Swiss system: rounds, score-based pairing and tie-breaks
How to run a Swiss-system tournament in HoneyCup: number of rounds, FIDE Dutch pairing with no rematches, byes, Buchholz and other tie-breaks.
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Feature walkthroughs on live tournaments: which format to pick, how to keep scores and a schedule, and what to share with players and spectators.
Groups and knockout: the World Cup format for your own tournament
How to run a groups-plus-knockout tournament in HoneyCup: splitting into groups, multiple legs, who advances, knockout seeding and a double elimination option.
Managing a tournament: format, name, copy, logo and trash
How to set up and change a tournament in HoneyCup: the Format and rules panel, changing the format before the start, renaming without breaking links, copying, a logo and a 30-day trash.
Draw and seeding: random or by hand
How to run a draw in HoneyCup: the Shuffle button for a random bracket, seeding by list order, and manual rearranging by drag and drop in brackets, groups and round-robin tables.
Single elimination: knockout bracket, byes and a third-place match
How to run a single elimination tournament in HoneyCup: a bracket for any number of players, evenly spread byes, a third-place match and full placement.
Round robin: cross table, Berger rounds and multiple legs
How to run a round robin in HoneyCup: a cross table with scores, rounds from the Berger tables, one to five legs and roster changes after the start.
Double elimination: a bracket where you need two losses to go out
How the double elimination bracket works in HoneyCup: winners and losers brackets, grand final with a reset, final four with crossover semifinals, final places of eliminated players and an all-places mode.
Score entry: recording a match result in seconds
How to enter scores in HoneyCup: a dialog next to the match cell, a format hint based on the sport's rules, editing and clearing results, walkovers.
Tournament participants: player pool, pasting a list and avatars
How to build a tournament roster fast in HoneyCup: a pool of players from past tournaments, pasting a list of names, duplicate protection, renaming and participant avatars.
Sports in HoneyCup: from tennis to esports and fitness tests
Which sports HoneyCup supports: racket sports, team sports, billiards and darts, esports, mind games, combat sports and result-based events. What choosing a sport changes.
Live scores: the bracket updates for every spectator at once
How live updates work in HoneyCup: scores appear for spectators without reloading — in the bracket, the table, on the TV at the venue and in the bracket embedded on a club website.
Public tournament page: everything for players and spectators in one link
What players and spectators see on a HoneyCup tournament page: bracket, table, schedule, standings and rules without signing up, and a phone-friendly layout.