Who can join a game: Open, Approval required, Invite only

In More options → Who can join, you decide who can find your game and how players get in. You can change it later from Edit Event.

The three options

• Open — anyone can find this game and join until it's full. Best for public courts and open play.
• Approval required — anyone can find it, but every player sends a request and you approve who plays. Best when you want to check level or keep a regular crew together while still welcoming new people.
• Invite only — the game doesn't show up in Home or search. Only people you invite can see it, and anyone with the link can join. Creating invite-only games is part of Xsporty Athlete.

Invite only is unlisted, not secret: anyone who has the link can open the game and see who's in. Share it only with the people you want there.

Link groups

Under Groups, link up to five of your groups to the game. Every member is invited and notified when you publish. The first group you pick is the priority group: its members join directly, and go to the head of the reserve list when the game is full. Members of the other groups are invited too, but you approve them. Linking a priority group switches a new game to Approval required and turns the reserve list on, so you stay in control of who joins from outside. See Groups.

Approving players

Requests show up in your notification inbox and under View Join Requests on the game. Open the player's profile to check their level and ratings, then Accept, Move to Reserve or Decline — on paid games you can also Ask to Pay first. See Manage participants.

Change it later

Open the game's menu and tap Edit Event. Players already in the game stay in; new ones follow the new rule. The chat gets a line like "The organizer now approves who joins". An invite-only game is never downgraded.