Worked Example: Americano — 12-Player Saturday Social

Step 1: Create the Tournament

1. Go to Dashboard → New Tournament
2. Select Americano as the tournament type
3. Fill in the details:
   • Name: “Saturday Social”
   • Sport: Padel
   • Club: Your club
4. Schedule: 1 day (Saturday), 3 courts, 9:00–12:00, 20-minute matches
5. Create the tournament — you land on the Overview tab

Step 2: Open Registration & Add Players

1. Click Open Registration to move from Draft → Registration
2. Invite players or let them self-register. For this example, 12 players join:
   • Alex, Bella, Carlos, Diana, Erik, Fatima
   • George, Hana, Ivan, Julia, Ken, Lina
3. Confirm all 12 players in the Players tab

Step 3: Create Round 1 (Americano)

1. Go to the Rounds tab
2. Click New Round and configure:
   • Round name: “Round 1”
   • Format: Americano
   • Point Target: 24 pts
   • Partners: Random
3. Player Source: All confirmed participants (12 players)
4. Courts: 3 courts, 20-minute duration, 5-minute gap
5. Click Preview — the system shows all pairings before creating them
6. Review and click Generate

Step 4: What Gets Generated

The system creates 3 rotations across 3 courts:

Note: Actual pairings are randomized; this table illustrates the concept. Each player has a different partner every rotation and never faces the same opponent twice.

Step 5: Start the Tournament & Score

1. Click Start Tournament to move to In Progress
2. Umpires score matches via QR scan or the Matches tab
3. Example match result: Alex / Bella 24 – 17 Carlos / Diana
4. Individual points: Alex +24, Bella +24, Carlos +17, Diana +17

Step 6: Live Standings

After all matches are scored, the leaderboard shows each player's accumulated points. Standings are computed live from match results — no manual calculation needed.

Step 7: Complete

When all matches finish, click Complete Tournament. Final standings are locked and visible to all participants. Alex wins with 68 points!

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