Tournament Management¶

This page guides you through the complete management of your tournaments on MySquash, from creation to execution.

Video Tutorials¶

Please watch the following video tutorials to manage your tournament on MySquash:

Tournament Management Overview¶

Create Tournament¶

Generate Tournament¶

Important

Please refer to the section "Understanding Delay Management" below to better understand when the generate option is enabled.

Ranking snapshot at generation

When generating the tournament, player seeding is determined by their ranking at that moment. Any subsequent ranking changes will not affect the tournament draw.

Match-day ranking for points

Swiss Squash ranking points won or lost are calculated based on each player's ranking on the day of their match, not the tournament generation date.

Game Plan¶

Run Tournament¶

Watch the whole playlist on YouTube.

Understanding Delay Management¶

The MySquash application manages the tournament lifecycle as follows:

Tournament Delays Timeline

Announcement period: the tournament is visible on MySquash but is not yet open for registrations
Registration period: the tournament is open for registrations By default, the registration period starts immediately upon tournament creation
Lock-in period: the tournament is closed for registrations By default, the "Lock-in" period is set 3 days before the tournament start date

Opening the tournament for generation

The generation of game brackets and match scheduling is only available when the tournament is in the "Lock-in" period The more you delay this "Lock-in" period, the less time remains to prepare the game brackets and inform players of match schedules

Managing Forfeit and Walkover (Absence)¶

Concepts Overview¶

Concept	Definition	Impact on Points	Impact on Following Matches	Typical Use (not exhaustive)
Forfeit	Indicate that player has abandoned the match (either before starting it or during the match)	Impact on points according to score entered	Player will be automatically marked as forfeit for all following matches	Player not coming to a tournament and shall receive a penalty for that Player abandon a match due to major injury preventing him to play following matches
Absence	Indicate that the player did not played because of being absence	No impact on points	Player will be automatically marked as absent for all following matches (leading to a walkover for all opponents)	Player not coming to a tournament but shall not receive a penalty for that

How to Mark a Player as Forfeit¶

When entering match result, enter the score (as a regular match) and then declare the loser as "Forfeit":

Mark player as forfeit

How to Mark a Player as Absent¶

When entering match result, untick the box "Played or forfeit with point counting" and then select which player is absent (both players can be marked as absent):

Mark player as absent

Use Cases¶

Scenario	Action
A player withdraws from a tournament after the authorized delay or does not come to the tournament. In such a case, he/she shall receive a penalty for his/her 1^st match.	Enter result for the 1^st match with score 11-0, 11-0, 11-0 and mark the player as forfeit.
A player comes to a tournament, lost his/her 1^st match and then decides to leave.	If player shall receive a penalty: Enter the score for his/her next match (11-0, 11-0, 11-0) and then mark it as forfeit. If player shall not receive a penalty: Mark it as absent for his/her next match.
A player abandons a match due to a major injury preventing him/her to play the following matches.	Enter score obtained so far before injury, complete score with 11-0 as necessary and then mark player as forfeit.
A player abandons a match due to a minor injury but decides to continue playing the tournament.	Enter score obtained so far before injury, complete score with 11-0 as necessary but do not mark him/her as forfeit.