Setup: Seeding F.A.Q.

Manual seeding can only be performed in Adjustment status after sign-ups close and before the tournament is launched. Ensure you have enough time to seed the participants before launching the tournament, as this cannot be done or undone afterward!

See more info about statuses here

Where it can be done

Navigate to the Tournament > Participants tab

Logic behind seedings

The seeding systems maintain the default logic - see Seeding (sports) Wiki.

For elimination formats (Single-elimination and Double-elimination):

• Seed #1 is, by default, the highest seed, and the higher you go with the seed number, the lower the participant's seed. E.g., #1 - highest, #32 - lowest
• Participants cannot be assigned with the same seed.
  • 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 just seed the top X participants, those participants will be seeded the highest, and the rest will be seeded under them based on the FACEIT ELO level (E.g., a participant with ELO level 4 but seeded as number 8 will be better seeded than a participant with ELO level 10 but not assigned a seed number)

For non-elimination formats (Round Robin):

• You can move the participants from one group to another if you have multiple groups.

Seeding pairs in elimination formats

4 Teams: 1v4, 2v3

8 Teams: 1v8, 4v5, 2v7, 3v6

16 Teams: 1v16, 8v9, 4v13, 5v12, 2v15, 7v10, 3v14, 6v11

32 Teams: 32v1, 16v17, 8v25, 9v24, 4v29, 13v20, 5v28, 12v21, 2v31, 15v18, 7v26, 10v23, 3v30, 14v19, 6v27, 11v22

Default seeding system

By default, Participants are automatically seeded by their ELO Levels (higher ELO Level = higher seed). 

Seedings within the same levels are random - see the visual graphic below.

The team roster (Players, Substitutes, and Coach) represents the team’s average ELO Level.

Seeding elimination formats

1. Ensure the tournament is in the Adjustment status (see the live status in Tournament > Settings > Control Panel),
2. Navigate to the Tournament > Participants tab,
3. Assign or remove seedings within the Seed # box, click ‘Save changes’ to submit the seeds,
4. You’re set!

Seeding non-elimination formats (Round Robin)

1. Ensure the tournament is in the Adjustment status (see the live status in Tournament > Settings > Control Panel),
2. Navigate to the Tournament > Participants tab,
3. You can move teams across groups by clicking the ‘three dots’ icon > Move to Group > Select the group, and the team will be transferred to the selected group instantly,
4. At any time, you need to have at least two teams in each group,
5. You’re set!