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Cloning an Existing Tournament

Last updated May 2026 · 4 min read

Cloning creates a new draft tournament that inherits the structure of an existing one — event types, division templates, pricing periods, and staff roles all carry over. Competitors and bracket data do not. It's the fastest way to set up a recurring annual or quarterly event.

Time saver: A tournament you spent 2 hours configuring last year can be ready to publish in under 5 minutes by cloning. Update the date and deadline, review the pricing, click Publish.

What gets copied

The clone is a structural copy, not a data copy. Think of it as duplicating the tournament's rules and configuration, not its results.

✓ Copied

Tournament name (prefixed with "Copy of")
Event types and their configurations
Division rule template
Default pricing (base and add-on prices)
Pricing periods (dates are reset)
Per-event price overrides
Staff roles and permission definitions
Registration settings
Venue name and location
Organization name and contact email

✗ Not copied

Tournament date (reset to blank)
Registration deadline (reset to blank)
Competitor registrations
Approved competitors
Generated brackets and match results
Staff member assignments (roles are copied, assignments are not)
Check-in and weigh-in data
Certificates and awards
Published/live status (clone starts as draft)

Credits: Cloning does not use credits. Credits are only consumed when you approve competitors in the new tournament.

How to clone

The clone function lives in the Tournament Manager under Settings → Tournament Info. You need to have the source tournament open in the manager to clone it.

1

Open the Tournament Manager Go to My Account → My Tournaments and click Manage on the tournament you want to clone.
2

Navigate to Settings → Tournament Info In the left sidebar, expand the Settings group and click Tournament Info. Scroll down past the details form to find the Clone Tournament section.

The Tournament Manager settings page showing Tournament Info in the sidebar and a Clone Tournament section with a Clone This Tournament button — Settings → Tournament Info. The Clone Tournament section appears below the main tournament details form.

3

Click "Clone This Tournament" The system creates a new draft tournament immediately. You'll be redirected to the new tournament's manager once the clone completes — typically under 2 seconds.
4

Update the date and deadline The clone's date and registration deadline are blank — you must set these before publishing. Go to Settings → Tournament Info in the new tournament and fill in the new dates.
5

Review and adjust Check pricing periods (dates were reset), confirm event types are correct, and update the tournament name if you don't want "Copy of" in the title. When everything looks right, click Publish Tournament from the Tournament Info settings.

Pricing periods: Pricing period dates carry over in structure (Early Bird, Regular, Late) but the actual start and end dates are reset to blank. You must re-enter dates for each period in the cloned tournament's Settings → Pricing page before publishing.

After cloning

The cloned tournament opens in its own Tournament Manager as a draft. It is completely independent of the source — changes to the clone do not affect the original, and vice versa.

The clone appears in your My Tournaments list immediately. You can access it at any time to continue configuring before you publish.

My Tournaments page showing a tournament card with Manage and View Public Page buttons, and a Create Tournament button in the top right — After cloning, the new tournament appears in your My Tournaments list as a draft. Click Manage to open it and complete setup.

Common use cases

Annual tournament series

Run the same event every year? Clone last year's tournament, update the date and deadline, adjust pricing for inflation if needed, and publish. Your division structure, staff roles, and event configuration are already in place from the previous year.

Regional circuit with multiple stops

If you run a circuit with the same format across multiple cities, clone the master tournament for each stop. Update the venue, date, and location. Each stop gets its own registrations and brackets while sharing the same division and pricing structure.

Testing before going live

Clone a past tournament to create a sandbox for testing new division configurations, pricing periods, or staff roles. Experiment on the clone without affecting your live or planned events. Delete the clone when you're done testing.

Delegating setup to a co-director

Clone the template tournament, then add your co-director as a staff member with the appropriate permissions. They can fill in the tournament-specific details (date, venue, registration deadline) while you handle other logistics.

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