Structure

Copa tournament structure

In general, a Copa tournament can be in one of five unique states at a time:

    stateDiagram-v2 
        direction LR
        s0: Kickstart
        s1: Registration
        s2: Group stage
        s3: Bracket
        s4: Completed
        [*] --> s0 
        s0 --> s1
        s1 --> s2
        s2 --> s3
        s3 --> s4
        s4 --> [*]

Loading

A tournament is kickstarted when it is first created, and completes when the organizer posts a tribute to the winning team.

Furthermore, moving between each state requires some pre-conditions to be met. For instance, it makes no sense to move to the group stage if you don't have at least 2 registered participants. This transition process is captured in the flowcharts below. See the pages about the group or bracket stages for more information about them individually.

1. No tournament -> Kickstart

The tournament is considered to have been kickstarted once the organizer enters their contacts and hits 'create'.

flowchart TB
    begin(( ))
    --> org[/Organizer name and contacts/]
    --> finish((Kickstart))

Loading

2. Kickstart -> Registration

The tournament is in registration once the organizer sets the dates for the beginning and end of the registration period.

flowchart TB
    begin(("Kickstart"))
    --> p0["Schedule registration"]
    --> End(("Registration"))

Loading

3. Registration -> Group stage

Moving to the group stage can be done at any time (even if registration still hasn't ended), as long as there are technically at least 2 participants necessary to a run a tournament.

flowchart TB
    id0(("Registration"))
    --> q1{Has registration passed?}

    q1 --> |Yes| q2{>2 participants?} 
    q1 --> |No| q3{End registration early?}

    q3 --> |Yes| q2
    q3 --> |No| id0

    q2 --> |Yes| id1((Group stage))
    q2 --> |No| id0

Loading

4. Group stage -> Bracket

Once the groups have been assigned with the fortune wheel, moving to the next stage (bracket) is just a matter of filling out all the round-robin matches' results, so that standings are available.

flowchart TB
    begin(("Group stage"))
    --> p0[Draw teams into groups]
    --> p1[Schedule matches]
    --> p2[Update match results] --> p1

    p2 --> q1{Have all matches been played?}
    q1 --> |Yes| End((Bracket))
    q1 --> |No| p1

Loading

Note

It's not a precondition for matches to be scheduled in order to procede to the bracket stage. This is because the application doesn't need to care about schedules, as long as all results/scores have been reported to compute team standings/rankings.

5. Bracket -> Completion

Finally, to complete the tournament all play-off matches must be scored, and a winner verified by the organizer, upon which that team will be mentioned in the hall of fame.

flowchart TB 
    begin((Bracket))
    --> p0[Create bracket]
    --> p1[Schedule matches]
    --> p2[Update match results]

    p2 --> q1{Have all matches been played?}
    q1 --> |Yes| p3 
    q1 --> |No| p1

    p3[Confirm winner] --> p4((Complete))

Loading

Note

In a similar manner to the note above, completing the scheduling of matches is not required to complete the bracket.