Your tournaments in front of every player
Publish once. Your tournament appears in the directory players browse to find their next competition — with entries, payments and partner search already wired in.
Every tournament in one place — these cards are real tournaments published on SportFinder.
Players do not scroll a list, they filter
Once published, your tournament is in the directory. What matters next is that it comes back out at the right moment: when a player is looking for their sport, their level, their area and the weekend they are free. Eight filters do that work.
- Their favourites The tournaments they follow, isolated in one tap.
- Around them Their town or their position, and how far they are willing to travel.
- The sport Padel, tennis, football… and choosing the sport loads the right ranking scale.
- The level P100, MD200: the scale of the country’s federation, not a made-up one.
- Gender Men, women, mixed, open — the categories you have opened.
- Entries Open now, or opening in less than 7, 14 or 30 days.
- Dates The window they are free in, from next weekend to the holidays.
- The organiser A specific club, a federation, a circuit.
And sorting follows: by default, by distance, by date, or by the date entries open. All else being equal, a SportFinder club’s tournament comes first.
Your tournament, as players see it
- A complete listing: dates, club, categories, prices and places left.
- Places left are updated in real time, category by category.
- Teams already entered are visible — a draw that is filling up fills up faster.
- Players follow your tournaments as favourites, are notified when entries open and add the dates to their calendar in one click (iCal export).
Entering a tournament takes organising
It is almost never the level or the price. It is the chain of obstacles between wanting to play and entering.
A tournament is created in 3 minutes
And duplicated in 2 seconds for the next edition. From publication mode to going live, here is the whole path — screen by screen.
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Publication mode. Listing only, online entries, or entries and payment: you choose the level of commitment. -
The basics. Name, sport, format and dates — five guided steps, and this is the first. -
Categories. By level and gender, each with its capacity in teams. -
Entries. When entries open and the information asked of players — duplicate entries are blocked automatically. -
Pricing. A price per team, category by category — or the same everywhere. -
Review. Everything is checked on a single page before it goes live. -
Published. Your tournament enters the directory, and its entry page is ready.
Excel or CSV exports for the federation, in one click.
Nothing extra to plug in
The tournament module is part of our padel club management software. In Belgium, it also relies on synchronisation with the Belgian federations.
The tournament shows itself in the lobby
You published the tournament; on the day, your club’s screens tell players the story — what is being played on each court, where the groups stand, what the final draw looks like. Nobody copies a schedule onto a sheet taped to the front desk.
- Nothing to type in for the wall: the screens read the tournament you published and its federation sync — categories, groups, times, courts and scores.
- One slide set up once, for all your tournaments: it switches on as the tournament approaches, off afterwards, and there is nothing to select between two editions.
- Seven screens in all — the tournament, the match format, the week’s schedule, the day’s matches, the groups, the results and the final draw — arranged in whatever order suits you.
Screenshots of a demo tournament: the screens are the ones running in clubs, the players and scores are made up.
“Our first month went well beyond our expectations! Our collaboration has a lot to do with it. Every day I thank my instinct for trusting SportFinder: daily follow-up, lightning-fast answers to my questions, simple software that anyone can use and that gives me complete autonomy. I can only recommend it with my eyes closed.”
Florent Maquart, Padel du Plateau — Rocroi, France.
Read the case studyRunning a tournament
Do I have to be a SportFinder customer to publish a tournament?
We discuss it during the demo: the directory and tournament management can be switched on independently of the rest of the platform.
Do you take a commission on entries?
An entry paid online is an online sale: it falls under our sliding-scale commission, bank fees included, just like a court booking. The scale is published on our pricing page. The player who enters, on the other hand, pays no service fee: the amount you set is the amount they pay.
Are rankings handled?
Belgian and French padel rankings are handled natively, with equivalences between scales for clubs near the border; the Belgian tennis ranking (CNPDS) is also supported.
Can I export my entrants for the federation?
Yes, as an Excel or CSV export of your entrants, in one click.
Do my federation tournaments (AFPadel, TPPWB) appear too?
Yes, if your club is affiliated: we sync twice a day the tournaments published by AFPadel and the Fédération de Padel Wallonie-Bruxelles — two Belgian federations — with a link to their official entry page. No British or Irish federation is connected today.
30 minutes to see what it looks like at your club
We publish one of your tournaments live during the demo.