Run a judo tournamentwith forty small pools instead of one
The work is in the sorting, not in the judo: dozens of small pools that only add up once you know who is coming. In PlayTour that sorting comes out of the entries. You can see who stands in each class, which one is getting too thin, and whether the whole thing fits your mats -- before the weigh-in starts.
What makes a judo tournament different
The IJF contest rules and the formats the Dutch federation uses are built into PlayTour. Three things stand out.
The sorting comes out of the entries
A judoka belongs to an age band and, within it, to a weight class. Those are two groupings laid over each other, and together they produce the large number of small groups the morning disappears into. PlayTour holds them as separate dimensions, so a class that turns out too thin is visible before the weigh-in starts.
- A separate category per age group, named by you
- Weight classes within every band
- Individual and mixed team in one tournament
- Entrants enter themselves, you keep no list
Every result goes in as it fell
A contest is won on ippon, on the higher score at sore-made, on hansoku-make or in golden score. All four are ordinary results in PlayTour rather than exceptions you have to put in a note somewhere.
- Ippon, score at sore-made, hansoku-make or golden score
- Best of three contests for a class with two entrants
- Pools, knockout or double knockout per class
- The table is right while contests are still being fought
You see up front whether the day fits
You enter how many mats there are. The schedule spreads the classes across them, so before entries close you can already see whether the day fits or whether a mat has to be added.
- Every mat in one schedule
- Merge classes that turn out too thin before the weigh-in
- A repechage, so nobody is finished after one contest
- Withdrawals are handled before the draw rather than after it
Setting up a judo tournament
Four decisions, after which entries run without you.
- 1
Pick your age bands and weight classes
You set which bands take part and which classes fall within them. The classes are the categories of your tournament.
- 2
Open entries
Clubs and judoka enter themselves, with a date of birth and a weight class. You can see how many stand in each class, and therefore which class is getting too thin.
- 3
Sort and draw
Pools for small classes, a knockout with repechage for large ones. The schedule is spread across your mats.
- 4
Enter results at the mat
The result of each contest and how it fell. The pool table works itself out and the hall sees what the table sees.
Questions about judo tournaments
What do I do with a weight class holding only two judoka?+
There is a format for exactly that: best of three contests. They meet at least twice, and if it stands at 1-1 a third contest decides. That is tidier than merging a class where it does not belong.
We separate a level pool on waza-ari. Is that supported?+
Not automatically. PlayTour records who won each contest and on what, but does not carry waza-ari and yuko separately into the table. If you separate pools that way, it stays handwork at the table. That is a limitation, and we would rather name it up front.
Can individual classes and team contests share a tournament?+
Yes. Individual and mixed team are two categories within one tournament, each with their own grouping and their own schedule.
What does this cost?+
Publishing and taking entries are in the free plan, up to three tournaments a year and fifty entrants each. The draw, the schedule and live scoring are on a paid plan, billed per club per year rather than per tournament.
Set up your judo tournament and let the clubs enter
A free account, your classes per age band, and a schedule across every mat. The sorting comes out of the entries.