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“Minutes to do what used to take us hours of staring at spreadsheets. The schedule was perfect, fair, and ready to publish immediately. It’s been a total game-changer for our league.”

- League Coordinator

The Challenge: A Logistical Puzzle

A local youth soccer league needed to schedule a single round-robin tournament for 8 teams over 7 weekends. The volunteer coordinator was struggling with a time-consuming and error-prone manual process that involved several complex rules.

Complex Tournament Logic

The round-robin format required every team to play each other exactly once, meaning no duplicate matchups were allowed across the 28-game season.

Strict Fairness Rules

Each team had to have a 3-4 or 4-3 Home/Away split, and they needed to alternate between Home and Away games as much as possible.

Tight Timeline

All 28 matches had to be perfectly scheduled within a fixed 7-weekend window, leaving no room for error.

Manual Workload

Keeping the schedule easy to follow and publish while managing all these constraints in a spreadsheet was a significant burden.

The SchedulOpt^® Core Solution

Using the SchedulOpt® Core platform, the entire tournament setup and scheduling took just minutes.

Step 1 - Team and Date Setup

First, the 8 teams were entered into the platform, and the 7 available weekend dates were added to define the season’s length.

Step 2 - Tournament Configuration

In the Tournament module:

● Type: Round-Robin

● Number of times each team plays every opponent: 1
(Single Round-Robin)

This automatically ensured every team played every other team exactly once.

Step 3 -Home & Away Rules

The following rules were used to ensure schedule fairness:

● Home-Away Balance: Each team could have at most a 3-4 or 4-3 Home/Away split

● Home-Away Repeated: No more than 3 consecutive Home or Away games allowed

SchedulOpt^® transformed a difficult manual task into a smooth, automated process, producing a superior schedule.

100%

Complete Schedule

All 28 matches were perfectly placed across the 7 weekends.

Fair

Guarenteed Fairness

Home team advantage was mitigated with balanced schedules for all.

Clear

Professional & Clear

The final schedule was exported with a single click, ready for coaches and parents.

Save Hours

Hours of Time Saved

The entire process was completed in under an hour.

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See how SchedulOpt^® can save you time and deliver fairer, more efficient schedules.

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