We use the term 'prelims' to refer to tournament rounds that qualify wrestlers for the main bracket (aka pigtails, rattails, qualifiers). Prelim rounds are automatically added when you have more wrestlers in your tournament than can fit into the bracket. For example, if you have an 8-man bracket but 10 wrestlers, a prelim will be created to determine which 8 wrestlers will be in the bracket. NOTE: Prelims are only supported on traditional, non-round robin brackets.

Prelim rounds are double-elimination-- win the first round to get to the championship bracket or win the second round to get to the consolation bracket. By default, prelims are randomly seeded and evenly distributed.


For more help with Prelims, please see the links below.

Set up Prelims
Set Prelim Assignments