Challonge API Docs
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Challonge API Docs
  • Guides
    • Welcome
    • Changelog
    • Upgrading
      • Upgrading from v2.0 to v2.1
    • Sample Use Cases
      • Running a Two-Stage Tournament
    • Challonge Connect
      • About
      • Game Integration (beta)
      • Connect Request Signing
  • API v2.1
    • Getting Started
    • Authorization
    • Error Responses
    • Resource Scoping
    • OAuth
      • Scopes
      • Grant Request
      • Token Request
      • Refresh Token Request
      • Device Grant Authorization Request
      • Device Grant Access Token Request
    • Tournament API
      • Tournaments
        • Tournament States
        • List Tournaments
        • Create Tournament
        • Get Tournament
        • Update Tournament
        • Delete Tournament
        • Change Tournament State
      • Participants
        • List Participants
        • Create Participant
        • Get Participant
        • Update Participant
        • Delete Participant
        • Bulk Create Participants
        • Clear All Participants
        • Randomize Participants
        • Register Me
      • Matches
        • List Matches
        • Get Match
        • Update Match
        • Change Match State
      • Match Attachments
        • List Match Attachments
        • Create Match Attachment
        • Delete Match Attachment
    • Race API
      • Races
        • List Races
        • Create Race
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        • Update Race
        • Delete Race
        • Change Race State
      • Rounds
        • List Rounds
        • Get Round
        • Update Round
      • Elapsed Times
        • List Elapsed Times
        • Get Elapsed Time
        • Update Elapsed Time
        • Bulk Update Elapsed Times
    • Get User
      GET
    • List Communities
      GET
    • Schemas
      • MatchAttachmentModel
      • MatchAttachmentInput
      • MatchAttachmentOutput
      • MatchAttachment
      • ParticipantModel
      • ParticipantOutput
      • ParticipantInput
      • ParticipantBulkInput
      • Participant
      • TournamentModel
      • TournamentInput
      • Tournament
      • TournamentStateInput
      • CommunityModel
      • Community
      • MatchModel
      • MatchInput
      • MatchOutput
      • Match
      • MatchStateInput
      • ErrorModel
      • UserModel
      • User
      • ElapsedTimeBulkInput
      • ElapsedTimeWithID
      • ElapsedTimeOutput
      • ElaspedTimeInput
      • Timestamps
      • RelationshipLink
      • RoundOutput
      • RoundStateInput
      • RacingOutput
      • RacingInput
      • RacingStateInput
  • Bracket JSAPI v1.0
    • Getting Started
    • Broadcasted Events
    • API Actions
      • scrollToCoordinates
      • scrollToMatchIdentifier
      • setZoomScale
      • zoomToCoordinate
      • zoomToMatchIdentifier
      • loadTheme
      • filterRounds
      • loadIntegrationData
      • setBracketSettings
  • API v2.0 (deprecated)
    • About
    • Deprecated Endpoints
      • Tournament
        • findTournaments
        • createTournament
        • showTournament
        • updateTournament
        • deleteTournament
        • changeStateTournament
      • Match
        • findMatches
        • showMatch
        • updateMatch
        • changeStateTournament
      • Participant
        • findParticipants
        • createParticipant
        • showParticipant
        • updateParticipant
        • deleteParticipant
        • bulkCreateParticipant
        • clearAllParticipants
        • randomizeParticipants
      • Match Attachment
        • findMatchAttachments
        • createMatchAttachments
        • deleteMatchAttachment
      • Race
        • findRaces
        • createRace
        • showRace
        • updateRace
        • deleteRace
        • changeStateRace
      • Round
        • findRounds
        • showRound
        • updateRound
      • Elapsed Time
        • findElapsedTime
        • showElapsedTime
        • updateElapsedTime
        • bulkUpdateElapsedTime
      • User
        • findUser
        • findCommunities
    • Schemas
      • MatchAttachmentModel
      • MatchAttachmentInput
      • MatchAttachmentOutput
      • MatchAttachment
      • ParticipantModel
      • ParticipantOutput
      • ParticipantInput
      • ParticipantBulkInput
      • Participant
      • TournamentModel
      • TournamentInput
      • Tournament
      • TournamentStateInput
      • CommunityModel
      • Community
      • MatchModel
      • MatchInput
      • MatchOutput
      • Match
      • MatchStateInput
      • ErrorModel
      • UserModel
      • User
      • ElapsedTimeBulkInput
      • ElapsedTimeWithID
      • ElapsedTimeOutput
      • ElaspedTimeInput
      • Timestamps
      • RelationshipLink
      • RoundOutput
      • RoundStateInput
      • RacingOutput
      • RacingInput
      • RacingStateInput
  • API v1 (deprecated)
    • About
    • Deprecated Endpoints
      • Tournaments
        • List tournaments
        • Create a tournament
        • Get a tournament
        • Update a tournament
        • Delete a tournament
        • Process check-in results for a tournament
        • Abort check-in for a tournament
        • Start a tournament
        • Finalize a tournament
        • Reset a tournament
        • Open for predictions
      • Participants
        • List a tournament's participants
        • Create a participant
        • Bulk create participants
        • Get a participant
        • Update a participant
        • Check in a participant
        • Undo check-in for a participant
        • Delete/deactivate a participant
        • Clear/delete all participants
        • Randomize a tournament's participants
      • Matches
        • List a tournament's matches
          GET
        • Get a match
          GET
        • Update a match
          PUT
        • Reopen a match
          POST
        • Mark a match as underway
          POST
        • Unmark a match as underway
          POST
      • Match Attachments
        • List a match's attachments
        • Create a match attachment
        • Get a match attachment
        • Update a match attachment
        • Delete a match attachment
  1. Matches

Update a match

Deprecated
PUT
/tournaments/{tournament}/matches/{match_id}.json
Update/submit the score(s) for a match.
If you're updating winner_id, scores_csv must also be provided. You may, however, update score_csv without providing winner_id for live score updates.

Request

Authorization
API Key
Add parameter in query
api_key
Example:
api_key: ********************
or
Path Params

Query Params

Responses

🟢200Success
application/json
Body

Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location -g --request PUT 'https://api.challonge.com/v1/tournaments//matches/.json?match[scores_csv]&match[winner_id]&match[player1_votes]&match[player2_votes]&api_key=<api-key>'
Response Response Example
{
    "match": {
        "attachment_count": null,
        "created_at": "2015-01-19T16:57:17-05:00",
        "group_id": null,
        "has_attachment": false,
        "id": 23575258,
        "identifier": "A",
        "location": null,
        "loser_id": 16543997,
        "player1_id": 16543993,
        "player1_is_prereq_match_loser": false,
        "player1_prereq_match_id": null,
        "player1_votes": null,
        "player2_id": 16543997,
        "player2_is_prereq_match_loser": false,
        "player2_prereq_match_id": null,
        "player2_votes": null,
        "round": 1,
        "scheduled_time": null,
        "started_at": "2015-01-19T16:57:17-05:00",
        "state": "complete",
        "tournament_id": 1086875,
        "underway_at": null,
        "updated_at": "2015-01-19T16:57:17-05:00",
        "winner_id": 16543993,
        "prerequisite_match_ids_csv": "",
        "scores_csv": "3-1,3-2"
    }
}
Modified at 2025-11-05 18:43:33
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