A league or tournament is a collection of teams that are scheduled to play against one another. Their purpose is to allow competition between the teams to determine the skill ranking of each team or to provide an instructional structure for competition between teams.
A league hierarchy can be composed of sub-units, normally referred to as conferences and divisions.
Prior to setting up leagues or tournaments, the following data points must be configured:
Administration > League Settings > Leagues
The League List screen provides links to view child leagues, edit existing league information, and add new leagues.
If a league has child leagues attached, its Name on the list will have an underlined link. Clicking a league Name link will navigate to a list of all child leagues contained within that league and provide links to edit, add new leagues or further drill down through the league hierarchy.
Note: The page and field names below depends on whether a league or tournament has been selected.
To add
From the League List page, clicking Add New League brings you to the Change League page, allowing you to create a new record.
Clicking Add New Tournament brings you to the Change Tournament page.
To modify
From the League List page, clicking an underlined league or tournament Name navigates to a list of all child leagues contained within that league.
To edit a league, click the Edit link, which displays a general information League Functions page with several hyperlinks. These hyperlinks are for pages that allow you to address specific areas of league information:
Note: All the options above will be available if you click the Edit link for leagues without child leagues contained within them. For leagues with child leagues, only the first 3 options will be available.
The Change League Details link displays the Change League page with the league details as defined below, with the option to Save or Delete the record at the bottom of the page.
To go back, click the Cancel and go back to League Functions link on top of the page.
| Name of Field | Type | Description |
Detail Information |
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| League or Tournament Name | Text | The name of the league or tournament as it will appear when registering or reporting on leagues. Required. |
| Parent | Read-only | Name of the league or tournament one level up.
The default parent league can be changed by selecting the binocular
icon
You can choose to make this league a parent league by choosing Set As Root League after selecting the binocular icon. |
| Start Date | Date | Date the league or tournament schedule starts; entered in
month, day, year format or by clicking the calendar
icon |
| End Date | Date | Date the league or tournament schedule ends; entered in
month, day, year format or by clicking the calendar icon
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| Site | Dropdown list | Site where this league is attached, as selected from a predefined
list.
The site selected will be the only site where the league can be accessed, unless the user has multi-site permission. Selecting All Sites will make the League available to all sites. |
| League or Tournament Type | Dropdown list | Type of the league, as selected from a predefined list of league types. |
| Ranking Type | Dropdown list | Select the method for ranking teams within the league.
To change the details for ranking types, see Change Ranking System. Tie BreakingBy default, teams are ranked by Win-Loss Percentage.
To break ties, the following methods are used, in order:
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| Completed | Checkbox |
Option to complete the league or tournament. |
Auto Copy Dates to Activity? |
Checkbox |
Option to auto copy dates to an activity.
This checkbox is only enabled when a league is linked to an activity.
Note that the Auto Copy League Dates to Activity Dates when linked? checkbox in the Registration Settings - Configuration page must be selected for this checkbox to be enabled. |
Teams |
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Maximum Number of Teams |
Numeric |
Maximum number of teams that can be created for a league.
An entry of 'zero' would mean that there is no maximum to the number of teams that can be created.
If a number is entered that is less then the current number of teams, an error message will be displayed.
If an activity is attached to the league, the new number of teams is also updated in the attached activity. |
Seed Teams by Rank |
Checkbox |
Option to seed teams based on their rank, which is calculated based on the selected ‘Ranking Type’. |
| Minimum Members per Team | Numeric | Minimum number of members that must be on each team. |
| Maximum Members per Team | Numeric | Maximum number of members that may be on each team. |
| Minimum Number of Teams (appears in Tournaments only) |
Numeric | Minimum number of teams that must participate in the tournament. |
| Maximum Number of Teams (appears in Tournaments only) |
Numeric | Maximum number of teams that can participate in the tournament. |
Online Options |
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| Show League/Tournament Online | Checkbox | Option to show this league/tournament on the customer site under the Sports section. |
| Must Login Before See League/Tournament Details Online | Checkbox | Option to only allow access to the league/tournament on the customer site for members, contacts or officials after they have logged in.
Team members and contacts may only view their own team’s information.
League contacts and officials can view the information for all teams. |
| Show Standings Online | Checkbox | Option to allow standings and scores to be viewed on the customer site under the Sports section. |
| Show Team Members Online | Checkbox | Option to allow team members to be viewed on the customer site under the Sports section. Public sites: Sports > select a league > Teams > Members/Contacts. If Show Team Members Online is checked, members of a team will be displayed here. |
| Show Team Rosters to Everyone Online | Checkbox | This option is only applicable if the Must Login Before See League/Tournament Online option is checked. If selected, any customer who is logged in can view the information for all teams. Team rosters are the same as team standings. |
| Allow Team Contact to Enter Scores Online | Checkbox | Select this option to authorize team contacts to enter scores for games on the customer(public access) site.
Check the Allow Team Contact to Enter Scores Online checkbox to allow authorized team contacts to enter scores for games.
Note: Team contacts can only enter scores for league(s) designated by staff. |
| Show Officials Online | Checkbox | Select this option to display officials for each game in league schedules on the public site. |
| Allow Officials View Schedules Online | Checkbox | Select this option to allow officials to view their personal schedules on the public site. |
League Officials |
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| Available League/Tournament Officials | Listbox | Displayed is a list of all officials maintained in the system who can be attached to leagues/tournaments.
A league may have multiple officials and an official may be attached to multiple leagues.
To make an official available for the league/tournament, highlight the name of the official in the left listbox (Available League Officials) and click the right-pointing arrow to move it to the right listbox (Selected League Officials). |
| Selected League/Tournament Officials | Listbox | Displayed is a list of all officials who have been attached to leagues/tournaments. To remove an official from a league/tournament, highlight the name of the official under the right listbox (Selected League Officials) and click the left-pointing arrow to move it to the left column (Available League Officials). |
Officials' Fees |
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Official's Fee Per Game |
Numeric |
The amount that the official will be paid for each game for which they officiate. |
Official's Fee Per Hour |
Numeric |
The amount that the official will be paid for each hour for which they officiate. |
League/Tournament Facilities |
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| Available League/Tournament Facilities | Listbox | Lists all facilities maintained in the system which can be attached to leagues/tournaments.
Only facilities that are reserved by minute and that do not have the Exclude from League Scheduling option selected will be available.
To make a facility available for the league/tournament, highlight the name of the facility in the left listbox (Available League Facilities) and click the right-pointing arrow to move it to the right listbox (Selected League Facilities).
A league may have multiple facilities and a facility may be attached to multiple leagues. |
| Selected League/Tournament Facilities | Listbox | Displayed is a list of all facilities which have been attached to leagues/tournaments. To remove a facility from a league/tournament, highlight the name of the facility under the right listbox (Selected League Facilities) and click the left-pointing arrow to move it to the left column (Available League Facilities). |
and selecting a different league to 
and selecting a date from the pop-up calendar.