Tournaments
Definition
A tournament event is an event that takes place in several rounds (or "phases"), at the end of which the competitors are either qualified or eliminated, until the final. Examples of disciplines managed in this way are Cross-country sprint format in skiing or Cross-country eliminator (XCE) in cycling.
The main characteristics of a tournament event are:
The rounds (or phases) are generally contested in several independent heats.
Qualifications from one round to the next follow predetermined rules, including the possibility of having lucky losers.
Final or ongoing tournament results are usually presented in the form of a general table of all phases
Creation and initialization
Creating a tournament-type event is done through the event creation wizard, by selecting a discipline such as Ski > Cross-country Sprint or Other > Tournament.
The main parameter to enter at this level is the total number of rounds to be competed, including the qualifying phase if applicable.
Rounds settings and Qualification rules
Access the settings from the Event options form, on the Brackets tab:
The main parameter to be filled in for a given round is its number of heats and the number of competitors per heat.
The qualification rules (for the next phase) are the number of best times qualified in each heat, and if required a number of Lucky losers.
In addition, a competitor distribution grid can be filled in: for each position in the starting grid, heat by heat, you can designate which competitor will be assigned according to their heat and their rank in the previous round. For example on the configuration above, the winner of heat 2 in the ¼ final will get position 3 of heat 1 in the semi final.
This grid makes it possible to apply all the rules required by the race format, including the case of lucky losers.
If the file involves multiple races, for example Men and Women, the tournament settings can be adapted to each race independently.
The order of ranking for non-qualified athletes can be adapted to the competition rules, so as the formation of the starting order for the heats.
Operating
Participants registration
Participants must be initially registered for the first round, and only that one.
Active heat
When several heats follow one another for the same round, the indicator located at the top right of the grids, next to the navigation between rounds, allows you to flag which heat is in progress:
The acquisition of a start signal or the display of live screens will be affected accordingly.
Acquisition of results
The acquisition of results is carried out in the same way as for a standard event. The only notable difference is that you will have to indicate a start time for each of the heats, when a phase takes place in several heats. The Event / Starts screen will display a list of predefined starts for these heats.
The participant and result grids can be grouped by the Heat column for more efficient viewing.
Qualifications
Preparing for a new phase involves assigning qualified competitors to it and then assigning them the heat number in which they will compete.
This preparation can be done manually, using the context menu on a participant / Assign stages. Then entering heat numbers through the grid.
But if you have defined complete qualification rules, you can simply display the new stage and click on the button Event :: Event / Stages :: Qualification for next phase on the ribbon.
The wizard displays the current phase results on the left side and the start list for the next one. It also lets you choose between several methods:
simple toggle of selected competitors, via drag and drop in the right list
application of the rules defined for the organization of rounds and heats
work on other generic rules, for example for qualification after several trial rounds where we are looking for the best lap performed over all the rounds
To make it easier for you, competitors designated as qualified or lucky losers based on the selected rules appear colored on the left. If you're happy with the selection all you have to do is drag them or click the execute button (Prepare heats in Tournament Mode).
Printing results
Simple printing of the results of a round is of course possible, but you will be more interested in the presentation of the overall results - all rounds combined - on a single page. This printing is accessible from the menu Print-Export :: Printing shortcuts :: Brackets.
2 modes are available: a list/ranking of all competitors with their final rank and information on the last phase they respectively reached, or a table view of the tournament which includes the phases and heats.
Live screens
Some custom Live Screens can be implemented for tournament events. The specifics of this type of event are as follows:
The start lists and results sent to the screens are those of the active round, but also more precisely of the active heat. Both can be selected from the main window, with immediate effect on the screens.
The style of the results lines can be customized to display the qualified and lucky loser marks.
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