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🏆 Tournaments

Create and manage tournaments, fixtures, and track standings

Tournament Overview

Tournaments allow you to organize competitive matches with proper fixtures, standings, and participant management. SportEve supports tournaments for multiple sports including Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis, Chess, Carrom, and more.

Tournament Status:

  • • Live: Tournaments with ongoing matches
  • • Upcoming: Tournaments scheduled for the future
  • • Completed: Finished tournaments with final standings

Creating Tournaments

  1. Go to the Tournaments tab in a community
  2. Tap the "+" button to create a new tournament
  3. Fill in tournament details:
    • Tournament name
    • Sport type (Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis, etc.)
    • Tournament format
    • Start and end dates
    • Description (optional)
  4. For cricket tournaments, set:
    • Max overs per innings
    • Players per team (default: 11, can be customized)
    • Free hit on no-ball (optional)
  5. Tap "Create" to create the tournament

Tournament Registration

Enabling Registration

Admins can enable registration for tournaments, allowing participants to register themselves or teams.

Registration Process

  1. Go to a tournament detail page
  2. If registration is enabled, tap "Register"
  3. Select registration type (Individual or Team)
  4. Fill in required details
  5. Submit registration
  6. Wait for admin approval (if manual approval is enabled)

💡 Tip: For set-based tournaments (Badminton, Table Tennis, etc.), participants are automatically linked to their SportEve account if they're community members, making registration seamless.

Managing Participants

Adding Participants

Admins can manually add participants to tournaments:

  1. Go to tournament detail → Participants tab
  2. Tap "Add Participant"
  3. Select from community members or enter new participant details
  4. For set-based tournaments, participants are automatically linked if they're community members
  5. Tap "Add" to add the participant

Seeding Participants

For bracket-style tournaments, you can seed participants:

  1. Go to the Participants tab
  2. Tap on a participant to set their seed number
  3. Seeded participants will be placed strategically in the bracket
  4. Lower seed numbers get better positions (e.g., seed 1 vs seed 16)

Player Auction (Cricket)

Cricket and football tournaments can enable a player auction so participants register into a pool and organizers run a live draft.

  1. Open tournament edit and enable Player Auction
  2. Set Auction Date and registration window
  3. Share the same tournament link (or QR) with players
  4. Players sign in, open tournament, and tap Register for auction
  5. Selected conductors can run Live auction; members can tap Watch live auction

🔗 Install flow tip: If a new user installs SportEve from a campaign link, ask them to reopen the same tournament link after install to land directly on the tournament page.

Fixture Generation

Auto-Generating Fixtures

  1. Go to tournament detail → Matches tab
  2. Tap "Generate Fixtures" (admin only)
  3. Select tournament format:
    • Round Robin (everyone plays everyone)
    • Single Elimination (knockout)
    • Double Elimination
    • Group Stage + Knockout
  4. Fixtures will be automatically generated

Downloading Fixtures as PDF

  1. Go to tournament detail → Matches tab
  2. Tap the download icon in the top right
  3. Select "Download as PDF"
  4. The PDF will include:
    • Tournament name and details
    • All matches ordered by date
    • Team names, match date & time, venue
    • Match scores (for completed matches)
    • SportEve branding
  5. Share or print the PDF for easy reference

✅ Use Case: Download the fixture PDF and share it with participants or print it for display at the tournament venue.

