Event formats
Run any of five formats on one platform
Most platforms handle one format and force the rest into a spreadsheet. Egen Games ships all five as first-class citizens, so a single event can mix formats across divisions. Knockout brackets, round robin tables, time trials, judged panels, and mass participation runs, all under one event with one registration flow and one results page.
What you can run
No format lock-in
Pick a format per division, not per event. A school sports day can run time trials in athletics, round robin tables in basketball, and knockout brackets in tennis, all in the same competition. Switch later if your plan changes: brackets become tables, tables become brackets, no data lost.
Knockout
Run win-or-go-home tournaments with seeding that holds up.
Round robin
Run leagues where every team plays every team and the table tells the story.
Time trial
Run racing meets with seeded heats and finish times to the millisecond.
Judged
Run panel events with multi-judge scoring, drop high and low, and weighted criteria.
Mass participation
Run large-field events where hundreds or thousands of finishers are each tracked.
KNOCKOUT
Run win-or-go-home tournaments with seeding that holds up.
Knockout is the format for tournament drama. Single elimination, byes for top seeds, clean re-renders when an upset lands. The bracket is the source of truth, the result page is the share card, and the next match auto-populates the moment a referee confirms. You set the seeding and the platform draws the bracket.
Each match carries its own audit log, you assign judges or umpires per round, and disputes pause downstream matches without freezing the bracket. It runs everything from a five-club open to a national championship without you touching a spreadsheet.
Best for
- Football tournaments
- Judo and combat sports
- Tennis singles draws
ROUND ROBIN
Run leagues where every team plays every team and the table tells the story.
Round robin produces a standings table that updates after each match. Points, head-to-head, goal difference, set ratios. You configure the tiebreakers your competition actually uses per division at setup, and the table re-orders the moment a result is finalized. No re-import after round three.
Group stages chain naturally into knockout playoffs. You can run group play in the morning, lock the top teams, then publish a knockout bracket for the afternoon, all under one event with one registration flow.
Best for
- Basketball leagues
- Chess opens
- School cup group stages
TIME TRIAL
Run racing meets with seeded heats and finish times to the millisecond.
Time trial is built for racing sports. Seeded heats by lane, finish times captured by the scorer phone or piped in from timing hardware, and a live standings view that re-orders the moment a faster swim posts. Personal bests flag automatically against an athlete history.
Records, qualifying cuts, and relay legs are first class. The scorer flow is mobile first because the deck does not have desks. Athletes get a share card with their time as the headline number, and parents get the WhatsApp message before they leave the venue.
Best for
- Swimming meets
- Track and field sprints
- Cycling time trials
JUDGED
Run panel events with multi-judge scoring, drop high and low, and weighted criteria.
Judged events live or die on the audit trail. Five judge scores per athlete, drop high and drop low, weighted criteria for execution, difficulty, and presentation. Every score is timestamped, signed by judge, and never overwritten. Corrections create new rows, so the record holds up under challenge.
The publisher sees the calculation tree, the athlete sees the headline number, and a judge can flag a tiebreak review without disrupting the run order. It runs gymnastics, dance, kata, and any creative or technical event that scores on a panel.
Best for
- Gymnastics
- Dance competitions
- Kata and forms judging
MASS PARTICIPATION
Run large-field events where hundreds or thousands of finishers are each tracked.
Mass participation flips the volume dial. A 10k road race, a school sports day relay, a community swimathon. Bib numbers, finisher ranks, pace bands, age category leaders, the whole field finishing in the same event with no spreadsheet.
Every finisher gets a share-ready card with their rank, time, and category. The viral loop runs itself: a parent shares on WhatsApp, another parent sees it, and registers their child for next year. That is how community sport grows here, and it grows your event with it.
Best for
- Road races
- Charity runs
- School sports day relays
One event, all formats
A sports day is many tournaments. Run it as one event.
Hold time trials in athletics, round robin tables in basketball, and knockout brackets in tennis, all under the same event, with one registration flow and one results page. The athletes register once, you publish once, and the standings stay connected.
St. Andrews Sports Day 2026
- Boys 16, AthleticsTime trial
- Senior boys, BasketballRound robin
- Open, Tennis singlesKnockout
- All-school relayMass participation
One registration flow. One results page. Four divisions, four formats.
Pick a format and publish
Start free, talk to us for a federation season
Stand up your competition, pick a format per division, and publish. Fees stay off until you switch them on. For a federation or a multi-tier season, we will size a rate with you.