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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 Submit to advance.

5. Competition Settings

Set up the competition using the different options available and select "Submit" to advance.

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