How to host a free tournament

Set up a free tournament for any game in a few minutes: pick the game and format, share the join link, start it, score matches and pay the winners.

RoundsWon runs tournaments for any game, free for you and free for every player. You answer a few questions, share one link, and the bracket runs itself as scores come in.

1. Create the tournament

Open Host a tournament and answer the questions in order:

• Game: pick one from the list, or choose "Something else" and type its name. The game decides which formats fit (brackets for head to head games, lobbies for battle royales).
• Format: single elimination, double elimination, round robin groups, swiss, battle royale lobbies or a leaderboard. The preview shows the exact bracket your players will see. See Tournament formats explained.
• Sponsors (optional): add a sponsor's name, logo and link. They show on the poster, the tournament page and every stream card.
• Stream card: the overlay players can put on their streams.
• Prize (optional): the amount you will pay and how it splits between places. Entry is always free. You pay winners yourself after the tournament ends.
• Name and date: the tournament's name, when it starts, who can enter, check in, and the rules.

You get a tournament page at https://roundswon.com/t/<code> the moment you press Create.

2. Get players in

Share the tournament page in your chat, Discord or socials. Players enter with one tap on a free RoundsWon account. Teams enter together: a captain picks the team and who plays.

You can also add players who have no account by typing their name in Run the tournament, on the right of the tournament page.

3. Start the tournament

Press Start the tournament when everyone is ready. The tournament never starts by itself. The draw is shuffled fairly, with any seeds you set placed first.

If check in is on, players get a Check in button on the page before the start, and anyone who has not checked in when you press Start is left out of the bracket.

4. Scores

After each match, both captains report the score on the tournament page. When the two reports match, the match settles and the next round fills in by itself. When they differ, the match is marked Disputed and you decide. Host, admins and scorers can enter or correct any result by tapping the match.

Leaderboards work differently: players send in their own scores with a screenshot or clip link until you end the leaderboard.

5. Pay the winners

When the last match is played, everyone is placed and the prize is worked out per place. On the tournament page you get a Pay button for each winner, opening their PayPal, Venmo or Cash App with the amount filled in. Mark each prize as sent, and the winner taps to say it arrived. The money never passes through RoundsWon.

Helpers

Add admins (who can run everything) and scorers (who can only enter results) by their RoundsWon handle. Lock the tournament with a password if it is only for friends. Anyone can still watch.

Show it everywhere

• On your stream: the stream card and bracket overlay. See Stream overlays.
• On your website: a live bracket, table or tournament card. See Embed a bracket on any website.
• From your own code: the RoundsWon API.