scoring<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1375\">Table and Match Scheduling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?page_id=1287\">Completion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competitions, also known as Tournaments, are competed in in many pool leagues, however there are also organizations, promotors, streamers that also run competitions away from a core pool league. 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