Taekwondo tournament software and live scoring

A taekwondo championship usually combines two disciplines. Kyorugi, the Olympic-style sparring discipline, is divided into weight categories within each age group and gender division. Poomsae, the forms discipline, is divided by age group and often by grade, with individual, pair and team events. Each category has its own draw, its own results and its own medallists.

In Zeetius Tournaments the organiser configures both disciplines before entries open: the age groups, the weight limits for kyorugi, the poomsae divisions, and the round format for each age group. Because these vary between federations and between editions of the rules, they are set for each event rather than fixed by the software.

Clubs enter their athletes online. Eligibility is checked against date of birth and the category rules as each entry is made, and where poomsae categories depend on belt grade, the grade can be held on the athlete's record so the entry goes into the right division.

• Kyorugi. Sparring by weight category, age group and gender division.
• Poomsae. Individual, pair and team forms by age group and grade.
• Age groups. Cadet, junior, senior or the federation's own bands, set by date of birth.
• Grades. Kup and dan grades recorded for each athlete where categories depend on them.

Most kyorugi categories are run as a single-elimination knockout. Zeetius Tournaments generates the bracket from the athletes who made weight, places byes automatically and applies seeding where the event uses it. Where the event regulations include a repechage for athletes beaten by the finalists, that bracket is filled from the main draw as contests finish.

Small categories can be run as a round robin, where every athlete meets every other. Poomsae categories have their own formats, such as rounds in which athletes perform and are ranked by the judges' scores, and the organiser sets the format for each category.

Draws are published under the organiser's own name and branding and update as results are recorded, so coaches can see the next contest for each athlete without waiting for a printed bracket.

Taekwondo events run several courts at once, often with kyorugi and poomsae in different parts of the hall. Organisers divide the competition into sessions, assign categories to courts and order the contests so that athletes have rest between them and no athlete is called to two courts together. When a court runs behind, contests can be moved and the schedule updates for everyone working from it.

Each contest needs a referee and judges, and poomsae needs a panel of judges for every round. Zeetius Tournaments and Zeetius Federation keep a register of technical officials with their grades, so referees and judges can be nominated to the championship and allocated to courts and sessions.

Poomsae is judged rather than scored by points for strikes. A panel of judges marks each performance for accuracy of technique and for presentation, and the athletes are ranked by their scores. Organisers configure the number of judges, the rounds and how many athletes progress from each round, so recognised and freestyle poomsae can be run to the rules the event follows.