Tournaments
Run a tournament
Create a tournament from Tournaments with New tournament. Running one needs an account. For how each format plays and which suits your night, see How to run a darts tournament.
Step by step
- Start a new tournamentOpen Tournaments and tap New tournament, then give it a name.
- Choose who playsPick Singles or Pairs. For singles, choose Pick players to start straight away, or Open sign-ups.
- Set the formatChoose the format, the match length and the game. The game starts as 501 double-out.
- Check the seedingChoose By rating, Random draw or Set order.
- Create itTap Create, or Open sign-ups if players are joining first.
Formats
| Format | How it works |
|---|---|
| Single elimination | One loss and you're out. Can add a third-place match. |
| Double elimination | A losers bracket gives a second chance. |
| Round robin | Everyone plays everyone. |
| Swiss | Players with similar records meet each round. |
| Groups → knockout | Round-robin groups, then the top finishers go through. |
Formats that end in a final can make it a longer match than the rest. The game can be X01, Cricket, Around the World or Count Up.
Seeding
By rating orders players by their recent legs of the tournament's game: 3-dart average for X01, marks per round for Cricket, win rate for the rest. Random draw draws the order, and Set order lets you move players with the arrows. With sign-ups, you can choose the method now or when you start.
Sign-ups and the door
You can pick up to 32 players to start straight away. Pairs always come in through sign-ups or the door. With sign-ups you set whether people can join from the link, a limit from 2 to 128, a start time and a note for players.
Until you start, add walk-ins at the door and tap Check in as people arrive. Start needs at least 2 checked in, and anyone signed up but not checked in is removed when it starts.
Late arrivals and changes
Once it's running, the ⋯ menu has Players…, where you add a late player by name, drop someone out or bring them back, and replace or swap players who haven't played yet.
- Round robin: they play everyone, in extra rounds.
- Swiss: they join from the next round.
- Groups: they join the smallest group while the groups are still going.
- Elimination: they take a first-round bye, if one is left.