Tournament Guides
How to Handle Walkovers, No-Shows and Disputes [2026 Guide]
What a walkover is, how long to wait for a no-show, what score to record, and how to settle a dispute — the six rules to publish before entry closes.
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How to Organize a Pickleball Tournament [2026 Guide + Pool Draw]
How to organize a pickleball tournament: four pools of four into a playoff, single games to 11, four courts, and a tiebreak order that survives a three-way tie.
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Tournament Guides
How to Organize a Basketball Tournament [2026 Guide + 3x3 and 5v5]
How to organize a basketball tournament: pick 3x3 or 5v5 by court time, run three pools of four into a bracket, and cap point differential — with the schedule.
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Tournament Guides
How to Run an Esports Tournament for Your University Club [2026]
How to run an esports tournament for your university club: double elimination or Swiss, Bo1 and Bo3 rounds, check-in rules and a full one-day schedule.
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Tournament Guides
Best Tournament Format for 6 Teams (Draw + Schedule) [2026]
The best tournament format for 6 teams: a full round robin (15 matches), round robin plus a final (16), or single elimination with 2 byes (5) — with the draw.
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How to Organize a Chess Tournament [2026 Guide + Swiss Pairings]
How to organize a chess tournament: run a 5-round Swiss, pick a rapid time control, pair by score group and break ties on Buchholz — with a one-day schedule.
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Court and Field Allocation: The Math Nobody Teaches You [2026]
How many courts do you need for a tournament? Multiply matches by slot length, divide by usable minutes — plus the rest-time trap that makes more courts worse.
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Tournament Guides
What a 3-Game Guarantee Actually Means (And How to Build One) [2026]
A 3-game guarantee promises every team at least three matches, win or lose. Here's why single elimination can't deliver it and the pool-of-four format that can.
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Behind the Scenes
How We Ran a 406-Team Tournament: 755 Matches, Six Categories [Case Study]
How we ran IRC 2025 — 406 teams and 755 matches across six categories: what broke in the draw, why the entry list is the real enemy, and what I'd change.
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Tournament Guides
Best Tournament Format for 12 Teams (Draw + Schedule) [2026]
The best tournament format for 12 teams: three groups of four into a knockout (22 matches), single elimination with 4 byes (11), or two groups of six (33).
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Tournament Guides
Free Tournament Checklist Template (Printable) [2026]
A free, printable tournament checklist: every task to plan and run an event, split into 6–8 weeks out, week-of, match-day and post-event phases to tick off.
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Tournament Guides
How to Seed a Tournament Bracket Fairly [2026 Guide]
How to seed a tournament bracket fairly: rank your teams, use the seed X v seed (N+1−X) rule, give byes to the top seeds, and stop the best teams meeting early.
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