Scheduling Matches

Setting Match Dates & Times

  1. Go to tournament detail → Matches tab
  2. Tap on a match to edit it
  3. Set the match date and time
  4. Add venue information (optional)
  5. For cricket matches, assign umpires (optional)
  6. Save the changes

Bulk Scheduling

Admins can schedule multiple matches at once:

  1. Select multiple matches in the Matches tab
  2. Use bulk actions to set dates/times
  3. Assign venues in bulk

Filtering Matches

The Matches tab includes a filter option to help you find specific matches:

  1. Go to tournament detail → Matches tab
  2. Tap the filter icon in the top right (next to section headers)
  3. For cricket tournaments: Filter by teams
  4. For set-based tournaments: Filter by participants/player names
  5. Select the teams or participants you want to see
  6. Tap "Apply" to filter matches
  7. Tap "Clear" to remove filters

Tournament Standings

Points Table

View tournament standings in the Standings/Table tab:

  • For Cricket: Shows teams with matches played, wins, losses, points, and Net Run Rate (NRR)
  • For Set-Based Sports: Shows participants with matches played, wins, losses, draws, and total points
  • Standings are automatically updated after each match
  • Teams/participants are sorted by points, then by NRR or other tie-breakers

Points Calculation

Points are calculated automatically based on match results:

  • Win: 2 points (or as configured)
  • Loss: 0 points
  • Draw/Tie: 1 point (for applicable sports)

Tournament Leaderboard

For cricket tournaments, SportEve provides a comprehensive leaderboard that tracks player performance and awards points based on match contributions:

Enabling Leaderboard

  1. When creating or editing a cricket tournament, you'll see a "Leaderboard Enabled" toggle
  2. By default, leaderboard is enabled for new tournaments
  3. You can disable it if you don't want to track player points
  4. If enabled, a "LEADERBOARD" tab appears on the tournament detail page

Points Calculation

Points are automatically calculated and awarded after each match is completed:

  • • 1 point for every run scored (batters)
  • • 5 points for every wicket taken (bowlers)
  • • 5 points for every catch (fielders)
  • • 5 points for every runout (fielders)
  • • 1 point for participation (being in playing XI)

Viewing Leaderboard

  1. Go to tournament detail page → LEADERBOARD tab
  2. See all players ranked by total points
  3. Top 3 players are marked with Gold 🥇, Silver 🥈, and Bronze 🥉 medals
  4. Each entry shows:
    • Player name and profile image
    • Team name
    • Total points
    • Account linking indicator (if player is linked to SportEve account)

Filtering by Team

For tournaments with many players (250+), you can filter the leaderboard by team:

  1. Tap the filter icon (funnel icon) next to "Tournament Leaderboard" title
  2. Select a team from the bottom sheet
  3. Leaderboard updates to show only players from that team
  4. Select "All Teams" to see all players again

Points Breakdown

  1. Tap on any player's entry in the leaderboard
  2. View detailed points breakdown by category:
    • Batting points (runs scored)
    • Bowling points (wickets taken)
    • Fielding points (catches and runouts)
    • Participation points (matches played)
  3. See total points at the bottom

Account Linking from Leaderboard

Players can link their SportEve account directly from the leaderboard:

  1. Tap the link icon next to a player's name
  2. Navigate to the player detail/account linking page
  3. Link your account using the linking code or direct link option
  4. Once linked, your points are added to your SportEve Points (SPs) in your profile

Retroactive Calculation

For tournaments that were completed before leaderboard was enabled:

  1. Tournament admins/moderators will see a "Calculate Leaderboard" button
  2. Tap the button to calculate points for all completed matches
  3. Wait for calculation to complete (may take a few minutes for large tournaments)
  4. Leaderboard will be populated with historical points

💡 Important: Points are automatically calculated by the SportEve AI Engine after each match is completed. There's no manual point adjustment - all points are auto-calculated based on match performance.

✅ Note: Tournament leaderboard points are added to your SportEve Points (SPs) in your profile. This allows you to track your overall engagement and performance across all tournaments and activities in SportEve.

Quick Access for Tournaments

Star a tournament to add it to the Quick Access card on the News page for easy access:

  1. Go to a tournament detail page
  2. Tap the star icon in the top right
  3. The tournament will appear on the Quick Access card on the News page
  4. Tap the star again to remove it from Quick Access

💡 Tip: Use Quick Access for tournaments you're actively following or managing. This makes it easy to jump to them from the News page.

