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This user guide will take you through how to create a Knock Out Competition

CREATE A KNOCK OUT COMPETITION

1. Select Competition

From the menu on left side of the screen select "Competitions"

2. Create a Competition

Select "CREATE COMPETITION" button on the right of the screen.

3. General Information

Fill in the the general information of the competition and click "Submit" to advance.

4. Contact Information

Fill in the contact info and select 'Next' to advance.

It is possible to add a Regional Competition Manager under the option 'Assigned Managers', users with this role will be able to carry out the same functionalities as a Competition Manager, but in this case they will only have access to do so within this specific competition. Find more information on Regional Competition Manager Role Overview. 

5. Competition Settings

This part will allow you to set up the competition settings, which will be used for all the created stages under this competition.

Player list 

Submission deadline for player list indicates the date till when players can be added to the player list under the team by Club admin. The number of players option will set what is the minimum and maximum amount of players who can be added to the team. Player age option is designed for underage competitions. You can set the particular date and players born after that date can not be added to the team player list under the competition.

Match sheet 

Submission deadline for match sheet indicates the date till when before a kick-off the Club admin can assign the starting lineup, substitutes, and team officials for a particular match. Number of players shows the minimum and maximum amount of players who can be registered for the match.

Match details

Match duration allows you to modify periods amount and lenght in this competition. Competition manager can enable Extra Time (XT) and Penalty shoot-outs (PSO) if such option is expected.

Match officials

The predefined list of Match Officials and their groups (if needed) should be set up before moving forward. You may specify minimum Group requirement for Match Officials, so only Match Officials from the specified Group or higher in rank can participate in this competition.

Expense reporting functionality allows competition and referee manager to track and define the default rates of the selected referees work. Enabling the "Rate editing option" will let the Match Officials easily to submit any amount for the match they were assigned to, however, later this should be approved by referee manager after submitting the report.

6. Discipline Settings

The discipline settings enable the Competition Manager to create discipline rules which will determine after how many red/yellow cards a player/official will be suspended. To add a rule select the "ADD RULE" button. To save the rule select the Check mark button and Select "Submit" to advance.

Example of rules:

• A player shall be suspend for the next match after receiving 3 yellow cards (in 3 different matches):

• A player shall be suspended for the next match after receiving a red card:

Select next on the bottom of the page to advance to the next part of the competition creation.

7.Create a Stage

To initiate the Stage creation select on "+CREATE STAGE" button

Select the Group type stage, and select the 'CREATE" button:

8. Stage General Information

Fill in the the general information of the stage and select "Submit" to advance.

9. Fixture setting

If you want the schedule to be automatically generated, fill in the details and select "Submit" to advance. If you do not want the schedule to be automatically, select the option "Create manual or import fixtures"  select "Submit" to advance.

10. Stage created

The creation of the competition stage is now completed you can either create another stage or advance to the next step.

11. Review & submit

Before submitting the stage review the different information you entered.

Select "Submit".

TYPES OF KNOCK OUT COMPETITIONS

Each competition can be broken down into various stages and each stage can contain flexible setup options. Here are some examples:

1. Knock out stage with number of participants, that is a power of two and there is one winner (for example 2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256); 
2. Knock out stage with number of participants, that is not a power of two, but there is one winner (e.g. early stages of cup competition);
3. Knock out stage with number of participants, that is not a power of two, but there is more than one winner (qualification to later stages/different type of competition, e.g. group stage);
4. Knock out stage with number of participants, that is a power of two, but there is more than one winner;
5. Knock out stage with odd number of pairs, and there is one winner.
6. Knock Stage with two leagues, with one final match (not played over two leagues)

If you require assistance setting up a Knock Out Competition, please reach out to the FCMS Support Team for guidance.

1. Knock out stage with number of participants, that is a power of two and there is one winner (for example 2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256)

EXAMPLE  1

64 teams, play each other once until there is one winner

COMPETITION FORMAT 1

COMPETITION SETTINGS 1

2. Knock out stage with number of participants, that is not a power of two, but there is one winner (e.g. early stages of cup competition)

EXAMPLE  2

63 teams, play each other once until there is one winner

COMPETITION FORMAT 2

COMPETITION SETTINGS 2

3. Knock out stage with number of participants, that is not a power of two, but there is more than one winner (qualification to later stages/different type of competition, e.g. group stage)

EXAMPLE  3

24 teams, play each other once until there are six winners

COMPETITION FORMAT 3

COMPETITION SETTINGS 3

4. Knock out stage with number of participants, that is a power of two, but there is more than one winner

EXAMPLE  4

64 teams, play each other once until there are eight winners

COMPETITION FORMAT 4

COMPETITION SETTINGS 4

5. Knock out stage with odd number of pairs, and there is one winner.

EXAMPLE 5

• 88 teams (40 teams seeded), play each other once until there is one winner
• Phase 1: 48 Teams play each other once until there are 24 winners
• Phase 2: 24 Winners from Phase 1, added to 40 seeded teams. Then, 64 teams play each other once until there is one winner

COMPETITION FORMAT 5

PHASE 1:

PHASE 2:

COMPETITION SETTINGS 5

6. Knock Stage with two leagues, with one final match (not played over two leagues)

EXAMPLE  6

• 64 teams play each other twice until there is one winner, with the final match play over 1 match
• Phase 1: 64 Teams play each other twice until there are 2 winners
• Phase 2: 2 Winners from Phase 1, play each other once until there is one winner

COMPETITION FORMAT 6

PHASE 1:

PHASE 2:

COMPETITION SETTINGS 6