Help and FAQ - ViboraMatch

ViboraMatch helps you automate the creation and pairing of your padel tournament.

Automating your padel tournament through an online platform turns a complex management task into a smooth, error-free process. By importing your pair lists directly (Excel or CSV), you eliminate tedious manual entry and the risk of omissions. The system instantly calculates team weights and automatically generates the optimal number of groups, while intelligently handling byes to balance brackets fairly.

Once the groups are created, you can print them in one click for physical display, while players check results and standings in real time on their phones. This centralized data offers full transparency and lets the organizer focus on the club atmosphere rather than last-minute math.

Of course! 😉
In padel, TDL and TEE refer to two tournament draw formats used by the FFT:

• TDL — Straight-entry Draw
• TEE — Staggered-entry Draw

Key difference

TDL (Straight-entry Draw)

Everyone starts at the same round.

Example:
16 teams → everyone starts in the round of 16

➡️ This is the "classic" single-elimination format.

Advantages:

• easy to understand
• quick to organise
• fair: everyone plays the same number of rounds to win

Disadvantage:

• top pairs may face weaker opponents right from the start

TEE (Staggered-entry Draw)

The best teams ("seeds") enter the draw later in the tournament.

Example:
some teams start in a pre-round → seeded teams enter directly at the quarter-final or semi-final stage

➡️ The aim is to protect the strongest pairs and balance the level of play.

Advantages:

• prevents top seeds from meeting each other too early
• useful when there is a significant gap in levels

Disadvantages:

• some teams play more matches than others
• may seem less "fair" for players who start earlier in the draw

Viboramatch makes it easy to import your players thanks to a user-friendly and intuitive interface.
The system can read .csv and Excel (.xlsx) files for quick and error-free integration of your pair lists. Go to the "Importation" tab, select your file in the required format and click "📤 Import".

Viboramatch is free and will remain free. I also want to keep an excellent quality of service. I answer all questions. Demo possible, phone discussion, etc. All this would no longer be possible if too many clubs were registered. I like knowing my users, and my users trust my responsiveness. Viboramatch is built by a passionate padel player for passionate padel players.

With seeds entering directly into the quarterfinals... or not 😀, the software will suggest possible scenarios. Depending on the number of pairs, the system will instantly tell you how many groups will be created and how many seeds should enter directly into the quarterfinals. You will be guided step by step, and the system will explain everything clearly.
(Note: in some cases it is mathematically impossible to have a quarterfinal with 8 groups. That is why the setup ends up with 16 final groups instead of 8)

Viboramatch uses the "snake" method or the draw-by-levels method (hats / pots): you choose. Example for the snake method: 4 groups of 4 pairs, ranked by descending weight from 1 to 16, and placed in the following required order:

Example for 4 GROUPS

[A]	[B]	[C]	[D]
1	2	3	4
8	7	6	5
9	10	11	12
16	15	14	13

You said it! Entering dozens of scores just to test is really tedious.

Luckily there is a handy way to ask the system to fill in scores automatically.

Add &test=true to the URL of the page that shows the matches, for example:

https://viboramatch.com/index.php?page=matchdepart&test=true

This shows a red “TEST” button in front of the groups to fill in all scores automatically!

Pairing uses the pair's weight (ranking) to ensure the best pairs do not meet in the first round (seeded system).

Here is exactly how ties are broken in the code (group standings).
1) Number of wins (highest first).
2) Set difference = sets won - sets lost.
3) Game difference = games won - games lost.
4) Head-to-head if still tied on the 3 criteria.

For Women's and Men's Seniors and Seniors+ tournaments, cuts have been introduced to level the playing field in P 25 to P 250 tournaments inclusive.

For P 500 / P 1000 / P 1500 and P 2000 tournaments, no ranking limit.
Lists are closed based on pair weights.

Viboramatch détecte automatiquement les cuts lors de l'importation de votre fichier Excel ou CSV. Pratique !!

New cuts for tournaments – from March 1, 2026

Events	Men	Women	Mixed	Youth
P 2000	OPEN (subject to cut)	OPEN (subject to cut)	No event	No event
P 1500	OPEN (subject to cut)	OPEN (subject to cut)	No event	No event
P 1000	OPEN (subject to cut)	OPEN (subject to cut)	No event	No event
P 500	OPEN (subject to cut)	OPEN (subject to cut)	No event	No event (except TNJ)
P 250	FORBIDDEN FOR TOP 800 inclusive	FORBIDDEN FOR TOP 100 inclusive	No ranking limit	No ranking limit
P 100	FORBIDDEN FOR TOP 3.000 inclusive	FORBIDDEN FOR TOP 300 inclusive	FORBIDDEN TOP 3.000 Men inclusive TOP 300 Women inclusive	No ranking limit
P 50	FORBIDDEN FOR TOP 10.000 inclusive	FORBIDDEN FOR TOP 1.000 inclusive	FORBIDDEN TOP 10.000 Men inclusive TOP 1.000 Women inclusive	No ranking limit
P 25	FORBIDDEN FOR TOP 30.000 inclusive	FORBIDDEN FOR TOP 3.000 inclusive	FORBIDDEN TOP 30.000 Men inclusive TOP 3.000 Women inclusive	No ranking limit

You choose to configure the scores according to your needs.

Here are the official formats:

Format	Match structure	Decisive point (No-Ad)	Tournament categories (Common uses)
A1 / A2	3 sets to 6 games	A2 only	P500, P1000, P1500, P2000 (Final rounds)
B1 / B2	2 sets to 6 games + Super TB	B2 only	P100, P250, P500 (Competition standard)
C1 / C2	2 sets to 4 games + Super TB	C2 only	P25, P50, P100, Youth and Senior+
D1 / D2	1 set to 9 games	D2 only	P25, Consolation, Ranking matches
E	1 Super Tie-break (10 pts)	No	P25, Activities, End of brackets
F	1 set to 4 games	Yes	P25 Flash, Youth tournaments, Consolation

ViboraMatch supports straight-line seeding brackets (TDL).
The TDL is organised as a single bracket for 8, 16 or 32 pairs.

All pairs start in the main bracket.
After each match, teams continue through ranking matches or a consolation bracket.
Opponents therefore evolve based on results.

Characteristics:
• Simple structure, quick to set up
• Direct progression in one bracket
• Gradual adjustment of match level
• Initial draw may create level gaps in round 1

Prefer this format when:
• time available is limited
• you want simple organisation
• you want a fluid format with quick back-to-back matches

The ideal is for the system to handle registrations.
No more Excel file imports.
Something that can show a maximum number of pairs, manage a waiting list and handle payments.
That would be true comfort.

Between automatic score entry by players and registration and payment through software, a new phenomenon has appeared:
the lazy tournament director 😂
Seriously, why miss out on the comfort of a system built by players who love their favourite sport?

In practice, yes: registration and payment are handled through our partner Padel-Match.
Padel-Match is connected to ViboraMatch. Once the tournament is set up in Padel-Match, all data is injected into ViboraMatch.
The loop is closed and the director can focus on more important tasks.

For those who don't get the reference 😉