The first step is to create an organizing committee. The organizing committee includes people interested in the competition. The organizing committee, on the basis of general guidelines, usually coordinates and approves the "Regulations on the holding of the tournament" and instructs the chief referee to develop the rules and select the candidates for the judges.

Tournament Regulations ... The main document governing all relationships between the parties involved in the organization and conduct of the tournament is the "Regulations on the conduct of the competition". "Regulations" are the organizational and legal basis, the norm, the "law" for participants and judges. Which sections should be included in the "provision":

Targets and goals... Usually, the tasks of popularizing the drafts game, improving the skills of participants, identifying the strongest players, the goals of selecting candidates for national teams or players who get the right to participate in other tournaments, etc. are indicated here.

Dates, place and system of holding. Specify a specific period from the opening of the tournament to the procedure for summing up the results, the address of the location of the playing room. The system of the tournament is described in general terms, in particular the number of rounds, the regulations are described.

Tournament management. The organization conducting the tournament (or several) is indicated. The direct holding of the tournament is entrusted to panel of judges approved by the host organization.

Participants.The conditions for participation (admission) in the tournament are indicated: by age and qualifications, territorial characteristics (class).

The procedure for determining places ... Here the main indicators are indicated by which the places of the participants are determined, including in the case of equality of the main indicators for several participants.

Awarding and summing up. This section describes the procedure for summing up the results of the tournament, what certificates (diplomas) are used to mark certain achievements of the participants. It also describes who gets what rights to participate in other tournaments or for which this tournament had qualifying status.

Financing.Indicates who and for what bears the costs of the competition and participation in them.

The position has been prepared. The next step is to hold a competition.

A checkers tournament should be started with a record of those wishing to participate in the tournament. After the end of the recording, it is necessary to hold a meeting of participants.

At this meeting, we must congratulate all participants on the beginning of the championship, wish sporting success, remind about the rules of the game, announce the order of the competition and draw lots of participants at the conclusion of the meeting.

The referee of the tournament must appear in the tournament room 30 minutes before the start of the games in order to have time to prepare everything necessary for the successful holding of the tournament.

It is clear that every referee should be well aware of the rules of the game, the drafts code, the position and the rules of the tournament. In addition, each judge must, through their actions, create an atmosphere for fair and uncompromising struggle, so that athletes give all their strength, skill and skill to achieve victory.

Explaining the rules, in children's competitions, it is advisable to recall the rule that is often found among children - “touch-go”.

When playing checkers, everyone must adhere to the "touch-go" rule. A move is considered made if the player has moved his checker (or king) to a new square and took his hand away from it. If one of the players, when making a move, moved his checker (or king) to a new square, but he did not take his hand from it, he has the right to rearrange this checker to any square that is possible for its move. If you need to put the checkers on the board more accurately, the guys must first say "correct", and then just touch the checkers.

Competitions can be held in different systems:

Round robin;

Swiss system;

According to the Olympic system.

Here we take a closer look at the circular system.

To hold a tournament, you must first draw up a schedule of games, which must be familiarized with all participants.

To conduct a round robin tournament, the judge needs a standings based on the number of participants.

	Full name							glasses	place f	approx

All those registered for participation in the tournament are drawn lots - a serial number to be placed in the competition table.

	Full name							glasses	place f	approx
	Ivanov Egor
	Petrov Alexander
	Sidorov Ivan
	Smyslov Pavel
	Ilya Vladimirov
	Vasiliev Andrey

When all the participants are entered, according to the draw, entered into the tournament table, the color of the checkers for each of the participants is determined and the first round is held.

If the participants meet each other once, then the colors of the checkers for any number of participants can be easily determined using the rule; if in standings both players are recorded under even numbers (or both under odd numbers), then the participant with the higher number plays white. If one of the opponents is recorded with an even number, and the other with an odd number, then the participant with the lower number plays white.

For example, in the meeting between Egor Ivanov and Andrey Vasiliev, Egor Ivanov should play with white, since his number is odd - the first, and Andrey Vasiliev has an even number, and in this case the participant with the lower number plays with white.

And vice versa, when Ivan Sidorov and Ilya Vladimirov meet with White, Ivan Sidorov should play, since both participants have odd numbers. The participant with the big number plays white.

Exception:the last number, with an even number of participants, plays with the numbers in the upper part of the table in black, and with the lower part - in white.

For a clear running of the tournament, it is important to correctly mark the results of the games played in the standings. For a win, the winner receives a point - 1 (or 2 points for international rules), to the loser - 0, for a draw to both of them by half a point - ½ (or 1 point).

At the end of the tournament, the places are distributed according to the sum of the points scored by each of the participants. So, for the highest number of points, the first place is awarded, then the places are distributed in descending order. Thus, the participant with the lowest number of points remains in last place.

(Extract from the Code of Russia)

PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE SEQUENCE OF MEETINGS

IN COMPETITION ON A ROUND SYSTEM

The tables serve to determine the order of play in tournaments, and also indicate what color checkers (white or black) are provided to each of the participants. Previously, all tournament participants by drawing lots receive numbers from the first to the last - according to the number of participants. Then the corresponding table is selected, from which you can see which numbers meet each other in each round.

