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Direct elimination tournament

Q: What is direct elimination?

C'est le format de tournoi le plus simple : les équipes sont tirées au sort et s'affrontent en duels. Le gagnant continue , le perdant est éliminé . On répète tour après tour jusqu'à ce qu'il ne reste qu'une seule équipe : le vainqueur .

Q: I closed the page, did I lose everything?

Non : la reprise est automatique sur le même navigateur. En cas de doute, exportez le fichier .json .

Q: Can I have a number of teams that is not a power of 2?

Oui. Le système gère n'importe quel nombre grâce à l'équipe « en attente » qui passe automatiquement au tour suivant.

🎯 Direct elimination tournament Random draw

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Organiser / Club

Tournament date

Tournament format

Number of teams

Enter the teams on the left
then click on START THE DRAW !

📖 User guide & detailed features

The direct elimination tournament from A to Z: every setting, every button, every rule.

Contents

What is direct elimination?
Tournament settings
Game format
Number of teams
Entering teams
Start the draw
Designate the winners
The waiting team (odd number)
Next round until the champion
Save & resume
Export / Import
Print & official PDF
Clear everything
Frequently asked questions

📥 Import a list from a file (Notepad / Word / Excel)
At the top of the list, two buttons: 📄 Template (downloads a file .txt of example, already commented, to fill in) and 📥 Import (loads your file and fills the list automatically).
Format: one team per line, players separated by a + (e.g. Jean Dupont + Marie Martin for a doubles team).
Word → "Save as → Plain text (.txt)". Excel → "Save as → CSV". The separator (;, comma or tab) is detected automatically; empty lines and those starting with # are ignored.

1. What is direct elimination?

It is the simplest tournament format: teams are drawn at random and face off in duels. The winner continues, the loser is eliminated. We repeat round after round until only one team remains: the winner.

2. Tournament settings

Organiser / Club & Date

Optional fields that appear at the top of the official PDF and are saved in the backup.

3. Game format

Buttons Singles / Doubles / Triples : they determine the number of players to enter per team (1, 2 or 3).

4. Number of teams

The field "Number of teams" (from 2 to 128) automatically creates the entry cards on the left.

💡 The number of teams can be odd number : in this case, one team will be « waiting » at each round (see section 8).

5. Entering teams

In the left column, each card "Team N" has one line per player: Name + Licence number (optional). If a name is left blank, a default name is used.

6. Start the draw

The yellow button 🎲 START THE DRAW — ROUND 1 reads the entered teams, shuffles them randomly and creates the matches of the 1^st round.

⚠️ Launching this button again starts everything over (new draw). To continue, use the « Start the next round » button at the bottom of a completed round.

7. Designate the winners

For each match, click on the winning team : it advances to green with the label Winner.

You can change your mind by clicking on the other team.

When all the round's matches have a winner, the next round button appears.

8. The waiting team (odd number)

If the number of teams in a round is odd number, one team cannot be paired: it is placed « waiting » (bye) and advances automatically to the next round without playing.

9. Next round until the champion

As long as more than one team remains: the blue button START THE NEXT ROUND ➔ randomly draws the new matches between the winners (+ the waiting team).
When only one team remains : the banner « 🎉 WINNER » is displayed.

10. Save & automatic resume

The tournament is saved automatically in the browser after each action. If you close the page and come back, everything reloads by itself. The button 💾 Save forces an immediate save with confirmation.

11. Export / Import (file)

⬇️ Export (file) : downloads a file .json with the whole tournament, to keep or transfer to another PC.
⬆️ Import (file) : reloads a .json exported and restores everything identically (teams, rounds, winners).

12. Print & official PDF

🖨️ Print : opens the print window directly with a clean PDF (without the browser headers/footers), black on white, economical on ink.
🏆 GENERATE THE OFFICIAL PDF (in the right area): downloads the summary PDF of all rounds.

13. Clear everything

The button 🗑️ Clear all clears the tournament and the browser save, after confirmation. Export the file .json before if you want to keep a record of it.

14. Frequently asked questions

I closed the page, did I lose everything?

No: resume is automatic on the same browser. If in doubt, export the file .json.

Can I have a number of teams that is not a power of 2?

Yes. The system handles any number thanks to the « waiting » team that automatically advances to the next round.

Is it all free?

Yes, 100% free, offered by Paquita from petanqueland.fr. 🎯

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