Create a tournament
Deprecated
POST
/tournaments.json
Request
Query Params
Responses
Request Request Example
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curl --location -g --request POST 'https://api.challonge.com/v1/tournaments.json?tournament[name]=&tournament[tournament_type]=&tournament[url]=&tournament[subdomain]=&tournament[description]=&tournament[open_signup]=&tournament[hold_third_place_match]=&tournament[pts_for_match_win]=&tournament[pts_for_match_tie]=&tournament[pts_for_game_win]=&tournament[pts_for_game_tie]=&tournament[pts_for_bye]=&tournament[swiss_rounds]=&tournament[ranked_by]=&tournament[rr_pts_for_match_win]=&tournament[rr_pts_for_match_tie]=&tournament[rr_pts_for_game_win]=&tournament[rr_pts_for_game_tie]=&tournament[accept_attachments]=&tournament[hide_forum]=&tournament[show_rounds]=&tournament[private]=&tournament[notify_users_when_matches_open]=&tournament[notify_users_when_the_tournament_ends]=&tournament[sequential_pairings]=&tournament[signup_cap]=&tournament[start_at]=&tournament[check_in_duration]=&tournament[grand_finals_modifier]=&api_key=<api-key>'Response Response Example
{
"tournament": {
"accept_attachments": false,
"allow_participant_match_reporting": true,
"anonymous_voting": false,
"category": null,
"check_in_duration": null,
"completed_at": null,
"created_at": "2015-01-19T16:47:30-05:00",
"created_by_api": false,
"credit_capped": false,
"description": "",
"game_id": 600,
"group_stages_enabled": false,
"hide_forum": false,
"hide_seeds": false,
"hold_third_place_match": false,
"id": 1086875,
"max_predictions_per_user": 1,
"name": "Sample Tournament 1",
"notify_users_when_matches_open": true,
"notify_users_when_the_tournament_ends": true,
"open_signup": false,
"participants_count": 4,
"prediction_method": 0,
"predictions_opened_at": null,
"private": false,
"progress_meter": 0,
"pts_for_bye": "1.0",
"pts_for_game_tie": "0.0",
"pts_for_game_win": "0.0",
"pts_for_match_tie": "0.5",
"pts_for_match_win": "1.0",
"quick_advance": false,
"ranked_by": "match wins",
"require_score_agreement": false,
"rr_pts_for_game_tie": "0.0",
"rr_pts_for_game_win": "0.0",
"rr_pts_for_match_tie": "0.5",
"rr_pts_for_match_win": "1.0",
"sequential_pairings": false,
"show_rounds": true,
"signup_cap": null,
"start_at": null,
"started_at": null,
"started_checking_in_at": null,
"state": "pending",
"swiss_rounds": 0,
"teams": false,
"tie_breaks": [
"match wins vs tied",
"game wins",
"points scored"
],
"tournament_type": "single elimination",
"updated_at": "2015-01-19T16:57:17-05:00",
"url": "sample_tournament_1",
"description_source": "",
"subdomain": null,
"full_challonge_url": "http://challonge.com/sample_tournament_1",
"live_image_url": "http://images.challonge.com/sample_tournament_1.png",
"sign_up_url": null,
"review_before_finalizing": true,
"accepting_predictions": false,
"participants_locked": true,
"game_name": "Table Tennis",
"participants_swappable": false,
"team_convertable": false,
"group_stages_were_started": false
}
}Modified at 2025-11-05 17:18:44