Tournament Leaderboard

For cricket tournaments, SportEve provides a comprehensive leaderboard that tracks player performance and awards points based on match contributions:

Enabling Leaderboard

  1. When creating or editing a cricket tournament, you'll see a "Leaderboard Enabled" toggle
  2. By default, leaderboard is enabled for new tournaments
  3. You can disable it if you don't want to track player points
  4. If enabled, a "LEADERBOARD" tab appears on the tournament detail page

Points Calculation

Points are automatically calculated and awarded after each match is completed:

  • • 1 point for every run scored (batters)
  • • 5 points for every wicket taken (bowlers)
  • • 5 points for every catch (fielders)
  • • 5 points for every runout (fielders)
  • • 1 point for participation (being in playing XI)

Viewing Leaderboard

  1. Go to tournament detail page → LEADERBOARD tab
  2. See all players ranked by total points
  3. Top 3 players are marked with Gold 🥇, Silver 🥈, and Bronze 🥉 medals
  4. Each entry shows:
    • Player name and profile image
    • Team name
    • Total points
    • Account linking indicator (if player is linked to SportEve account)

Filtering by Team

For tournaments with many players (250+), you can filter the leaderboard by team:

  1. Tap the filter icon (funnel icon) next to "Tournament Leaderboard" title
  2. Select a team from the bottom sheet
  3. Leaderboard updates to show only players from that team
  4. Select "All Teams" to see all players again

Points Breakdown

  1. Tap on any player's entry in the leaderboard
  2. View detailed points breakdown by category:
    • Batting points (runs scored)
    • Bowling points (wickets taken)
    • Fielding points (catches and runouts)
    • Participation points (matches played)
  3. See total points at the bottom

Account Linking from Leaderboard

Players can link their SportEve account directly from the leaderboard:

  1. Tap the link icon next to a player's name
  2. Navigate to the player detail/account linking page
  3. Link your account using the linking code or direct link option
  4. Once linked, your points are added to your SportEve Points (SPs) in your profile

Retroactive Calculation

For tournaments that were completed before leaderboard was enabled:

  1. Tournament admins/moderators will see a "Calculate Leaderboard" button
  2. Tap the button to calculate points for all completed matches
  3. Wait for calculation to complete (may take a few minutes for large tournaments)
  4. Leaderboard will be populated with historical points

💡 Important: Points are automatically calculated by the SportEve AI Engine after each match is completed. There's no manual point adjustment - all points are auto-calculated based on match performance.

✅ Note: Tournament leaderboard points are added to your SportEve Points (SPs) in your profile. This allows you to track your overall engagement and performance across all tournaments and activities in SportEve.

Tournament Awards & Digital Certificates

After results are confirmed, community admins and moderators can save the podium awards and issue official certificates for champions, runners-up, 3rd place, and Player of the Match.

Issue certificates

  1. Confirm and save the tournament awards, or confirm Player of the Match on a completed match
  2. Open Issue certificates from Awards or the tournament's Certificates tab
  3. Review recipients; team certificates default to players who appeared in at least one match
  4. Check each player's account-link and profile-photo status before issuing
  5. Optionally draw one organiser signature for the batch, then generate the certificates
  6. Download, share, or copy each certificate's verification link from the Certificates tab

🔗 Link players first when possible: A linked player's SportEve profile photo can appear on the certificate, and the certificate is added to their Career tab. An unlinked winner can still receive a valid name-only certificate. See Linking Your Account.

Verify with the QR code

Every certificate includes an ID such as SE-2026-K7H2M9 and a QR code. Scanning it opens the public SportEve verification page, where anyone can compare the recipient, award, tournament, organiser, issue date, and official image. Verification does not require sign-in.

✍️ Organiser signature privacy: The signature you draw is used only for that issue batch. SportEve places it onto the certificate images and discards it; the signature strokes and a reusable signature file are never stored. Skipping the signature does not make a certificate invalid.

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