What information is needed to be ready to score the tournament?


  • Teams
    From a scoring perspective, a team needs a team challenge and level.  At the point the Score Room gets involved in the tournament, the teams are typically known including their challenge and level. Both scoring programs require the set of teams as input. During the tournament we might need to deal with teams that were expected but did not compete (known as no-shows).;

  • Appraisers
    It is more frequent that appraiser information is incompletely described in the Resource Area at the point you are "getting ready".  To check the status of the appraisers, select Tournament=>appraisers, then select the Check Appraisers red tab.  This page has functions to check:
    • if rooms have enough appraisers
    • the score-items in a challenge have enough appraisers scoring them

  • Advancement Rules
    The scoring programs need the advancement rules to determine the teams that will advance to the next level tournament.  For regional tournaments, the number of teams in each chal-lev advancing to the affiliate tournament is determined by the affiliate.  For affiliate tournaments, DIHQ dictates the advancement rules for Global Finals.

  • Tournament Results
    The information tournament directors need at the conclusion of a tournament varies widely based on local customs.  Get an understanding of what is expected from the Score Room so you can figure out how to deliver it.



Both scoring programs can collect this information from the Resource Area.  This includes:

  • Team information such as each team's name, challenge, level, and performance times
  • Appraiser information such as the appraisers in each team and instant challenge room including the items they will score
  • Advancement rules to the next level of competition


Click here to see an example of the tournament dashboard.