How do I Disqualify a Player/Team?

Handling player disputes by disqualifying players or teams

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Written by Anthony
Updated over a week ago

During your tournament you may need to disqualify teams / players on the bracket. This can be due to team / player not following the rules, bad behavior or simply no shows that joined your tournament but didn't end up showing up to play.

To disqualify Teams or Players in a Swiss Bracket

Use the Search bar on the bracket to find the team / player and the match you want to disqualify. Then Click on that specific match to open the Match page view. Now click the change score button and you have several options.
 - You can give the disqualified player a loss as normal
 - You can give set both players as loss by pressing Double Loss in blue at the bottom
 - If you do not want a player to be seeded in future rounds you can also drop the player by pressing Drop Players in blue at the bottom and then ticking the drop checkbox beneath the players name that you wish to drop from the tournament.

To disqualify a Team or Player an Elimination Bracket

Use the Search bar on the bracket to find the team / player and the match you want to disqualify. Then Click on that specific match to open the Match page view. Now click the change score button and give the team you want to advance the win in that match and then click done. Then that will disqualify the other player/team in that match.

To disqualify both Teams or Players in an Elimination Bracket

If you need to disqualify both teams / players in a match, follow the above steps and then once you've disqualified the first match then search for the match that you just advanced the other team and again give the opposite team the win in that match and click done. This will disqualify both teams / players in one match. 

To disqualify a Team or Player a Round Robin Bracket

Use the Search bar on the bracket to find the team / player and the match you want to disqualify. Then Click on that specific match to open the Match page view. Now click the change score button and give the team you want to advance the win in that match and then click done. Then that will disqualify the other player/team in that match.  You will need to do this for every round that player is in.

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