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Create a Tournament

Old World Rankings · Published 12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

Fill in the Host a Tournament form to create your event as a private draft.

This page covers the Host a Tournament form. Fill it in, click Create Draft Tournament, and your event is saved as a private draft. Nothing is public until you publish it.

Open the form

Click Host an Event in the sidebar (under Tournaments), or Host Tournament on My Events. The event is created in the region you are browsing, so check you are in the right region first.

Running the same event again?

Open your last event's dashboard and choose Duplicate Tournament from the arrow menu in the top bar. You get a new draft with the setup copied, but not the players or results. Update the dates before you publish.

Let AI fill it in (optional)

If you already have a player pack, drop the PDF onto the AI-Powered Setup card at the top (or click Have a Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive link instead?). After 30 to 60 seconds, check what it found and click Apply to Form. Read the result before you create the event.

The pack is also saved as your Player's Pack document. This is a Pro feature; without Pro, fill the form in by hand.

Fill in the form

  1. Enter the Tournament Name and Start Date (both required). Set an End Date only for events over more than one day.
  2. Pick the Tournament Format: Singles, Doubles or Teams. For Teams, set Team Size (players per team).
  3. Check Rounds, Player Cap, Army Points and Round Time (minutes). Round time drives the auto schedule later.
  4. Set the Entry Fee ($), or leave it at 0 for a free event. You can change it later on Dates & Payment.
  5. Add a Description and Contact Email. Both show on your public event page.
  6. Add a Tournament Thumbnail and type the venue into Location Search to fill in the address.
  7. Click Create Draft Tournament.

If you see Entry fee required above N players, your plan limits free events to that size. Lower the cap, set an entry fee, or upgrade to Pro.

If the venue's country does not match your region, a Wrong region? box appears. Events in the wrong region do not show up for local players or count toward local rankings, so pick Create in [region] instead if it offers the right one.

After you create it

You land on the Overview tab of your tournament dashboard. Registration opens today by default, and registration and list submission close one or two weeks before the event; change these on Dates & Payment. From there, follow the checklists in The Tournament Overview.

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