From field count and start time
to a full schedule
Tell Flag50 your fields, your times, and your divisions. The scheduling engine handles the rest. Easily drag and drop games to make quick changes.
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Brackets that run
Frequently asked
Run your next event
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AI-assisted scheduling
Enter field count, start/end times, and game duration. The engine generates a balanced draft with rest windows and field capacity balanced.
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Conflict detection
Flags double-booking, back-to-back games with no rest, or field conflicts before you publish.
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Drag-and-drop overrides
Move any game. The engine rechecks for conflicts automatically.
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Single elimination brackets
Classic knockout. Auto-seeded from pool standings.
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Double elimination brackets
Losers get a second chance. Updates live as scores come in.
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Consolation brackets
Keep all teams playing. Populates automatically.
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PDF & CSV export
Send the schedule to coaches, print it for the field, or hand it to your officiating company.
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Scheduling a tournament shouldn't
take a day.
Schedule generation
Enter constraints, get a schedule
Enter field count, start/end times, game duration, and break windows. The engine generates a balanced draft in seconds — rest windows enforced, no duplicate matchups, fields evenly loaded.
Visual grid with drag-and-drop
The draft renders as a visual grid — time slots vertical, fields across the top. Don't like where a game landed? Drag it. The engine rechecks conflicts automatically.
Publish and update live
Publish the schedule to your public event page instantly. Field closure or weather delay? Edit and republish — coaches and parents see the update without manual notification.
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Brackets that run
themselves.
Bracket automation
Auto-seeded from standings
When pool play ends, Flag50 reads final standings — wins, losses, point differential, tiebreakers — and seeds the bracket automatically. No manual entry, no copying between screens.
Live advancement
A referee submits a final score, and the winner advances instantly. The bracket updates in real time for everyone — directors, coaches, parents in the parking lot. Single elimination, double elimination, and consolation formats all supported.
Hands-off bracket management
Directors don't touch the bracket during the tournament. It's a live view of scoring data rendered as a tournament tree — always current, always accurate.
Frequently asked
questions.
Common questions
Q01How does the scheduling engine balance games across fields?+
You enter your field names, the start and end time for each day, game duration, and any break windows (like a lunch break). The engine distributes games across fields so that no single field is overloaded while others sit empty. It also spaces each team's games to provide a minimum rest window between matchups. The result is a balanced draft you can review before publishing.
Q02Can I manually move games after the schedule is generated?+
Yes. The schedule displays as a visual grid with time slots on one axis and fields on the other. You can drag any game to a different time or field. When you drop it, the engine automatically rechecks for conflicts -- double-booked teams, insufficient rest, or field overlaps -- and flags anything that needs attention.
Q03What bracket formats does Flag50 support?+
Single elimination, double elimination, and consolation brackets. Single elimination is a standard knockout -- lose once and you're out. Double elimination gives every team a second chance through a losers bracket. Consolation brackets keep eliminated teams playing so no one sits idle. All three formats update automatically as scores come in.
Q04How are bracket seeds determined?+
Seeds are pulled from pool play standings. The top team in each pool is seeded first, then second place, and so on. If you're running a format without pool play, you can set seeds manually. Once the bracket starts, advancement is automatic -- the winner of each game moves forward the moment the referee submits the final score.
Q05Can coaches and parents see the schedule and bracket without logging in?+
Yes. The public event page shows the full schedule grid and live bracket to anyone with the link. No account required, no app download. Coaches bookmark the page before the tournament starts, and parents check it between games to see what field their kid plays on next.
Run your next event
on Flag50.
Free to set up. No demo required. Most directors have their first event live within an afternoon.