Alliance Selection

After the conclusion of the Qualification matches, the teams will participate in the Alliance Selection process.

Accessing the Alliance Selection 

1. Select Alliance Selection in the Dashboard or left-hand menu in the Competition Portal.

   

Before Starting Alliance Selection

1. Verify that all of the Qualification scores have been saved and are Official with a green checkmark in the Qualification Matches menu.
2. Print the Alliance Selection signs.
   1. Alliance Selection signs are available once the Alliance Selection process has started. Select Start Alliance Selection.

   2. In the Alliance Selection menu, select Alliance Selection Signs. This will automatically generate a downloadable PDF file with the Alliance selection signs with the Team information and ranking.

      

3. Example of an Alliance Selection sign:

   

4. Update the Main Audience Display type to Alliance Selection.

Running Alliance Selection

Alliance Selection can be run on a tablet held by the Announcer, Head Referee or other event staff that is running the Alliance Selection process. Or a designated event staff can enter the information on a central laptop device.

The number of Alliances is determined by the event capacity and is automatically set by the Competition Portal application. Refer to the Competition Manual for more information.

1. Select Start Alliance Selection. This will populate the Available Teams list with all teams that are Checked-in. Review the list and verify the correct teams are listed before going to the next step.
   1. If this list remains empty after selecting the Start Alliance Selection button, go back to the Team Check-in menu and Check-in the teams. Return to the Alliance Selection menu and select Start Alliance Selection again.

   2. If a team has to leave the event early or is otherwise unavailable to participate in the Alliance Selection process, select the “-” icon to remove that team from the Alliance Selection Available Teams list.

      

2. The highest ranked team is highlighted in yellow. They are the first Alliance Captain and can select from any of the Available Teams in the list.
   1. Click on the team selected by the first Alliance Captain.
   2. A pop-up window will appear to confirm the Alliance Captain and Picked Team’s numbers.

   3. Select Accept or Decline based on the Picked Team’s response. 

      

3. If the Picked Team accepts the invitation, then both Teams will be moved to the corresponding Alliance.

   

4. If the Picked Team declines the invitation, the Picked Team will no longer be available to be picked for an Alliance. They will still be eligible to be an Alliance Captain. The team that declined the invitation will show up as a dark grey row.

   

5. This process is repeated until all of the Alliances are filled. 
6. Select Finalize Alliances once the Alliance Selection process has been completed. This will automatically generate the first round of Elimination Matches.

Modifying the Alliance Selection

There are cases when it is necessary to undo a pick or redo the entire Alliance Selection process. Below are some examples of how to modify the Alliance Selection process.

Undo Last Pick

1. If there was an error in Accepting or Declining the Alliance Selection invitation, then select Undo Last Pick. This will bring up a warning message to confirm this action. 
2. Select Yes and the previous pick will be reverted back.

   1. This can only go back one pick. If there was an error in an earlier pick, then the Alliances will need to be reset instead.

      

Reset Alliances

1. If all Alliances need to reset, select Reset Alliances. A warning message will appear to confirm this action.

2. Select Yes and all of the Alliances will be cleared, and all of the Teams will go back to the Available Teams list.

   

Unlock Qualifications

Once Start Alliance Selection has been selected, the Qualification match scores will be locked. This is to ensure scores are not incidentally changed which would affect the Teams’ ranking for Alliance Selection.  

If a Qualification Match score needs to be saved or updated, select Reset Alliances and this will enable those scores to be modified. Once that has been completed, return to Alliance Selection and select Start Alliance Selection.

Unfinalize Alliances

Once Finalize Alliances has been selected, the Elimination Matches are automatically generated. If there was an error in the Alliance Selection process after they have been finalized, then follow these steps:

1. Unfinalize any saved Elimination Match scores. If any scores remain Officially saved, then the Alliances cannot be unfinalized.

2. Select Unfinalize Alliances in the Alliance Selection menu. Use the Reset Alliance function to reset the Alliance selection process.