Running your event on Tourny
This guide walks you through how to run your event on Tourny—from submitting your first score to finalizing your results.
By the end, you’ll know how to:
- Publish and share your event
- Navigate the pages you'll use to run your event
- Submit and manage game results
- Review standings as results come in
- Transition teams between rounds (for multi-round formats)
Publish and share your event
Before your event starts, make sure your tournament is published so participants can view schedules, standings, and results. Publishing also enables score submission during your event.
To publish your event:
- Go to the Dashboard page
- Click Pay for event and complete payment
- Once payment is complete, publish your event
After publishing, you can share your event with participants by:
- Copying and sharing the home page URL
- Or going to the Manage page and using the Share option to get a link or QR code
As results are submitted, participants can follow along using the same link to view updated schedules, scores, and standings.
Navigate the pages you'll use to run your event
Now that your event is set up and published, take a moment to familiarize yourself with the pages you’ll use to run it. Most of your time will be spent across three key pages: the Dashboard, Schedule, and Standings pages.
The Dashboard page gives you a high-level view of your event’s progress. It highlights which rounds are currently in progress and, for multi-round formats, shows when you’re ready to transition teams to the next round. If you’re ever unsure what to do next, this is the best place to check.
The Schedule page is where you’ll manage your games. It shows all upcoming and completed games, and selecting a game opens the option to submit or edit results. This is the page you’ll use most frequently during your event.
The Standings page shows the latest results for your event. Review this page to see how your event is progressing.
As your event runs, these pages update automatically based on submitted results, so you can always see the current state of play.
Submit your game results
Submitting game results is the main action you’ll perform throughout your event.
To submit a result, go to the Schedule page and select a game. This opens the game overview, where you’ll see Submit result and Game options.
To enter a score:
- Click Submit result
- Enter the scores (and any additional stats, if configured)
- Click submit to save the result
Once a result is submitted, the game overview will show an Edit result button instead. Use this if you need to make changes.
Game options
Select Game options to access additional controls:
- Forfeit game — assigns a loss to the forfeiting team and awards a win to the other team
- Cancel game — marks the game as cancelled and assigns no points to either team
- Add note — attach game notes (e.g., things like officiating details or cancellation reasons)
- Clear result — removes a previously submitted result
- Change home team — swaps home and away teams
- Change teams — allows you to update the teams in a game, rarely needed but can be helpful for unique use cases
Important: For multi-round formats, avoid updating results for initial rounds once they have completed and teams have been transitioned to the next round/s. Updating a result after teams have been advanced will reset the following rounds, since standings and advancement are recalculated.
Review standings as results come in
As your event runs, the standings show how teams are performing and how the competition is progressing.
To view standings, go to the Standings page. This page updates automatically as results are submitted, so you’re always seeing the latest rankings and outcomes.
If your event has multiple categories, use the category dropdown to switch between them. For multi-round formats, use the round selector (top right) to view each stage of the tournament.
It’s a good idea to review the standings at the end of each round—especially before transitioning teams to the next round—to ensure everything looks correct.
Transition teams between rounds (for multi-round formats)
For multi-round formats, you’ll need to transition teams to the next round once the current round is complete.
Start by making sure all game results are submitted for the current round. Once complete, go to the Standings page, where you’ll see the option to move to the next round/s.
For example, in a round robin to bracket format, you’ll see a prompt like Ready to start the playoffs with a Confirm bracket button. Selecting this will open a view where you can review and confirm which teams advance. Once confirmed, the next round is automatically populated with those teams.
You’ll also see this transition highlighted on the Dashboard page, which indicates when a round is complete and the next step is ready.
Pro Tip: If your event has multiple categories, each category must be transitioned separately as their rounds complete.
Important: You won’t be able to transition teams until all games in the current round have results. If some games weren’t played, use Cancel game or Forfeit game to complete the round and unlock the transition option.
Important: Avoid changing results after transitioning teams. Updates to earlier results will reset the following rounds, since standings and advancement are recalculated.
You're ready to run your event!
You now have everything you need to run your event on Tourny.
Best of luck with your event, and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to support@tourny.ca.