Terminology

Here is a list of commonly used terms and their meanings:

• Club: A collection of tournaments that a user has access to.
• Court: A court represents a physical court (e.g. badminton court) but can be generalized to any resource that’s needed to play a match (e.g. a map in an online game).
• Dashboard: A page accessible by the public where they can see the progression and results of a tournament.
• Ranking: A ranking determines the calculation of the final standings of a stage item. For example, how many points a team gets when they win a match.
• Round Robin: Every team plays against every other team exactly once.
• Single Elimination: Teams compete in matches, and the loser is eliminated after each round.
• Stage: A stage is simply a collection of stage items. Winners of these stage items proceed to the next stage. A common tournament consists of a group stage which contains multiple round-robing stage items (called pools), followed by a knock-out stage that consists of one or more single elimination stage items.
• Stage Item: A stage item is part of a stage and can be of type round robin, single elimination etc.
• Swiss: Teams play a set number of rounds, and the number of rounds is based on the number of teams.