Working with the Draw

Working with the Draw

1. Overview

In the Draw section, you can prepare and confirm the competition draws. The module supports various draw systems:

  • Round robin (up to 6 athletes)

  • Pool system (more than 5 athletes), including:
    - No repechage
    - Single repechage
    - Best-8 repechage
    - Double repechage

    • Group system (5 to 10 athletes) with:
      - Final round
      - Semi-final and final round

    • Brazilian system (up to 40 athletes), starting with round robin groups. Group winners and runners-up advance to a pool draw.

    2. Draw Statuses

    Each weight category can have one of the following draw statuses:
    - Unprepared – The draw has not yet been created.
    - Prepared – The draw is created but not confirmed. You can still modify it.
    - Confirmed – The draw is locked and no further changes can be made.

    In the left tree view, all age and weight categories are listed with the number of confirmed athletes. The center view displays the draw status for each weight category.



    3. Command Groups in the Ribbon

    - Draw – This group is used to create, confirm, or reset the draw. Use Draw to generate the draw for one or more selected categories; Confirm to lock the draw and prevent further changes; Unconfirm to revert the draw to an editable state; and Clear draw to delete the draw for the selected category. Multiple categories can be selected by ticking the checkboxes in the center list view.
    - Print – This group is used to print the draw for the currently selected category.
    - Draw & Preview automatically creates, confirms, and prints the draw. If the Draw Animation module is enabled, it will also launch the animation.
    - Print draw simply prints the currently selected draw.
    - View: Toggles the list of athletes on the right side of the draw. Available only when a single category is selected.
    - Seeding: This group is only active if a ranking list is available in JudoManager.

    Important:
    Draw & Preview only works correctly if the category is selected from the All view in the sidebar. If selected from the Unprepared view, draw animation may not run properly due to immediate confirmation of the draw.

    Notes
    Note: The Print command group only works with a single category. To apply actions to multiple categories, use the Draw group.



    4. Performing the Draw

    To create a draw, select a weight category from the sidebar. The center view will show the draw layout. On the right, you'll see the list of athletes. Athletes can be assigned manually or by clicking the Draw button. Alternatively, use Draw & Preview to create, confirm, and print the draw in one step. Athletes are distributed randomly based on seeding and settings from the Draw config and Competitor optimal distribution. Once placed in the draw, athletes are labeled green, indicating they are part of the draw. At this point, most quick actions become disabled. Confirm the draw if you're satisfied with the result.



    5. Editing the Draw

    If a mistake occurs or a manual change is needed, the draw must be Unconfirmed (status: Prepared or Unprepared). In this state, you can perform several actions: remove an athlete using Ctrl + double-click; drag and drop athletes from the list on the right into the draw; add new athletes via the Accreditation section and place them into empty slots (they will appear with yellow labels); or remove athletes from specific fights (such as fight 9 or 13), which also turns their label yellow and enables editing. If needed, you can also use the Clear draw option to delete the current draw and start over.



    6. Key Points

    Once the draw is confirmed, no further changes can be made. If you need to make adjustments, you must first unconfirm the draw. Keep in mind that if you manually drag and drop athletes into the draw, the automatic drawing function will no longer be available for that category. If necessary, you can always use the Clear draw option to reset everything and start from scratch.

    7. Video tutorial - Basic draw


    Video tutorial - Add an athlete



      • Related Articles

      • Draw config

        1. Repechage type: Choose your Repechage types from the list. You can choose between Double repechage, Best-8, No repechage , Single repechage, Full repechage.     Draw type: Choose your draw type from the list where you can choose between Standard, ...

      • Working with the Draw Display module

        Draw Display is a simple module for displaying draw results in competitions. It is used for the visual presentation of competitors in a competition as determined by the draw. Before using the module, you need to enable Draw Display on the server. How ...

      • Working with the Accreditation module

        Before you can use the Accreditation module, you first need to set it up. This is done by pressing the Settings button in the Options command group in the Accreditation module application. Start by opening the Accreditation app via shortcut or ...

      • Working with the Contest order

        The Contest order section enables you to distribute contests to mats (tatami) and time blocks. Each time block can have multiple mats and each mat can hold an arbitrary number of contests. When creating contest orders it is important to have some ...

      • Working with referees

        The contest order section is also responsible for referee draw and distribution to each contest. Basic referee operations like adding or modifying referees are already cowered in the Referees menu article. Referee view In the referee view, you can ...