Enter a hosted tournament

Steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Open Tournaments

   In the menu on the left, under Admin, press Tournaments.

   You should see: a page titled Tournaments, with an Entered card listing the tournaments your team is in.

   

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   Step 2: Press Find a tournament to enter

   Press Find a tournament to enter. The number on the button is how many tournaments are open for entry in your game right now — some may be full or outside your rank.

   You should see: every tournament another team is hosting that is open for entry, soonest first. Each row shows the host, its dates in your team's time zone, the format, the spots left, how entry works, the host's rank limit and where it's played — its regions, its server or its region and platform, as the tournament's page says it.

   Under the title, See every tournament on Spawnfront opens the public list of tournaments, where anyone can browse every game's cups. See Find a tournament. You still enter here.

   

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   Step 3: Enrol

   On the tournament's row, press Enrol. When the host has critical rules, a box lists them: read them, tick Our team has read these and press Enrol in the box.

   You should see: the message Entered — see it under Entered. When the button reads Request to enrol instead, the host approves each team: you are Requested until the host accepts or declines you.

   A full tournament still takes entries — on its waitlist. Its row reads Full · waitlist open and the button Join the waitlist; press it (with critical rules, tick Our team has read these and press Join the waitlist in the box). You should see: On the waitlist — see it under Entered. Your team waits in the order it joined and moves up when an entered team leaves.

   A grayed-out button has its reason under it — for example Already entered, Your team missed check-in, or a rank or region the host doesn't allow. A tournament leaves this list once its enrolment closes. The host sees your team in its list of entrants, with the details you share.

   

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   Step 4: Open the tournament you entered

   Back on the Tournaments page, in the Entered card, press Open on the tournament's row.

   You should see: a page titled Entered tournament, with the tournament's name, its host and its state — for example In progress.

   

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   Step 5: Read what the organizer posted

   Read From the organizer near the top of the page: the host's announcements, each with the time it was posted in your team's time zone. Pinned ones come first, then the newest.

   The host posts here on match day — a round that starts later, a map swap, a reminder — and your team gets a notice in its Activity with each new one. The same messages show on the tournament's page on the host's site.

   You should see: the host's announcements, or no From the organizer card at all when the host hasn't posted any.

   

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   Step 6: Check your entry

   Under Your entry, read your team's status: Enrolled, Waitlisted, Requested, Missed check-in, or Declined with the host's reason.

   When the host turned check-in on, a check-in card shows above your entry while check-in is open: any member of your team names the lineup and presses Check in before the start, or your team doesn't play. See Check in for a tournament.

   You can withdraw only before the tournament starts: press Withdraw, then Withdraw in the box that opens. Your place goes back to the host, and you can enter again only while enrolment is still open. Once it has started, the button is replaced by Withdrawal is closed — ask the host to record a forfeit.

   

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   Step 7: Find your next match

   Read Your next match: the match, your opponent, when it's played in your team's time zone, and where it stands — for example Reported by one side. The Bracket card below shows the whole draw, with your matches marked. A team that is part of an organization shows as Organization · Team — for example Blades · Team 2.

   Before the tournament starts this card shows only round one's date: report and confirm controls appear once the match is played.

   

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   Step 8: Report your result

   Press Report our result. In the box that opens, type your games won in Your games won and your opponent's beside it — your own score first — then press Save report. Adding each game's map under Games, in order is optional.

   In some games the box asks for each game instead of a score, and counts the score for you — the same fields as a scrim's result (see Record your matches):

   • League of Legends and Deadlock — under Games, in order, press Add game for each game, then choose Our side and the Winner; each side's picks are optional.
   • Valorant and Counter-Strike 2 — the veto under Map veto (optional) if you like, then under Maps, in order press Add map for each map and fill in the map, the side you started on and both teams' rounds.
   • Rocket League — under Games, in order, press Add game for each game and type both teams' goals; tick Overtime if it went to overtime, and choose the color under We played. The arena and Add a player line (optional) are optional.

   If both reports agree, the result stands. If they differ, the match is Disputed and the host decides. Against the host's own team, your report decides the result. Until the result stands you can report again to correct yours.

   If your opponent says nothing, your score confirms itself once the host's confirmation window — 15, 30 or 60 minutes, the host's choice — has passed since the last report. A new report from either team starts that clock again.

   

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   Step 9: Confirm their report

   When your opponent has reported and you haven't, press Confirm their report.

   It takes their score as the result at once — there is no confirmation. If their score is wrong, report your own instead (step 8).

   Answer in time: if your team does nothing, their score confirms itself once the host's confirmation window has passed since their report. Confirm it, or report your own score to dispute it, before then. A match against the host's own team has no window: their report already decides it.

   

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