Modes

Also known as: rankings, leaderboard

A mode defines how Kickertool draws matches and ranks the participants of a stage. Every discipline starts with one mode. Most modes are qualifying modes: they produce a ranking. You can add an Elimination stage on top of that ranking at any time, with a different mode and different match settings.

Which mode for which event

Mode	Entries	Use it for
Swiss System	singles, doubles, teams	Ranked events of any size. Pairings follow the standings, no rematches, fixed number of rounds.
MonsterDYP	single players	Open evenings. New partner and new opponents every round, players join or leave at any time.
Round Robin	singles, doubles, teams	Small fields or group stages. Everyone plays everyone, full schedule from the start.
Rounds	singles, doubles, teams	Round robin pairings, but one round at a time. Stop whenever time runs out.
Last One Standing	single players or teams	Survival format. Every loss costs a life, the last one with lives wins.
Whist	single players	Fully balanced partner rotation for 4n or 4n+1 players.
Elimination	singles, doubles, teams	Classic knockout bracket, as a start mode or after a qualifying stage.
Double Elimination	singles, doubles, teams	Knockout with a loser bracket. Two losses until you are out.
Direct Playoffs	after a qualifying stage	Every place is played out in a single match: 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, and so on.
Lord Have Mercy	after a singles qualifying stage	Knockout with teams of two that are split and re-mixed after every round.

Direct Playoffs and Lord Have Mercy do not appear in the mode selection of a new discipline. You reach them through Create Elimination once a qualifying stage has a ranking.

Entry types

The entry type decides what one participant is. Not every mode supports every type; the discipline settings only offer the types the selected mode can handle.

Single: one player per entry. Results and ranking are per player.
Doubles: two players per entry. You enter both names, the team stays together for the whole stage. Kickertool knows the players, so a singles ranking can later be drawn into doubles, and player search finds both.
Team Name: two or more players under one team name. Kickertool does not track the individual players. Use it for club teams or when the line-up changes from match to match.
MonsterDYP: individual players. Kickertool draws them into new teams every round. Points and ranking are per player.

Settings every mode shares

Each stage has its own match settings. You set them when you create the discipline and again when you create an elimination stage, so the knockout can use different values than the qualifying.

Goals to Win or Quick Entry. With Quick Entry you only record who won, no goals. Goal difference is then not available as a tie-breaker.
Winning Sets: 1 for a single game, 2 for best of three, 3 for best of five. Set difference becomes a tie-breaker.
Draw: allow drawn matches. Only useful with a fixed number of goals per match, for example 5 goals with a time limit.
Points for Win and Points for Draw: default 2 and 1. A loss gives 0.
Points for Close Matches: the losing side gets points for a narrow loss. You define the goal difference that counts as close, the points for a close win and the points for a close loss. Typical values: difference 1, win 2, loss 1.
Play with Multiple Encounters: one match consists of several encounters, for example two singles and one doubles per team match. The match is won by the side with more encounters won. Each encounter can have its own goals and sets.

How the table is sorted

Every mode has its own table columns, listed on the mode’s page. Kickertool sorts by the columns from left to right: the first column decides, the second breaks ties, and so on. You can add columns, hide them and change their order in the Column Configuration of the standings. Every column, from Points to Buchholz to Stage Result, is explained under Table columns.

Next steps

Pick a qualifying mode from the table above, or read how to add a knockout stage under Elimination.