Publish your match schedule and results on your esports website

1. Why schedule and results matter

A well-kept schedule shows at a glance that your team is active. It convinces sponsors, gives fans a reason to come back and shows applicants the level you play at. An outdated schedule looks worse than none at all.

2. What belongs to a match

• Your team (important with several teams so visitors can filter)
• Opponent with the name the league uses
• Date and time including the time zone
• League or tournament and, if there is a season, its name
• Status: scheduled, live, finished or cancelled
• Result: points or rounds for both sides once the match is over
• Stream link if the match is broadcast
• Link to the official match page at the league so visitors can verify the result
• Notes for special cases, such as hints on the game mode or a rescheduling

3. Times, time zones and status

The most common source of errors is times. Always state the time zone you use (for example “8:00 pm CET”). With international opponents it is worth adding the league’s time as well. After the switch to summer and winter time, check that your entries are still correct.

4. Organizing leagues and tournaments

If a team plays in several competitions, competitions as a unit of their own help. Each competition gets a name, a format (for example “Division 2” or “Tournament · double elimination”), a season, a logo and, at the end, the placement. Visitors then see, for example, a card with placement and record on the team page and can filter matches by competition. One-off games such as a friendly go in without a competition of their own.

If you organize a tournament yourself with sign-up, groups and bracket, see our guide to a tournament website for your clan.

5. Adding streams and links

• Stream link to the channel (Twitch or YouTube). While the stream is running, it is ideally embedded right on the page.
• Match link to the league page (for example FACEIT, ESL or Challengermode), as a “To the match” button.
• After the match add the link to the recording if there is one.
• Check that links really work during the match. A dead stream link annoys people exactly when attention is highest.

6. A routine that works

1. Before the season: Enter all known dates as scheduled matches.
2. On match day: Set the status to live and check the stream link.
3. Right after the match: Enter the result and set the status to finished, ideally the same evening.
4. Weekly: Check upcoming dates, enter reschedulings, update placements.
5. At the end of the season: Set the competition to finished and enter the placement.

Assign at least one person on the team to do this, and a second as backup. A schedule only one person knows stands still during holidays or exams.

With Clan CMS: You create matches in the browser, with team, opponent, competition, time, status, result, stream and match link. Schedule and results appear automatically on the home page and on the matches page, where visitors filter by competition. More on the Clan CMS page. If you do not have a site yet, the guide to the clan website shows five ways to get one.

7. Frequently asked questions