Resources for Hosting Tournaments
First and foremost, please remember that ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ is always willing to provide advice on all aspects of running a tournament. Write to us at [email protected] and we’ll be glad to help.
ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ has collected a series of online resources to help schools host tournaments easily and efficiently:
Overall Process
SoCalQuizBowl.org’s : A high school-focused guide.
Paul Lujan and Juliana Froggatt’s : A comprehensive guide to hosting tournaments by two Berkeley alumni. Focused on college tournaments.
Inviting Teams
ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ is happy to share its contact lists for tournaments on our questions. Write to [email protected] if you want that!
Most open tournaments (at all levels) are announced on .
Making a Schedule
- Paul Lujan and Juliana Froggatt’s : A thorough guide to various forms of round robin tournaments by two Berkeley alumni.
- ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s Approved SCT Formats: We have prepared schedule templates that can be used or adapted for any tournament up to 24 teams, although they are designed for collegiate Sectional Championship Tournaments.
- : A free generator of round-robin schedules.
- : Not quite as easy to use, but provides a wide variety of round robin-based schedules for tournaments up to 36 teams.
- ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s blank playoff brackets for single-elimination playoff among 16 teams or 32 teams.
- ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s Policies on tiebreakers, elimination, and unusual cases. Most tournaments are not required, but are encouraged, to use these. The tiebreakers page includes brackets for many tiebreaker procedures.
Information to Provide in Teams’ Folders
Hosts may want to provide teams and/or staff with copies of some or all of the following documents:
- The ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ Rules, and/or a brief summary of the rules
- The ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ Correctness Guidelines
- The ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ scoresheet, with a filled-out sample available for staff training
- An electronic version (Microsoft Excel/XLSX) of the scoresheet
- A form for evaluating moderators
Staff Training
Keeping Statistics
- ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s guide to reporting results
- ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s preferred program for tracking and submitting results.
- Using SQBS: A guide to making the most efficient use of SQBS at tournaments whose results will be reported to ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ.
- Results Submission Template: An Excel spreadsheet with blanks for reporting match scores to ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ.