Documentation — Operations

Running a tournament

Create a tournament, let the planner calculate the day around your surfaces and ice cuts, then publish a public hub with live standings and brackets — and run score entry from the bench.

Dashboard › Tournaments
Admins and head coaches. The public hub is visible to anyone with the link; scores are entered by staff.
From setup to a live day
app.rinktracker.com
Tournaments — New
+ Calculate schedule
8 teams · 2 surfaces
20 min matches · 5 min gaps
Ice cut after 3 games
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Create the tournament and set the day's constraints.

How it works

Setup and format

A tournament starts from its constraints: the teams entered, the number of surfaces, match length, gaps between games, and how often the ice is cut. Choose a format — groups, straight knockout, or groups feeding placement brackets — and the structure builds itself.

The calculated schedule

The planner works forward from your first face-off and produces the full day: every fixture, every break, every resurfacing, and the finish time. Change a constraint and the day recalculates.

  • Fixtures assigned across surfaces automatically
  • Ice cuts inserted on your rule (e.g. every three games)
  • A finish time you can put on the entry pack

The public hub and live day

Publishing creates a public page — schedule, standings, bracket — that updates as your staff enter scores. Visiting teams and families refresh the same page the organisers run the day from. A tokenised scorer link lets a helper at the bench enter results without an account.

Step by step

  1. 1Open Tournaments and click 'New tournament'.
  2. 2Add teams, surfaces, match length, gaps and your ice-cut rule.
  3. 3Pick the format — groups, knockouts, placement games.
  4. 4Review the calculated schedule and adjust constraints until the day fits.
  5. 5Publish the public hub and share the link with entered teams.
  6. 6On the day, enter scores from the bench — standings and the bracket update live.

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