Full admins and schedulers can easily generate seasonal matches for teams assigned to groups in a few steps using the Matchup Generator.
With the options to create matchups for multiple groups at a time, enter custom grouping prefixes, choose the number of games to be played per team, and drag & drop seeding, your seasonal matchups can be created in minutes without the need for complex tie pattern setup. The Matchup Generator is ideal for organizations that allow club admins or team staff to finalize game dates/times and surfaces after the match-ups are generated. Follow the steps below to get started:
Locate the Competition and Season
1. From the navigation, click Schedules > Season tab. The Scheduling Overview report will display a snapshot of ongoing games for the season, giving totals for seasonal game data, including total games, total teams, teams with games, and more.
2. To begin creating games, select Create New Games from the Operation Menu. Using the Season Structure, select the Seasonal Groupings from the left to add to the Scheduling Canvas.
Choose Groupings
3. Click on the season name to show all groups on the canvas, or select a higher-level grouping block to display all subgroups within the parent grouping on the scheduling canvas. While multiple groupings can be placed on the canvas to prepare games for, a minimum of 3 teams is required for a group to show on the canvas.
4. Click Remove if you do not wish to create games for a grouping. Use the arrow adjacent to each grouping to review the teams in the group, including the number of staff, players, and scheduled games.
5. Once groupings have been selected, click Next.
Schedule Group Matchups
6. Groupings selected in the previous step will be displayed on the screen. Click the arrow to expand scheduling options for the group. Input scheduling options for each grouping as follows:
Game number prefix (optional): Groupings without a prefix will increment generally across the entire season. Groupings with a prefix will only increment within the respective grouping.
Play all opponents equally? Y/N: Selections in this setting will determine the number of matchup legs and total games for the grouping. The number of legs and total games for the group will display as options are chosen.
If Yes, select the number of times teams will play an opponent.
If No, input the number of games per team.
Note: If an odd number of teams exist in a group, each matchup leg will include 1 team with a bye, and subsequent legs will be added to provide all teams with a minimum of games.
7. Use the move icons to drag and drop teams in the Game Group Seedings section to seed teams as necessary. A team's position in the seed order will determine game pairings.
8. Next, the Scheduling Group Matchups section will display each of the Grouping Matchup Legs and include the leg number, starting game number, count of leg games & byes. Click on the leg to expand the section and review the pairings.
9. Once complete, click Locations or click Back to return to the Grouping screen (Step 1).
Locations
10. Click the down arrow to show scheduling options for each grouping. Enter a game length in minutes (required). Input total game duration, including all in-game breaks and separation time between matches.
11. If you wish to just generate matchups and have home teams set their game details (location, date, and time) at a later time, select 'No, home teams will later'. Permission must be turned ON for home team staff or admins to manage game times and locations for each of their games. Click the link for a guide - Setting Permissions for Team Staff to update Game Details
Note: If you want to schedule locations, dates, and game times along with your matchups, click here.
12. Select Update Legs to see a preview of matchups for the group.
13. Once complete, click Review or click Back to return to the Matchups screen (Step 2).
Review
14. All games will remain TBD. These games will be created as new game events but will remain unscheduled until manually edited by team staff or admins when details are input. Scroll down and click Create Games or click Back to return to the Locations screen (Step 3).
Matchup Creation
15. Your new GAME schedules are now being created, and an email confirmation will be sent to you once the process has been completed.
16. Click Done - See Overview to be taken to the Scheduling Overview report screen.