Fixtures not being drawn for two legged semi-finals

[Malteser_Falcon]

Ey up,

So I'm trying to create a tournament in the editor with two groups of 4 going into a two legged semi before a single legged finals. I've been able to get it working with a single legged semi-final, with all fixtures getting scheduled and drawn at the right time. However setting it to have two legs, the semi-finals don't seem to get drawn after the groups and the draw date keeps getting pushed back.

This is the case if I fix the draw date or set it to be drawn after completion of the groups, and I've tried multiple combination of setting the fixture dates but to no avail. Looked at other two legged semi competitions such as the League Cup and tried to copy the method over but I can't seem to get it to fit right.

Any tips? I'm thinking it's a second leg fixture scheduling thing as all other areas work fine with one leg. Maybe there's a competition that has the same sort of format that I've missed?

[alian62]

upload file ? cant help unless we can see

[themodelcitizen]

Second that, post it up, but it sounds like maybe the "requirements" of the stage aren't quite right, or the first stage isn't properly finishing in some way

[Malteser_Falcon]

Oh yeah that might help, was a dur brain and completely missed that. Apologies. Db file attached and screenshots of what happens when the groups are finished are below:

The 11th was when the semi-final first leg was meant to be scheduled for.

Both leg dates show up in the calendar and rules screen

In the db I've set the second leg to be 7 days after the first but the same thing happens when setting a fixed date for it on the same screen. Requirements could be it for sure but that it works with a single legged semi-final got me confused and they seem to be correct for what I'm going for (2nd from A v 1st from B and vice versa)

RTLFinals_1.2.fmf

Edited January 30 by Malteser_Falcon

[rusty217]

Here's your issue:

Number of Matches should be 2. It's not working because it's trying to setup 4 matches but only has 4 teams so puts 1 team per match. The number of matches refers to matchups, not individual matches, so the amount doesn't change if you add a second leg.

The seedings etc. look a bit odd too. I can suggest an alternative if they don't work the way you want?

[Malteser_Falcon]

13 hours ago, rusty217 said:

Here's your issue:

Number of Matches should be 2. It's not working because it's trying to setup 4 matches but only has 4 teams so puts 1 team per match. The number of matches refers to matchups, not individual matches, so the amount doesn't change if you add a second leg.

The seedings etc. look a bit odd too. I can suggest an alternative if they don't work the way you want?

That's worked! Thanks for pointing it out, was wondering over what had gone wrong for a good week or so, must've completely missed me checking that.

The seeding system for the semis works after running 5 or so tests and the groups I'll be using as a way to 'force' a particular draw so I've not tested that out yet. If it's that that looks weird and it breaks then maybe I'd need the alternative so fire away!

[rusty217]

On 01/02/2024 at 03:20, Malteser_Falcon said:

The seeding system for the semis works after running 5 or so tests and the groups I'll be using as a way to 'force' a particular draw so I've not tested that out yet. If it's that that looks weird and it breaks then maybe I'd need the alternative so fire away!

This is how I'd do it:

Insert into next stage using team mapping to tell it to put the 1st and 2nd teams in each group into the next stage. Adjust the competition name and stage to what you're using of course. Still use the qualification rules to qualify teams for the semi as well so that shows in the rules.

Empty requirements page for the cup stage. You want it to draw straight away, not wait for qualifiers. With this setup it will display as 1st in Group A vs 2nd in Group B etc. for the knockout rounds.

This is how you avoid the "not enough teams found" issue. You add some blank spaces for the teams, which the previous stage fills in when it's ready.

This is how you set up the team mappings, so group A winner = team 0, group B runner up = team 1 etc.

And finally a fixed draw so team 0 (group A winner) faces team 1 (group B runner up) etc.