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Split players into teams with the team builder

By the end you’ll have everyone who signed up split into named teams, on those teams’ rosters for the season and on your website.

  • Who: League admin
  • Time: 5 min
  • Steps: 10
Video · 1:38 · Voiceover · every step is also written on screen Prefer to read? Steps below

Before you start

  • You need a player registration with people signed up. See Open a player registration.
  • The team builder places people who are registered, and paid when there’s a price. Anyone who still owes is left out until they pay.

Steps

  1. Step 1: In the left menu, click Registrations, then the registration, like Winter 2027 player registration.

    It opens on its Overview: 26 people are registered.

    Fig. 1

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    The Winter 2027 player registration row in the Registrations list, with 26 of 60 sign-ups.
    Fig. 1The registration in the list.

  2. Step 2: Click the Team builder tab.

    While people can still sign up, it says Sign-up is still open: teams are built once registration closes.

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    The Team builder tab with Sign-up is still open and the Close registration button.
    Fig. 2The team builder waits for sign-up to close.

  3. Step 3: Click Close registration.

    No one else can sign up, and the team builder opens on Choose how to split with a first shuffle.

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    The Choose how to split panel with Split by, Teams and Shuffle, and the preview teams below.
    Fig. 3Choose how to split.

  4. Step 4: Under Teams, click + until it says 4.

    The line under it shows how the 26 people split: 26 people → 7, 7, 6, 6. Choose Team size under Split by to set the people per team instead.

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    The Teams field set to 4 with its − and + buttons, and the line 26 people → 7, 7, 6, 6.
    Fig. 4Four teams.

  5. Step 5: Click Shuffle until you’re happy with the teams.

    Each shuffle deals everyone onto the teams again at random.

    Fig. 5

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    The Shuffle button and the four preview teams.
    Fig. 5Shuffle deals the teams again.

  6. Step 6: Click Save as draft.

    Your draft opens: a card per team, where you can move people and rename teams. Nothing is published yet.

    Fig. 6

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    The Your draft board with Team 1 to Team 4 and their people.
    Fig. 6Your draft, a card per team.

  7. Step 7: Click each team’s name and type a new one, like Ironclads.

    Press Enter to save each name. These become the team names on your rosters, schedule and website.

    Fig. 7

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    The draft’s team cards named Ironclads, Riveters, Anvils and Smelters.
    Fig. 7Teams with their names.

  8. Step 8: Click Move next to a person and choose their new team.

    They move straight away, and the team counts update.

    Fig. 8

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    A person’s Move button and its menu listing the other teams with their sizes.
    Fig. 8Move, with the other teams to choose from.

  9. Step 9: Click Publish teams, then Publish teams in the box that opens.

    The four teams are created in Winter 2027, and everyone is put on their roster and emailed their team. You can’t undo publishing.

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    The Publish 4 teams? box with what publishing does and its Publish teams button.
    Fig. 9Publish 4 teams?
    Fig. 9b

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    Teams published, with 26 people placed, Next: set up the schedule, and each team’s people marked Emailed.
    Fig. 9bTeams published.

  10. Step 10: Open your website and click Teams.

    From the admin, click ↗ (View public site) at the bottom of the sidebar; your website opens in a new tab. The new teams are listed with the rest of your league’s teams.

    Fig. 10

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    The website’s Teams page with Ironclads, Riveters, Anvils and Smelters among the league’s teams.
    Fig. 10The new teams on your website.

What you’ll see

Your four teams are on Winter 2027 with full rosters, and everyone knows their team. The Team builder tab now shows what was published and links each team’s roster. Next, Set up the schedule adds a round robin for these teams.

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The Team builder tab after publishing: Teams published, the people placed, and the team cards.
Fig. 11What was published.

Common questions

Can I build teams while registration is open?
No. Close it from the Team builder tab, or wait for the closing time to pass. You can save a draft, change it and publish later.
Who goes on a team?
Everyone registered, and paid when there’s a price. People who still owe or were refunded are left out, and the team builder says how many.
Someone played for us before. Do they get a second player record?
No. Publishing links each person to their existing player when the details match, and says how many may be duplicates so you can check them under Players.
I want to start again.
Before publishing, open Draft actions and click Start over…. The draft is deleted and everyone stays registered. No one is emailed.
Can I change the teams after publishing?
The team builder can’t, because publishing is final. Change rosters from each team’s page, under Teams. Someone who signs up after you reopen registration isn’t put on a team: use Add to team on the People tab.
When do the teams show on my website?
As soon as you publish, on your website’s Teams page. Their games show once you schedule them.