Tournaments are public pages which can be accessed by everyone. You can directly access the tournament URL, when you are logged in PLAYINGA. The public URLs could be shared with participants over emails, on social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter or could have been sent to you directly by the organiser. Either way, any player can access the tournament URL.

This guide shall help you from searching for a tournament in PLAYINGA and applying for the same. If you are accessing the tournament page directly, you can skip the search part.

Searching for a Tournament in PLAYINGA:

Tournaments in PLAYINGA are searchable and you as a player or your team can choose to participate in tournaments that accept applications. You can use the Search box at the top of your profile page to search for a tournament of your preference.

The steps to search for a tournament are below:

Step 1: Type the keywords for the tournament in the Search box and press the return key. A list of search results would appear with the name of the tournament with a thumbnail representation, and the tournament admin name.

Step 2: From the search result, click on the name of the preferred tournament. You will be directed to the specific tournament page which has all the relevant tournament details.

To apply for team sports - Contingent tournament.

Step 3: For tournaments requiring team participation (Contingent), click on Apply. A pop-up shall open with tournament description, Select teams from the list showing or create new team.

Step 4: Select team and fill team name, team short name and jersey colcor in the next pop up and click on Proceed button.

Step 5: List of streams the tournament has will be displayed. For all team-related sports, the stream defaults to General. Click on Apply.

Step 6:To select existing players, Type First letter of Player and a list will be auto-generated, select players whom you want to play from the list showing. 

Step 7: If you want to add a new player, click on add new player on the dropdown and give the player name and Email id and click on invite. 

After player name gets added in the dropdown field, add a player image. 

Step 8: After adding players Click on proceed and it will show another pop up with list of divisions selected and number of players added. 

Application will now be sent to tournament Admin.  

To Apply for Team sports divisions - Non Contingent tournament. 

Step 1: Click on apply button.

step 2: It will show a list of divisions. click on Apply button for which division you want to apply. 

Choose your team with which you would like to participate in this tournament or create a new team. If you like to apply with an existing team, choose the team and click on Next. If you want to create a new team click on Create New Team where you will be asked to team details and add players to the team.

Step 3: Capture the team’s participation details such as team short name, captain, jersey colour,  and click on Proceed. 

Step 4:To select existing players, Type First letter of Player and a list will be auto-generated, select players whom you want to play from the list showing. 

Step 5: If you want to add a new player, click on add new player on the dropdown and give the player name and Email id and click on invite. 

After player name gets added in the dropdown field, add a player image. 

Step 6: After adding players Click on proceed and it will show another pop up with list of divisions selected and number of players added. 

Step 7: Click on Proceed and if paid tournament it will ask you to pay. Accept Terms and conditions and click on Submit Applications.

 Application will now be sent to tournament Admin.