How do you create a professional tournament schedule?

The complete guide for sports clubs: From a blank screen to a finished tournament in 6 steps – with automatic registration management, receipts and live presentation.

Why should you use tournament planning software?

Thanks to tournament planning software like myTMAN , creating and managing your tournament is easier than ever . And not only that – you can present your tournament clearly and professionally to your participants!

With myTMAN you can do everything in one place:

✅ Create an online tournament schedule in minutes

Automatically generate registration page & share via WhatsApp or email

✅ Centrally manage registrations and payment status

Automatically create and send receipts as PDFs

Present the tournament live on a projector or screen

 

No more time-consuming emails, complicated PDF creation, and confusing Excel lists.

Step 1: Create a new tournament

The first step is to define the basic data for your tournament. Professional software like myTMAN automatically creates an online registration page from this data.

You provide the following information:

  • Name and date of the tournament
  • Location / Address of the sports venue
  • Tournament logo and optional sponsor logos
  • Description and important notes
  • Participation fee and payment method
  • Additional settings (gender, skill level, individual fields)

Tip: If your own team is participating, add them directly during the creation process in the "Add teams" step.

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Step 2: Sending tournament invitations

Now you can send invitations to other clubs. myTMAN offers you various options – all GDPR-compliant and without violating data protection regulations.

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By email

Send professional invitations to your mailing list with just a few clicks.

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via WhatsApp

Share your tournaments with an automatically generated invitation text including links.

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As a link

Create a link to share in groups or forums with one click.

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On your homepage

Integrate your tournaments into your homepage with just a few clicks using HTML code.

Step 3: Accept or reject applications

As soon as a coach registers for your tournament, you will receive automatically send an email notification from myTMAN. You then decide whether to accept or decline the registration.

Here's how it works:

  • Open the registrations overview
  • Click on "Accept registration" or "Decline registration".
  • The coach will automatically via email informed about your decision

Accept

Team participates

Decline

The coach will be informed.

Waiting list

For substitutes

Step 4: Manage participation fees and send receipts

If your tournament has an entry fee, you can keep track of all incoming payments in the registration overview.

The best part: As soon as the fee is received, you can automatically create the receipt as a PDF with one click – and send it directly to the trainer via email.

Manually creating receipts is now a thing of the past!

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Step 5: Print out the player registration form

If desired, your participants can register their players for the tournament online in advance. You don't need to create and send any PDFs beforehand – myTMAN takes care of that automatically.

With one click you can print the player registration forms for all participants – ready for the tournament day.

Step 6: Create, share, and run the tournament schedule

Now it gets exciting: myTMAN creates with just a few clicks Your tournament schedule will be automatically generated . Registered teams will be automatically added – no more manual entry required.

On the day of the tournament:

  • Tournament schedule with Print QR code – Viewers can follow live
  • Conduct tournament via laptop or mobile phone
  • Optional: Game timer on projector/screen transmitted
  • Invite helpers via a link so they can enter results.

Over 40 tournament schedule templates available

It's every man for himself.
Round robin (with second leg)
KO system (Single Elimination)
2 groups + semi-finals + final
2 groups + quarter-finals
4 groups + knockout phase
Winners and losers group
DFB mode (without table)
Preliminary round – Main round – Knockout round
Doubles tournament

Need a different mode? Send us an email – we'll implement it!

Tournament schedule creation with myTMAN

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Ready for your first tournament?

Register for free and create your first professional tournament schedule in just a few minutes.

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