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The Roadmap Builder is where you define your tournament’s stages and how teams progress through them. Once created, the roadmap is locked — so plan your structure before building it.

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Building Your Roadmap

From your tournament’s manage page, open the Roadmap Builder. For each stage you add:
  1. Stage name — e.g., “Open Qualifiers”, “Semifinals”, “Grand Finals”
  2. Stage type — Elimination or Round Robin
  3. Slots — how many teams in this stage
  4. Advancement — how many teams advance to the next stage (for Elimination)
  5. Invited slots — whether this stage has directly invited teams
The system calculates everything automatically — group counts, how many need to advance from prior stages to fill remaining slots, etc.

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Stage Types

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Elimination

Teams are divided into groups, and matches happen within each group. Top performers advance to the next stage.
  • Each group contains teams based on the game mode (e.g., 12 squads per group, since a custom room holds 12 squads)
  • Each group plays up to 8 matches
  • Points accumulate across matches within the group
  • Top teams from each group advance to the next stage
Best for: Early stages where you need to narrow down a large number of teams quickly. Example: Open Qualifiers — 192 squads in 16 groups of 12. Each group plays 4 matches in their own custom rooms. Top 4 from each group advance to Semifinals.

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Round Robin

Teams are split into groups, but unlike Elimination, matches happen in pairings — not within individual groups. Each group plays every other group once.
  • Groups are created first (e.g., 3 groups of 6 squads)
  • Pairings are configured after the roadmap is created, from the stage’s manage page
  • The system auto-generates pairings based on your configuration (group names, seeding strategy, etc.)
  • A pairing is where two groups face each other — that’s where the actual matches take place
  • Combined leaderboard across all pairings determines final standings
Best for: Final stages where you want the fairest possible evaluation across all remaining teams. Example: Grand Finals — 18 squads in 3 groups of 6. Group A vs Group B, Group A vs Group C, Group B vs Group C — 3 pairings total. Combined leaderboard across all pairings determines the champion.

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Mixing Formats

Different stages in the same tournament can use different formats. This is how major events like FFIC and FFWS operate. Example tournament:
  • Stage 1: Open Qualifiers — Elimination, 192 squads in 16 groups of 12, top 4 advance
  • Stage 2: Semifinals — Elimination, 64 squads in 8 groups of 8, top 3 advance
  • Stage 3: Grand Finals — Round Robin, 24 squads in 4 groups of 6, pairings determine the champion

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After the Roadmap Is Created

Once your roadmap is set, it’s locked. You’ll see all your stages on the manage tournament page. From each stage you can:
  • Configure groups
  • Configure pairings (Round Robin stages only)
  • Manage matches — both group pages (Elimination) and pairing pages (Round Robin) share the same layout: Schedule, ID/Password, Results, and Announcements

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Downloading Your Roadmap

You can download your roadmap as a shareable image using one of the free demo templates, or as a PDF. Share it in your WhatsApp and Discord groups so players can see the full tournament journey. More templates coming soon.
Last modified on March 3, 2026