How to Run a Single Elimination Tournament
On this page you will find a step by step tutorial on how to run a single elimination tournament.
1. TD Administration Centre
Now you´re back in TD Administration Centre and you need to click on Administer Tournaments.
2. Created Tournaments
On this page you will find the tournament that you have created. Click on the number that you will find under ID #.
3. Change Your Seeding
Make sure you that change your Seeding from Rating to Random. To do this click on the little arrow found next to the word Rating and select Random. I have under lined it for you. Now click on Change Seeding.
4. Your Seeding´s Have Changed
This is what the page looks like after you have click on Change Seeding. Now Click on Return To Administer Tourney #Your Tournament Number Will Be Here.
5. Open Check In
Click on Open Check-In but for a real tournament you will need to open Check-In the day before your Tournament starts. This will allow players to join in your Tournaments. As this is a fake Tournament you will have to add the players yourself too.
6. Check-In Has Opened
This is the page after you clicked on Open Check-In. Now click on Return to Administer Tourney #Your Tournament Number Will Be Here.
7. How to Add Fake Players
Click on Tournament Main Page and just register the Fake Players. The Fake player name and password you will be able to find below.
Name
Denmark
Canada
Germany
Holland
Spain
Russia
Finland
Belgium
Italy
Korea
Austria
Australia
USA
Mexico
Sweden
France
Norway
Greece
Brazil
Japan
England
Ireland
China
Password
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8. On Your Tournament Page
Now just click on Register.
9. Registering A Fake Player
As you belong to a league already you should know how to register for a Tournament and it isn´t any different with a Fake player. So Register all 23 Fake Players that you find in the Step 7.
10. Close Registration
Now it´s time to run your fake Tournament so you click on Close Registration.
11. Registration Has Closed
Once you have closed Registration you will see Registration Has Closed so you just click on Return to Administer Tourney #Your Tournament Number Will Be Here.
12. Start Tournament
Now click on Start Tournament.
13. Pairs Are Up
Once you have click on Start Tournament you will see Pairings Are Up. I have underlined it for you, Now click on Return to Administer Tournament #Your Tournament Number Will Be Here.
14. Tournament In Progress
Now click on Round 1 to get your pairs for that Round. In a live tournament you will tell the players who they are playing against in the room where your tournament is being held in.
15. Your Tournament Pairs
The player´s that are in RED have got an automatic win and the player´s that are in YELLOW need to play a game against their partner in the tournament.
16. How To Post A Win
This is how you post a win, For Example : Let´s say Ireland won against Russia all you do is just click on the team called Ireland.
17. Tournament Match Result Posted
Once you have clicked on Ireland it will come up with Ireland declared the winner at the top of the page. I have under lined it for you.
Now click on Adjust Round 1 Results #Your Tournament Number Will Be Here.
18. Change/Post Match Result
Now you can see that Ireland has change from being YELLOW to RED. Now let´s say Germany won against France just report it like you did for Ireland.
19. Return to Administer Tourney
Once all teams have been reported you need to click on Return to Administer Tourney #Your Tournament Number Will Be Here. Please remember this all loosers are out of the Tournament.
20. Tourney Administration
Now you´re back in Tourney Administration. You need to click on Round 2.
21. Keep On Reporting
Now you will need to give out round 2 pairs in the room your tournament it is being played in. Keep on Reporting like the way explained for Round 1.
Once your see Update TD Stats File in Tourney Administration you will know that your at the closing part of your tournament so you will need to go to How To Close Out Of A Single Elimination Tournament Tutorial.
