Resources
Tournament organisation guides
Practical articles for tournament organisers. From choosing a bracket format to estimating how long your event will take.
Judo tournament guide
Weight categories, IJF competition systems, repechage, mat requirements, draw procedure, and how long a judo event takes.
How to run a tournament
A step-by-step walkthrough of planning, registrations, draw, schedule, and day-of execution for a local or regional tournament.
Single elimination in depth
How single-elimination brackets work, how byes are handled, seeding strategy, and when to use this format over alternatives.
Round robin tournaments
When round robin is the right choice, how to structure pools, tiebreaker rules, and how to combine pools with elimination.
Repechage systems explained
What repechage is, how it works in judo, wrestling, and taekwondo, the different scope variants, and how it affects match count.
Estimating tournament duration
How to calculate total matches, account for changeovers and warm-up time, and avoid scheduling overruns on event day.
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