How to Run a Tournament — Kynaix Sports

Managing Your Tournament

Follow these steps to take your tournament from zero to live — works for all sports.

Create a Tournament

From the home screen, tap Tournaments in the bottom navigation bar, then tap the Create Tournament button (top right). This opens the tournament creation form where you give your tournament a name, pick a sport, and set your dates. Kynaix supports all major sports — pickleball, tennis, cricket, volleyball, basketball, badminton, and more.

Choose single elimination, round robin, or custom format
Set public or private registration
Add location or mark as online/virtual

💡 You can change most settings later — don't wait for everything to be perfect before creating.

Create Tournament form showing tournament name, sport selector, description, and date fields with registration deadline — Basic Info & Dates

Tournament details form showing max participants, venue location, prize details, registration requirements, and match settings — Details & Match Settings

Tournaments list page showing the newly created Pickleball Warrior Tournament card with Registration Open badge and organizer controls — Tournament Created

Create Liability Waiver modal — clause selection step showing Assumption of Risk, Release of Liability, Medical Consent, Medical Conditions, Indemnification, and Property Damage clauses — Liability Waiver — Select Clauses

Create Liability Waiver modal — preview step showing the completed waiver document with tournament name, effective date, and all selected legal clauses before creating — Liability Waiver — Preview & Create

Add a Hero Image

A great cover photo makes your tournament page stand out and look professional. This image appears at the top of your tournament page and in shared links.

Recommended size: 1200 × 630 px (16:9)
Use an action shot, venue photo, or branded graphic
Supports JPG and PNG

Tournament page showing empty banner upload zone — tap to upload your banner image — Tap the banner area to upload an image

Adjust Your Photo modal — crop and reposition the banner image before saving — Adjust Your Photo — crop and reposition before saving

Tournament page with the uploaded pickleball banner fully displayed at the top — Tournament page with uploaded banner

Update Tournament Details

Fill in everything participants need to know before registering — entry rules, prize details, venue address, and any sport-specific settings like match format and scoring rules.

Set max participants and team size
Add entry fee if applicable
Configure scoring format per sport (e.g. best of 3, rally scoring)
Attach waiver or terms document

Tournament page showing the uploaded banner and Edit button to update tournament details — Tap Edit to update your tournament details

Edit form showing Basic Information, Tournament Dates with start/end time and registration deadline, and Tournament Details with max participants and venue — Fill in dates, venue, max participants, and match settings

Create a Schedule

Build your match schedule manually or let Kynaix auto-generate it based on the number of participants and your chosen format. Assign courts, times, and referees for each match.

Auto-generate bracket or round-robin schedule
Assign courts, fields, or tables to each match
Set match duration and gap between rounds
Participants see their schedule in the app instantly

💡 You can keep generating rounds as the tournament progresses — no need to schedule the whole event upfront.

Step 1 — Select Teams: all 6 participants checked and ready for scheduling — Step 1 — Select the participants to include in the schedule

Step 2 — Choose Format: Single Elimination, Double Elimination, Round Robin, League + Finals, IPL-Style Playoffs, Swiss System — Step 2 — Choose your tournament format

Step 3 — Preview: Round Robin format, 6 participants, Singles type, Random seeding — ready to generate schedule — Step 3 — Preview settings and generate the schedule

Generated schedule showing 15 matches across 5 rounds in a Round Robin format — Generated schedule — 15 matches, 5 rounds

Schedule saved — Step 4 Schedule view with Ready to Start Tournament prompt and league matches listed by round — Schedule saved — ready to start the tournament

Full league matches list showing all rounds and match pairings with Start Scoring buttons — All matches listed by round with Start Scoring buttons

Share the Registration Link

Once your tournament is ready, share the registration link with players. They can register directly on Kynaix — no extra forms or spreadsheets needed.

