The shape of it
Seven steps, in the order the tool walks them — each step links to the full article on that section.
Name your event
The wizard asks the code, singles or doubles, how many competitions, then the name and dates. Tick Test event to practise in private.
Add players
Search names and link WCF profiles, add unranked players with an estimated dGrade, or paste a whole entry list with Import a list.
Choose the format
One choice per competition — blocks, Swiss, Flexible Swiss, a straight knockout, or Burridge Swiss. Answer Then what? to say whether block standings decide or a knockout follows. For blocks that answer also settles the draw: how many advance, and the round order the pairings are built in. A straight knockout is asked instead what a beaten player plays — nothing, or a consolation event alongside.
Check the order of play
Pairings generate for every block in the round order set on Format. You can still change that order here — the pairings are re-dealt, keeping any times already scheduled.
Scoring settings
Match format and the tiebreaker chain, set before play starts.
Schedule — optional
Generate timed games on lawns — or skip this step and run the day from the order of play alone.
Publish
Your event page already exists — it shows only the name, country and dates until you turn sections on.
On Event Page, two kinds of choice:
- Who can see this page — only people with the preview link, or everyone (which also lists the event on the Tournaments page).
- What the page shows — Priority notice, Event name, Design, Winners, Registration and Home sections down the home page; Players, Schedule and Knockouts as tabs. Each is hidden until you show it, and the readiness line at the top names the next one worth doing.
The preview beside the list is the real page as visitors get it. Share the private preview link to let another organiser see the same thing, then share the public link.
On the day
Scores go in on Scoring — the public page and the display board update as results land. Afterwards, the WCF export is one click.
Try it
Open the Tournament Manager — free with a Croquet Tools account. Tick Test event on your first one to practise in private; if it turns out to be the real thing, switch it on Details.
Related
- The five-minute video — the same seven steps, watched instead of read.
- The quick-start checklist — the in-tool version of this list.
- Run a one-day event for 12 players — the same steps with real numbers.