Do you like to play football? Probably, everyone who has kicked a ball in a courtyard meadow since childhood will answer this question in the affirmative, even if now there is not enough time for this activity. But many continue to meet in the meadow for their favorite game, abstracting themselves from everyday worries. It would seem - what is difficult? I found a clearing, or if I have the means, I rented a gym or a football field. He brought the ball with him, gathered his friends into teams - and a small tournament was ready. Especially if there are more than two teams willing. And now, having assumed the responsibilities of such an organizer, after a couple of meetings, a person imagines himself to be a real guru in organizing football tournaments. On a case of beer.

To begin with, let's start with a definition - what kind of competition it is, what are the differences. Football tournaments can be organized on a large turf in the format of a classic 11x11 game. It is possible to develop competition regulations with the rules of mini-football, both on the floor and on artificial turf, playing "four", 5x5 or 6x6 players. The size of the site is also important. When you have a lot of applicants, and the number of teams exceeds the number of lawns available, the field is divided into several sites. The recommended size of the court when the game is played with a 5x5 or 6x6 squad is 30x40 or 40x60 m.

There are long-established rules by which the schedule of games is drawn up. You can find them on the Internet, completely without puzzling how to make sure that 27 teams take part in your tournament, which are not at all divided into 4 venues rented by you. It also matters how much time you give the teams to play. Practice shows that within a one-day tournament with a large number of teams, the playing time of athletes is rapidly decreasing. You will have to play 7 minutes at a time. But with this format, you are provided with the most positive communication of the gathered people outside the field, when opponents turn into fans and spectators for other teams. What is important for the rallying of the company's team, if we are holding a tournament within the framework of one corporation, has a significant meaning and brings people together in an informal atmosphere.

Holding futsal tournaments is one of the most popular areas in corporate sports. There are entire business leagues that your corporate team can take part in. Or, you can find among the many offers from event agencies one that will correspond to your status or corporate interests, or, on the contrary, to agree to participate in a charity memory tournament famous athlete or to help those in need. If you cannot decide how best to organize your work within the corporate sports program, feel free to contact our Style Project agency, we will develop a program specially for you, thanks to which your team will reach a qualitatively new level, will be able to find competitors for training, or we will create a real football festival for all your employees, just like at world championships.

Particular attention, which should be given enough time and which you should never spare the budget for, is professional refereeing. The rules of the game of football have long been developed and adopted by the world football associations, but the human factor will always matter, despite the technical innovations that are used in the world when refereeing. football matches... Be sure to hire qualified people to serve the games. To do this, it is enough to contact the local football federation and competent specialists will advise you.

Almost all people love to receive gifts and surprises. That is why in any competition Special attention are given to premium attributes. We can offer you, in addition to the acquisition of medals, cups, certificates for participants, also individual prizes the best players in nominations. If funds permit, all these positions can be individually designed with elements of your logo and using corporate colors. Everyone who comes to the tournament will forever remember a memorable souvenir in the form of a badge, a small cup or some thing useful for sports. Entrust the professionals with the development of a "turnkey" tournament, and then you will not have to blush in front of the partners and clients whom you have invited to participate in your football event.

You can carry out:

• spring / summer and autumn / winter;
• One-day tournaments for the prizes of the president of the company;
• Take part in joint football festivals with partners.
• Organize football competitions as part of the sports day.

At a time when every player considers himself to be a great specialist, coach and professional referee, it is better to entrust the organization and conduct of the football tournament to specialists who will take responsibility for observing all the features in the development of regulations and regulations, its compliance with world football rules, will help in solving such issues as the development of the schedule of games and the grid of calendars, develop a scenario for the awards ceremony, work out and make prizes and souvenirs. Contact the Style Project and your football will be remembered for a long time by all participants!

Danilova Evgeniya

Sports Projects Manager, STYLE PROJECT

“When we found out that about a million viewers a month watch the broadcasts of our matches, it was already a completely different level of emotions,” recalls Pavel Shapkin, co-owner of UCC. In three years, his company went from regional to international level, signed a contract with one of the majors from Galaxy Battles, in 2017 raffled off ~ $ 300,000 at its tournaments, and also signed a contract with the largest esports holding ESL.

We talked with Pavel about the system of organizing eSports tournaments, finding money for prize pools and getting out of force majeure situations.

Interviewer: Yulia Litvin
Respondent: Pavel Shapkin

The UCC now has about 50 people: what kind of specialists are needed to organize an esports tournament?

To organize an eSports tournament, it is not necessary for the company to employ 50 people. Theoretically, even one or two people can do everything. It all depends on the scale of the competition. For us to organize high level championships are enough for 50 people. This figure will grow in the future.

I don’t presume to judge, as with other companies, but in our case, the organization of the championship begins with the provision of the prize fund. Further, the sales department is included in conjunction with marketing. After we find partners and agree on the list of participants, the sports department is connected. He determines the structure of the competition, invites teams, in general, creates preliminary agreements with everyone who will participate in this tournament. When the structure of the tournament is ready, marketing is again included in the game, which imposes working tools on this “fish”. Together with our partners, we determine how to promote their product most effectively.

