How to create team competitions

1. What is a team competition

A team competition, or race, is a sporting event in which participants compete as part of a group rather than only as individuals, with results, rankings or participation conditions linked to the team structure.

In a team race:

• Participants register as members of a team

• The team may have specific rules (minimum/maximum members, mixed gender requirements, age categories, family format, corporate teams, etc.).

• The result can be based on:

  • The combined times of team members

  • The position of the fastest runners in the team

  • Participation criteria rather than performance (e.g. charity or company challenges)

In short, a team race adds a collective dimension to the event — whether for performance, community, or engagement purposes.

2. How do I create a team competition

2.1 Module you’ll need

First of all, make sure your edition has these modules:

• Registration workflow manager

• Team - Manage team captain options (only if you want to have team captains)

• Team - Allow incomplete team (only if you want to allow incomplete teams to register)

• Teams - Define public / private teams

2.2 Creating a team competition

In your edition, go to Setup > Competitions > Add competition.

General settings tab

Just like you would for an individual competition:

• Name your competition

• Add a report name

• Add your dates

• Set your toggles for the various options you want to activate

• Competition type = Team

• Set the competition’s capacity (optional)

You’ll see new team options to configure:

• You can limit the number of characters allowed for the team name

• Choose what team size type you want:

  • undefined (from X to X)

  • defined (always X amount of people)

• Choose to allow incomplete teams to register or not, if you don’t allow it, all team members will need to register at the same time

• Choose to display the “Join team” button in the competition ticket

• If using team captains, you can choose to identify a team member as the captain. If you select “no”, this means that somebody else can be the captain, without them being a part of the team

• If using team captains, you can choose to send a ‘Team completed’ email to the captain

Advanced settings tab

If you have extra modules installed in your edition, you will see extra options in this tab.

Prices tab

In the prices tab, add as many prices as you need.

1. To add a new price, click on “Add a price” and define the amount.

2. Choose for the price to be available to the public, or hidden and only useable by the organiser in the back office.

3. Prices can also be restricted to selected groups if desired.

4. Define your price type: per person or per team.

5. Add restrictions (optional): set a participant or team limit for this price, or an end date and time.

6. Save your new price.