Festival Planner — Auto-Schedule a Tournament

Overview

Hosting a festival or round-robin tournament? The Festival Planner builds the whole schedule for you — every pairing, kick-off time, pitch assignment and bye — in seconds, then turns it into a real match day you can run from your phone.

No spreadsheet, no fixture grid falling apart when a team drops out: change the inputs and regenerate.

Where to find it

Fixtures tab → + New → Festival planner ("Auto-schedule a round-robin tournament").

Setting it up

1. Event details — tournament name, date, location/postcode, and the match format (5v5–11v11).
2. Teams — type each team name (2–16 teams). Your own side counts as one of them.
3. Timing —
   • Match duration: tap a preset, or Custom for any length (12-minute games, no problem).
   • Half time (0 = straight through, the usual for festivals).
   • Break between matches, and the first kick-off time.
4. Pitches available — the planner runs games in parallel across however many pitches you have.
5. Tap Generate schedule.

You'll get the full schedule — matches, rounds, time slots, byes, and the estimated finish time — laid out kick-off by kick-off.

Sharing the schedule

Two ways, both from the generated schedule:

• Share text — a clean WhatsApp-ready version for the team/league group chats.
• Poster PDF — a print-ready schedule poster (title, date, venue, kick-off times by pitch) for the clubhouse wall, registration desk, or the club's Facebook page.

Turning it into a match day

Tap Create match day and the planner creates the whole thing in Squadd: a match day for the date with every game as a fixture — kick-off times, opponents and durations all set. From there it works like any match day: availability, squad picking, live recording, results.

Tip: the match durations carry through to the live match clock automatically — 12-minute games means the live screen runs 12-minute games.

Good to know

• Byes are handled — odd team counts get a rest round each, listed under the schedule.
• Regenerate freely — nothing is saved until you tap Create match day, so tweak teams/timings and generate again as often as you like.
• A team dropped out on the day? Edit the match day's fixtures like any others.
• Looking to import a schedule someone else made (e.g. a Tournify screenshot)? That's Festival import — a separate beta feature.

FAQs

Can I do groups + knockouts?
Not yet — the planner builds round-robins (everyone plays everyone). For finals, add a fixture to the match day afterwards.

What's the team limit?
16 teams. For bigger events, split into two match days (e.g. morning/afternoon groups).

Does it work for senior tournaments?
Yes — it's the same planner for youth festivals and adult round-robins alike.