Sports in TorMatch
TorMatch supports 12 sports: how each one is scored, timed and decided, what the sport changes in a tournament, and where organisers adjust it.
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TorMatch supports 12 sports: football, futsal, field hockey, ice hockey, handball, basketball, rugby, volleyball, tennis, padel, table tennis and esports.
Every tournament has one sport. The organiser picks it when they create the tournament, and it decides how matches are scored, timed and settled when it's level, how the standings count points, and which words the screens use, such as halves, quarters or sets.
Some sports come in variants, chosen as a preset in the match rules rather than as a separate sport: rugby has Union, Sevens and League, and volleyball has Indoor and Beach.
The sports fall into two scoring families, and the scoreboard looks different in each.
- A running score: football, futsal, field hockey, ice hockey, handball, basketball, rugby, and esports played for a single score. The score is a total, such as 2–1. In basketball and rugby, scores have different values: a three-pointer counts 3, a try 5.
- Sets and games: tennis, padel, volleyball, table tennis, and esports played over maps. You win the match by winning sets, games or maps, so there are no draws. The result shows each set, such as 6–4 3–6 [10–8].
Each sport starts with these rules. They are TorMatch's defaults: an organiser can change them for the whole tournament or for one division.
| Sport | Scoring | Match length | When it's level | Standings points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football | Goals | 2 × 45 min | Draws in groups; a knockout goes to a penalty shootout (extra time can be switched on) | Win 3, draw 1, loss 0 |
| Futsal | Goals | 2 × 20 min | Draws in groups; a knockout gets extra time, then a shootout | Win 3, draw 1, loss 0 |
| Field hockey | Goals | 4 × 15 min | Draws in groups; a knockout goes to a shootout | Win 3, draw 1, loss 0 |
| Ice hockey | Goals | 3 × 20 min, counting down | No draws: overtime, then a shootout | Win 3, win after overtime or shootout 2, loss after overtime or shootout 1, loss 0 |
| Handball | Goals | 2 × 30 min | Draws in groups; a knockout gets extra time, then a shootout | Win 2, draw 1, loss 0 |
| Basketball | 2-pointers, 3-pointers and free throws | 4 × 10 min, counting down | No draws: overtime, repeated until there's a winner | Win 2, loss 1 |
| Rugby (Union) | Try 5, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3 | 2 × 40 min | Draws in groups; a knockout gets extra time, golden point, then a kicking competition | Win 4, draw 2, loss 0, plus bonus points |
| Esports | A single score, or best of 3 or 5 maps | No clock | No draws | Win 3, loss 0 |
| Tennis | Sets of games (15, 30, 40) | No clock | Best of 3 sets; a deciding set is a match tiebreak to 10 | Win 1, loss 0 |
| Padel | As tennis, with a golden point at deuce | No clock | As tennis | Win 1, loss 0 |
| Volleyball (Indoor) | Sets to 25 | No clock | Best of 5 sets; a deciding set goes to 15 | Win 3, win in the deciding set 2, loss in the deciding set 1, loss 0 |
| Table tennis | Games to 11 | No clock | Best of 5 games | Win 2, loss 1 |
Most of TorMatch works the same in every sport: registration, teams, the format, the schedule and the public page. The sport changes the parts that are about the match itself.
- Periods and the clock: halves, quarters or periods, with the sport's own names, such as 1st half, Q3 or Period 2. Basketball and ice hockey count down; the other timed sports count up. Set sports have no clock; TorMatch uses an expected length per set to plan the schedule.
- Entering scores: in the live match, a button per side for each goal, a button per type of score in basketball and rugby, or a point counter for the set sports. A result typed in afterwards follows the same shape, for example set by set.
- Results on the page: basketball shows the score per quarter and the set sports show each set in the results; football and the other goal sports show the half-time score in the match details.
- When it's level: whether draws exist, and what decides a knockout: extra time, overtime, golden point, a shootout or a deciding set.
- Standings: the points for a win, draw or loss, and the tie-breakers. Goal sports compare goal difference first; set sports compare wins, then the set ratio.
- Discipline: cards in football, cards that send a player off for a few minutes in field hockey and rugby, timed penalties in ice hockey and handball, fouls in basketball, and warnings that lead to penalty points in tennis, padel, volleyball and table tennis. See Cards and suspensions.
- Teams or individuals: some sports can be played by individuals. A tournament for individuals has competitors instead of teams, and no squads, lineups, kit or coaches.
Everything about how a match is played sits in one place, the match rules. They start from the sport's defaults, and you can change them for the whole tournament or give a division its own rules, for example shorter matches for a younger age group.
- On the website: open Format in Manage, then the Configuration tab, and find Match rules.
- In the app: in Manage, tap More, then Settings and Match rules.
Choose a Preset, such as a shorter match length or rugby Sevens, then check How a match is played, When it's level and Scoring. Once you change a value yourself, the rules show as Custom.
The sport itself is set under Settings > Sport on the website. Changing it applies the new sport's default match rules to the whole tournament, so check Match rules afterwards. Check your match rules goes through each part.
Can one tournament have more than one sport?
No. A tournament has one sport. Its divisions can each have their own match rules, such as a different match length, but they all play the same sport.
Can a match end in a draw?
It depends on the sport. Football, futsal, field hockey, handball and rugby allow draws in group matches; a knockout match is always decided. Ice hockey, basketball, esports and the set sports have no draws.
Why do the match rules say Custom?
The organiser changed at least one value of the preset, for example the match length. The rules then no longer match a preset exactly, so they show as Custom.
- What is TorMatch?: the platform and the three places in every tournament.
- Periods, timeouts and rules per division: give a division its own match rules.
- When it's level: extra time, overtime, shootouts, golden set: what decides a level match.
- Points and tie-breakers: how the standings are counted.
- Enter a score: entering a result in each sport.