Copy a direct link to share via WhatsApp, email, or social media
Share a QR code players can scan on-site
Post to your squad's feed so all members see it instantly
Set a registration deadline so late entries are blocked automatically

Tournament page showing the Share button in the top-right corner alongside Edit and Delete — Tap the Share button on your tournament page

Share Tournament modal showing options: Copy Link, Send to Phone (SMS), Share to Facebook, Send to Email, and Refer to User — Share via link, SMS, Facebook, email, or refer a user directly

Register for Tournament page — participant chooses registration type and sees registration fee of $20 — What participants see when they click your registration link

Register as Individual — participant selects their role: Organizer, Player, Coach, Team Owner, Scorer, Parents/Guardian, Referee — Participants choose their role before completing registration

See Who's Enrolled

Track registrations in real time. View the full participant list, check in players on the day, and manage withdrawals or substitutions — all from one screen.

See registered players with their profile and stats
Approve or reject registrations for invite-only events
Send a message blast to all enrolled participants
Export the list for check-in

Enrolled Participants tab showing 6 individual players with names, emails, enrollment dates, and Player badge — Aaron Silva, Brianna Castillo, Victor Morales, Trinity Reyes, Colin Cruz, Kylie Mendez — Enrolled Participants — 6 players registered and ready

Start the Tournament

When you're ready, hit Start. The tournament goes live — matches become active and scorekeepers can begin entering results. Standings and brackets update automatically after every match.

Assign a scorekeeper to each match (or score it yourself)
Live scores visible to all participants in real time
Bracket and standings update automatically
Pause or reschedule individual matches if needed

💡 Each sport has its own live scoring interface. See the guides below for how scoring works for your sport.

Start Tournament confirmation dialog — lists what gets locked: registrations, withdrawals, participant list, format changes — Confirm start — registrations and format lock once the tournament begins

Start Scoring dialog for a match — shows match pairing and explains the scorer role — Tap Start Scoring on any match to open the live scoring flow

Match Settings step — configure Singles or Doubles, Best of, Maximum Points, Rally Scoring, and Win by 2 — Step 1 — Configure match settings before scoring begins

Team Selection step — Kylie Mendez vs Aaron Silva confirmed as players, Start Scoring button ready — Step 2 — Confirm the players, then tap Start Scoring

Track Standings

Standings update automatically after every completed match. Players and spectators can follow the leaderboard in real time — no manual entry needed.

Rank by wins, losses, draws, points, and point differential
Round robin: full table with tiebreaker rules applied
Elimination: bracket view showing progression
Organizer can recalculate standings at any time

💡 Standings are visible to all participants even before the tournament is over — great for keeping the competitive energy high.

Tournament standings table with full header showing participant count, status, and difficulty, plus rank, P/W/L/D/F/A/PTS for all players — Live standings table with participant summary and full leaderboard

Zoomed in standings table showing rank, wins, losses, draws, goals for/against, and points per player — Detailed standings — rank, W/L/D, points, and point differential at a glance

View Statistics

Every match produces detailed stats — visible to all participants during and after the tournament. Use stats to review performance, identify top players, and share highlights.

Per-player stats across all matches: points scored, winner rate, errors
Sport-specific metrics — aces and shot types for pickleball, wickets and extras for cricket
Aggregated tournament totals by player or team
Stats available live as matches are scored

💡 Share individual stats cards to your squad feed or social media directly from the Statistics tab.

Tournament statistics overview tab showing progress percentage, participant count, games played, average score margin, and match distribution pie chart — Statistics overview — tournament progress, match distribution, and aggregate metrics

Top performers section showing Most Wins, Top Scorer, Hottest Streak, plus current top 5 table with rank, player, played, win-loss, win rate, and form — Top performers and current top 5 — win rate, form, and standout players

Quick Tournament

Start an internal tournament in seconds — no registration, no public link. Just pick your sport, choose a format, select teammates or squad members, and play.

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Set Up in 3 Steps

Quick Tournament is designed for casual play sessions — a lunchtime pickleball round robin, a weekend squad match, or a practice game with friends. Everything is streamlined so you can be on the court in under a minute.

Step 1 — Pick sport & format: choose Round Robin, Round Robin + Final, Knockout, or IPL-Style; select Singles, Doubles, or Teams
Step 2 — Add players: invite from your squad or teammates list directly — no external sign-up needed
Step 3 — Confirm & start: review the summary and hit Start Tournament

💡 Quick Tournaments start immediately and are visible only to participants — great for keeping things casual and private.