Organize a tournament

A tournament on Xsporty handles registration, teams, the schedule, referees, standings and awards, so you can focus on the games. Here's the organizer's walkthrough.

Who can create tournaments

Tournament creation is open to approved organizers. Tap + → Create tournament: if you're approved you get the form; if not, you'll see the early-access screen where you can tell us you want to organize tournaments. To get approved, contact us with your sport, format, dates and venue. Players, referees and fans never pay anything.

Create the draft

1. Name the tournament, pick the sport and choose the Tournament stages: Round robin (everyone plays everyone, the table decides), Round robin + knockout (groups, then the top teams play knockout rounds) or Knockout (lose once and you're out).
2. Tap Create tournament. It starts as a draft only admins can see.
3. The tournament's Home shows Setup · 0 of 3: Teams, Dates and venue, Matches. Everything else lives in Settings.

Settings

• Basic data: cover, name, description, start and end dates, venue, Fields available (1–12) and timezone.
• Format & stages: number of groups, teams advancing per group, third-place match, knockout byes, Points per win, draw and loss, and Automatic suspensions after a red card or a number of yellows.
• Registration & fee: admission Open or Approval required, Maximum teams (up to 32), Players per team (1–30), whether players can create teams, Registration locked, the MVP voting window (4 to 24 hours), and Charge a fee per team with your Payment options.
• Disclosure: Listed in Home, or link-only.
• Referees, Co-admins and the Danger zone (cancel tournament, delete draft).

Teams and requests

Under Teams & requests you add teams, set a crest, rename, lock or remove them, and approve or decline join requests — players asking to join a team, to be its captain or coach, or proposing a new team. For each team you can Set captain or coach by inviting a player, and Add players: Invite from XSporty (up to 30 at a time) or Share team invite link, which seats anyone who opens it while registration is open and the team has room. Captains and coaches get the same Add players button on their team.

Team fees

Fees are per team and you collect them outside the app — ATH Móvil, PayPal or whatever you list under Payment options. Flip each team to Paid, Unpaid or Waived; the app reminds unpaid teams daily until you do.

Generate the schedule

With at least two teams in, tap Generate schedule. For group formats, first drag teams into Groups or tap Shuffle, then Generate the matches. Each round's matches are spread across your fields. Per match you can Set date & time, Set field, Assign referee, or cancel and restore it. Saving creates the matches as hidden games; rosters sync to them until kickoff. Knockout slots fill in automatically as the groups settle.

Referees and results

Add referees under Referees and assign them per match. On match day the referee (or any admin) opens the match and taps Score sheet: final score, scorers per team, yellow and red cards, and for a tied knockout match, who goes through. Final whistle files the official result, updates the table and opens MVP voting. A result can be refiled.

Publish, message, cancel

When setup shows 3 of 3, tap Publish: players and fans can find it, follow it and join a team. Use Preview as a fan first. Message… sends to all teams, one team, or the two teams of a match. Add up to three co-admins, who can do everything except remove you. Cancel tournament cancels every match and tells every player.

At the end, the Final standings are posted automatically: champions, runners-up, third place, tournament MVP, top scorer and best keeper.