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Team names
FootballRed Lions FC
Riverside United
North End Athletic
Sporting Vale
Hilltop Wanderers
Eastbank City
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Round 1
Red Lions FC2–1Riverside United
North End Athletic0–0Sporting Vale
Hilltop Wanderers3–2Eastbank City
Red Lions FCvsNorth End Athletic
Riverside UnitedvsSporting Vale
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Organisers recommend Fixture.cc
A few words from coaches and organisers using Fixture.cc for leagues, school competitions and one-day tournaments.
Lucía Martín
Youth football coach
“I had our Saturday fixture ready before the parents’ group chat had even started. The live table is simple enough that nobody needs a tutorial.”
Diego Quispe
Community league organiser
“The best part is that teams can open the link on their phones without creating accounts. I can drop it straight into our WhatsApp group, although I would still like more control over the printed schedule.”
James Carter
School sports coordinator
“Fixture.cc hits a rare sweet spot: it feels quick enough for a one-day event, but the bracket and standings views are polished enough for a proper school competition.”
Emily Brooks
Recreational volleyball organiser
“I love the no-login approach and the clean public page. My only reservation is that I had to think through our tie-break rules before entering results.”
Jordan Lee
Community esports organiser
“We run small esports brackets alongside our LAN events, and Fixture.cc is much easier to share in our WhatsApp group than a spreadsheet. It handles best-of series clearly, although I would love richer per-game player stats one day.”
Liam O’Connor
Junior rugby coach
“It made a messy round-robin easy to explain to parents. The TV view is especially handy on game day because the next match is always visible from the sideline.”
Aiman Rahman
Badminton club secretary
“The interface is calm and fast, even when I am managing matches from my phone. I would welcome a few more sport-specific presets, but the flexible format works well.”
Camille Laurent
Amateur handball organiser
“The public fixture page looks much more professional than the spreadsheet we used before. It is very good for sharing information; the admin controls could be denser for larger tournaments.”
Ananya Rao
University cricket captain
“We used it for a small campus league and had a working schedule in minutes. The fact that everyone sees the same live standings removed a lot of confusion after close games.”
Marek Kowalski
Five-a-side organiser
“It is refreshingly focused. There are fewer settings than in the big tournament platforms, which is exactly why I can hand it to another organiser without a long training session.”
Reza Ahmadi
Local futsal organiser
“The bracket is clear, the public link is easy to share, and updates appear quickly. For a growing competition I would like richer team statistics, but for fixtures it does the important things well.”
Four steps. That's it.
01
Add your teams
Type or import team names. Works for any sport, game, or activity.
02
Pick a format and generate
Choose round-robin, single or double elimination, or Swiss. Add optional scheduling and generate in one click.
03
Accept registrations
Let players sign up on your competition page, then review and confirm them from the admin panel.
04
Share & track results
Share the public link with participants. Enter scores as matches are played.
Everything you need to run your competition for free
Flexible formats
Round-robin competitions, single or double elimination brackets, or Swiss system tournaments. One tool, any format.
Live standings
Points, score difference, wins, losses - all calculated automatically.
Shareable public page
One link your whole group can bookmark. No login needed to view.
No spreadsheet needed
Stop maintaining a Google Sheet. Fixture.cc does it for you.
Print-ready PDF export
Download your complete fixture list, standings, and bracket as a polished PDF. QR code included. Print it, pin it, or share it.
Embeddable widget
Drop a live fixture or standings widget into any website with a single line of code. Always in sync, no extra maintenance.
Competition branding
Add a custom logo and competition name for a public page that looks like yours.
Team logos
Upload a badge for each team to make your fixture page instantly recognizable at a glance.
What-if standings predictor
Simulate unplayed results and see how the standings would look. Try different outcomes before the final whistle.
Team filter on public page
Visitors can tap a team chip to instantly filter fixtures and results down to just that team's matches.
Private or public leagues
Keep a competition invite-only with a private link, or open it to anyone. Switch any time from admin settings.
E-Sports mode
Track best-of series with per-game scores and automatic series win calculation. Supports Bo1, Bo3, Bo5, and Bo7.
Custom color scheme
Pick an accent color for your public page and embedded widget to match your club or event brand.
Real-time sync
The moment a result is entered, every viewer's public page updates automatically. No refresh needed, ever.
TV Mode
Display live fixtures and standings on any screen or projector in full screen with one click. Perfect for venues and events.
Team registrations
Let participants register directly on your competition page. Registrants receive automatic email confirmations, and you get notified on every new submission. Manage sign-ups, set deadlines, and track status from the admin panel.
Works great for
Football league
Sunday League · Spring
Padel group
Tuesday Padel Ladder
Gaming clan
CS2 Clan Wars · Season 3
Basketball
3×3 Office Tournament
Frequently asked questions
Yes, completely free. No sign-up, no credit card, nothing to install. Just open the site and go.
No account needed. When you create a competition, Fixture.cc gives you an access code for managing it and a public page you can share with everyone else.
The access code unlocks the admin tools for your competition. Keep it private. You can paste it from the homepage, the public page, or the admin page to restore management access on another browser or device.
Anyone with the public link can view fixtures, latest results, standings or the bracket diagram, the QR code, and any description or website link you add. They cannot edit scores or settings without the access code.
Open the competition as an owner, click a match, enter the score, and save. You can also mark a match as not played again, change its date, or correct the result later.
Yes. The default is 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss, but you can change those values in Settings. You can also rename the score unit from Goals to something like Sets, Runs, or Points. Standings apply to round-robin and Swiss formats; bracket competitions show a bracket diagram instead.
Yes. When creating a competition, choose daily or weekly scheduling and pick a start date, or skip dates entirely. After the competition is created, owners can edit the date on individual matches.
Yes. Owners can update scores, match dates, team names, public info, website links, score labels, and points rules. You can also rebuild the fixture list to add or remove teams, change the format, or update scheduling.
Yes. Public pages include embed code for a fixtures and standings widget. Owners can also access embed options from the admin page, including light, dark, and system theme modes.
Anything competitive: round-robin competitions for football, basketball, padel, darts, gaming, and office tournaments - Swiss system tournaments where everyone plays every round - single-elimination brackets for knockouts and cup competitions - or double-elimination brackets where one loss is never the end.
Yes. Use the Download PDF option on your admin page to export a print-ready PDF with the full fixture list, standings, and a QR code. Choose from A4, A3, or Letter paper in portrait or landscape orientation.