In parallel with this, you need to take care of a lighting studio that will stream the tournament in all necessary languages.

Perhaps that's all. The sales department, together with the sports department, interacts with the marketing department and with the studio, which will comment on all this. Of course, there are a myriad of little things and details without which the tournament will fail. The business process for organizing a tournament in our company includes 30 A4 pages. We will talk more about this when we are invited to teach.

What is the fundamental difference between organizing an event at the regional / Russian / European level?

First of all, the level of the teams that play in the championship differs. If you make a regional tournament with low-level teams, the requirements for the organization are also quite low - for example, it is not very important what the broadcasts will be. If it comes about a major international tournament, then the teams already have certain conditions, riders. The schedule is being agreed upon, and it is quite difficult.

In general, the higher the level of the competition, the more interesting it is to organize it. Now we are organizing a CS: GO, Dota 2 tournament in which teams from the top 10 of the world play. These tournaments attract huge numbers of people. When we found that the number of viewers of our broadcasts was approaching a million per month, we felt a completely different level of emotions, and, most importantly, this gave us a different level of resources. The realization came that the company was becoming international. That's why major tournaments, despite all the accompanying stress, incredibly inspiring.

While we're on the subject of stress: how often do force majeure situations occur? How do you deal with them?

The most unpleasant situation- this is when teams are withdrawn from tournaments. For example, at our last championship, one of the teams got sick, he urgently needed hospitalization, and the team withdrew from the tournament. There are already certain obligations to partners, the tournament and the list of participants have been announced on all news portals. We have to urgently renegotiate with partners, look for a replacement team. And when there is a high-level tournament, the number of teams is limited and it is not so easy to find a replacement ... But these are working situations, we cope with this and move on.

It's hard to remember something more stressful. Although ... We recently helped organize a tournament in the Philippines, which was held at the largest indoor stadium in the world. He had the status of the world championship, and ten days before the start he was deprived of this status. Imagine what it is a strong beat- half of the prize pool ($ 500,000) and rating points, which are awarded only among tournaments that have the status of majors, were taken away from the organizers. Several large teams they immediately refused to participate. I can imagine how stressful it is, but despite this, the tournament was held. We went to the Philippines as a big team and helped organize. From experience - I have never seen anything worse than this.

Is it realistic to get government support in your business?

Yes, it is real, but, in my opinion, this is not the best strategy. Business must be self-directed, self-sufficient. Still, state support is always a certain obligation, often limiting and inhibiting. It is possible to receive state support, because e-sports works for young people aged 17-18, and this audience, like no one else, is important for the state. We even made attempts in this direction, but refused, because there is too much bureaucracy ... In short, this is an incomparable level of expenditure of forces and results.

Who creates the prize pool? Do tournaments always pay off?

In esports, tournaments are organized in a very interesting way, and the same scheme works in classic sports... First, the prize fund of the tournament is announced, and only then the teams are invited. The prize fund is paid, as you know, after the end of the tournament. What does it mean? This means that it is not necessary for a business to have a prize fund at the start of a tournament. This creates opportunities for fraud. Therefore, cases with non-payment of prize money, unfortunately, are not uncommon. It is important to make a commitment and assess the size of the prize pool sensibly.

There are cases when companies first declare a prize fund, expecting it to earn the necessary money over time, but they cannot cope. There were such cases in Russia and in the world. We know that this happens, and we are very careful about it. Fortunately, we are all good and everything prize funds paid out without problems.

What prevents domestic gaming from developing?

The development of esports is directly related to the development of the Internet. Accordingly, the better the Internet develops in the CIS and Russia, the better the connection and communications, the faster cybersport will develop. This is the first moment.

The second point is the audience's ability to pay. A company that builds a business in the CIS, a priori, operates in a market with a lower paying capacity of customers than in the European or American markets. The European audience is at least 4 times more solvent than the Russian one, and the American audience is about 20 times. If companies have access to a lot of money, they have a lot of resources for their own development. Therefore, here we are directly dependent on the regional economy, and the better the economy in our region, the better business develops. This is the main stopper; CIS companies cannot be self-sufficient here in the CIS region. In any case, for powerful development, it is important to enter the Western market.

What project are you working on now?

We are planning a very close cooperation with ESL in 2018 (this is the largest esports holding in the world). He hosts the largest tournaments, and we have signed a deep cooperation contract with him. We give away tickets to their championships at our tournaments. All tournaments held by ESL have the status of world championships, majors, and today we have created such conditions that teams that want to play in ESL tournaments can get these slots at our tournaments - that is, go through our qualifications to ESL tournaments. This is the main strategy for the next year.

Back this month, we, together with our friends and partners, brought our product to the market for the first time: Energgum esports chewing gum. It is a chewy energy drink that works like Red bull... It was created for those who need to stay focused. We are also planning to create our own IT product. I will not disclose details yet.

You are participating in. What are you planning to talk about?

First of all, about the experience of our partners: how the companies that cooperate with us entered the eSports market, what goals they set for themselves and what results they achieved. I will also tell you how to effectively interact with an esports audience and which products have the highest potential in this market.