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- automatically assign teams to matches according to certain competition formats or "Fixture Types".
- calculate the dates and assign venues to matches.
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Fixture Types/Templates
A fixture type defines a template used for creating a draw of matches according to the defined pattern. To view the pattern or fixture template that will be followed for a given Fixture Type you can click on the "More Information" link next to the Fixture Type drop down box
The most common pattern to follow in team based fixtures is a simple round robin or what's called a "Standard Round Robin" fixture template within the Draw Creator. This is basically where every team plays other teams in the grade once before playing them again and where possible a team alternates between being the home team or away team for each match. The fixture template for this looks like this:
The numbers above will correspond to the seeds of the teams as set in the Draw Creator Seed page or Team Settings page
A fixture template will be defined for differing numbers of teams within a grade, i.e. 8 Team Grade, 10 Team Grade etc. The draw creator will choose the correct template automatically based on the number of teams in the grade (teams with an odd number of teams and hence a BYE will be rounded up to the next even number). If the grade does not have the correct number of teams for the selected fixture template then the error below will be displayed: 
In more advanced fixture templates a "Pairs" table may be defined as below for the built in "Enhanced Round Robin" fixture type.
The pairs table defines what pairings of seeds can be used across grades to avoid venue shares. So if Team A and Team B in grades Grade A and Grade B share the same grade Team A could be given seed=1 in Grade A and Team B would be given seed=2 in Grade B and using the Enhanced Round Robin fixture template above the teams would not play at "Home" in the same round number.
For knockout fixtures the fixture template looks like this:
As you can see Seeds 1 & 2 are at the opposite ends of the draw so would meet in the Final if they won all their matches.
If you have your own fixture template that you would like to use you can contact Support and arrange for it to be loaded so that it appears in the "Fixture Type" drop down box on the Start page of the Draw Creator.
Match Types
The match defines properties of the match that may be used in different parts of the system at various times. For instance the following items may be defined as part of different match types:
- (Fixture Types).
- calculate the dates and assign venues to matches.
The Draw Creator works in a "wizard" style screen layout where, with each subsequent page, you have the option of providing extra detail and customizing the resulting fixture to your needs.
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This page allows for the collection of basic information to start constructing the draw:
| Draw Type | Indicates the The type of draw that needs to be generated, either:
Selecting the draw type will fill the Fixture Type drop down list with fixture templates that are of that draw type, and disable some input fields depending on the selection. |
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Season | The season in which the draw is to be created. A season is a way of designating a competition to a time period that ultimately ends up in a finals series and winner. There can be several seasons set up for each calendar year. By default, two seasons for each year are created:
When a season is selected, the Draw Creator wizard estimates the season start date and non-playing periods. |
Grade | The grade for which the draw is to be created. the draw is to be created. Only grades with teams allocated for the current season will be displayed. The grade designates a group of competing teams (. Grades can also be referred to as league, division, competition leagues, divisions or competitions within different sports). Multiple grades or a single grade can be selected. When selecting multiple grades (they can consist of including possibly grades with different teams), a fixture is created for each grade for according to the settings defined. Where multiple grades have been selected, the Manually edit/enter matches option (see below) is disabled and you will not be able to change Draw Seeds in this process. Draw Seeds and other settings can be setup set up via the Team Settings tab in the Grade Management screen.Only grades with teams allocated for the current season will be displayed |
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Regular Season Fixture Template | Select the fixture template to use for creating the draw, from a list of fixture templates available in for the selected Draw Type. |
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| Finals Fixture Template | If finals rounds are created select an appropriate template from the dropdown box. The most common templates should already exist but if you require a different one a custom finals template can be up-loaded for you organisation. |
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