Seeding, done for you
When your event includes groups, knockout seeding follows the group standings automatically, so the strongest teams don't meet until later rounds. You can still adjust groups and seeding by hand before groups start, if you want to keep rivals apart or balance courts differently.
Main draw and Plate
Choose Groups then Main and Plate and teams who don't advance from the groups drop into a Plate knockout instead of going home. It's a second-chance draw that keeps every pair playing meaningful matches, and you can add an optional third-place match to either bracket.
No byes: play-ins instead
Byes feel unfair to whoever gets one and boring for whoever doesn't. iTournee never uses them — when team numbers are uneven, the lowest seeds play a short play-in round first, and the winners join the rest of the bracket. Nobody skips a round just because of the headcount.
Suggested setup for a knockout afternoon
- Teams
- 8–16 pairs
- Format
- Knockout only, or Groups then Main and Plate
- Scoring
- Club competition (best of 3 sets)
- Extras
- Optional third-place match
Share it, print it
The bracket updates live on the shared link as results come in, and you can print it for a noticeboard with a QR code pointing back to the live version. See the format compared with leagues in the tournament formats guide, or read about seeding in more depth in seeding and balancing padel teams.