Competition Creation: Step 2 - Competition Format Set-Up

Overview

This guide walks you through the second step of the competition creation wizard. This step allows you to define the league structure, points system, and table orderings of the competition you created in Competition Creation: Step 1 - Initial Options/Competition Details.

💡Note: For Competition Management, you need to be assigned a Competition Administrator for your County or Province.

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Table of Contents

Within the Competitions Details, there are 3 main sections which need to be completed:

1. League Format Set-Up
2. League Table Options
3. League Orderings
4. Next Step: Step 3 - Allocate Teams

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1. League Format Set-Up

Fill out the following mandatory and optional fields:

Field	Mandatory/Optional	Details
Number of Divisions	Mandatory	Enter how many divisions compete (e.g. 1 for single division)
Number of Legs	Mandatory	Enter the number of legs each team plays against the other (1 leg = once, 2 legs = home & away)
Hide For, Against, Points Diff	Optional	Tick if you want to hide these stats from public view

If you set up a competition as a 'League', then you will be asked to fill out how many knockout divisions there are.

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2. League Table Options

Fill out the following mandatory and optional fields:

Field	Mandatory/Optional	Details
Points for a Win	Mandatory	Enter how many points a team earns for a win
Points for a Draw	Mandatory	Points awarded for a draw
Points for a Loss	Mandatory	Usually, 0, unless awarding for participation
Points for a Walkover	Mandatory	Points given to the team awarded a walkover win
Points For and Against Display	Optional	Choose how you want to display: ➤ Total Points ➤ GG-PP Selecting GG-PP means that Goals and Points will be displayed in the league table.

💡Note: The system has provided default values for each field, but you can adjust them based on specific competition rules.

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3. League Orderings

This determines how the system ranks teams in the event of ties in points.

Order	What It Means
1st Order	Primary ranking metric (usually Total Points)
2nd Order	Secondary tiebreaker (e.g. Head-to-Head for 2 teams only)
3rd Order	Next level of sorting – often Score Difference
4th Order	Final fallback – e.g., Goals/Points Scored

💡Note: The system has pre-filled these with standard defaults, but you're free to customise them to match the specific competition rule.

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4. Next Step: Allocate Teams

Once all of the required fields are filled, move on to Step 3: Allocate Teams by clicking Next (top-right corner).

See: Competition Creation: Step 3 - Allocate Teams guide for instructions on completing step 3 of the competition wizard.