Tournament seeding criteria determine how wrestlers are seeded on a bracket. Follow the steps below to configure the seeding criteria for your tournament, or watch the video for a visual walkthrough of the process.
Every event includes three predefined criteria that work together to evaluate tournament records. These criteria cannot be deleted.
The three predefined criteria are:
- Minimum number of matches: Determines whether a record has enough matches to be considered valid.
- Winning percentage: Compares wrestlers based on the percentage of matches they have won.
- Wins: Breaks ties between records with the same winning percentage. For example, a wrestler with a 10-2 record is seeded ahead of a wrestler with a 5-1 record.
You can edit the tournament record settings, add additional records and criteria, change the priority of the criteria, and configure the maximum seed jump.
Configure tournament records
- Click Setup > Seeding Criteria.
- Click Tournament Records at the top of the page.
- Edit the record information associated with the seeding criteria as needed.
- Edit the name of the default record, if needed.
- Set the minimum number of matches required for the default record to be considered valid.
- To add another type of record to the seeding criteria, click Add Record.
Add and prioritize seeding criteria
- Click Add Criteria to add additional seeding criteria to your event.
- Use the Move option on the right side of the page to change the priority order of the criteria.
- When the criteria are in the correct order, click Save Criteria Order.
Set the maximum seed jump
The Max Seed Jump setting controls how far a wrestler can move in the seed list based on a head-to-head result against a wrestler seeded above them.
- Set the Max Seed Jump value you want to use for the event.
- Review the value based on how much movement you want to allow within the seed list.
For example, if Max Seed Jump is set to 2, a wrestler who beats, or has not lost to, another wrestler within two seed positions can move ahead of that wrestler.