Seeding FAQ

Darwin

July 21, 2023 08:38

When it can be done

Seeding can be done in the adjustment phase, that is the time period between sign-up closes and round 1, so if you plan to seed more teams make sure you leave yourself enough time to seed them.
If you have the option it is recommended to disable auto-start that way the tournament won`t start automatically while you are still doing the seeding

Where it can be done

Seeding is done on the participant's tab in the tournament once the sign-ups have been closed

How is done

For elimination formats ( Single Elimination and Double Elimination) you assign each team a number starting from 1.
- 1 Means the highest-seeded team and the higher you go with the seed number the lower seed that team will have.
- If a team is assigned seed 1 it means that is the highest seeded while a team that is seeded 32 means that is the lowest seeded
- Each seeding number can be used only once (You can`t have 2 teams that have seed 1)
- If needed you can seed all the participants in the tournament or just a few of them.
  - If you seed all the participants the bracket will be generated based on the seed values that you provided
  - If you seed just the top X teams, those teams will be seeded the highest and the rest of the teams will be seeded under them based on the FACEIT level (A team that is level 4 but seeded as number 8 will be better seeded than a team that is level 10 but not assigned a seed number)
For non-elimination formats ( Round Robin) if you have multiple groups you can move the participants from one group to another.

Seeding in elimination formats

When you see this panel it means that you can start doing the seeding. This info panel it tells you that the tournament is in the adjustment phase

Go to the participants tab and assign the seedings
After you have finished seeding press save changes
You will have a preview of the seeding that you just did, from here you can either launch the tournament manually or wait for it to start

Seeding in non-elimination formats (Round Robin)

When you see this panel it means that you can start doing the seeding. This info panel it tells you that the tournament is in the adjustment phase

Go to the Participants tab and you can start moving the teams around in groups
Right-click on the 3 dots next to the team name and move to the group
At any time you need to have at least 2 teams in each group

Seeding pairs in Elimination formats

4 Teams

1vs4

2vs3

8 Teams

1vs8

4vs5

2vs7

3vs6

16 Teams

1vs16

8vs9

4vs13

5vs12

2vs15

7vs10

3vs14

6vs11

32 Teams

32 vs 1

16 vs 17

8 vs 25

9 vs 24

4 vs 29

13 vs 20

5 vs 28

12 vs 21

2 vs 31

15 vs 18

7 vs 26

10 vs 23

3 vs 30

14 vs 19

6 vs 27

11 vs 22