A basketball tournament is a scheduling puzzle: lots of short games, a handful of courts, and teams asking when they play next. RNKD handles the paid registration, the bracket and the courts, so games start when a court opens up, not when you find a clipboard.
| Setting | Options |
|---|---|
| Team size | 3v3, 5v5 |
| Surface | Indoor, outdoor |
| Division | Coed, men’s, women’s |
| Roster | How many players a team can carry, subs included |
| Format | Single or double elimination, round robin, pool play into a bracket, Swiss |
| Courts | How many you have. Matches go to the next open one |
| Money | Entry per team, an optional early-bird price, an optional advertised prize |
Teams register and pay from your event link, in the app or any browser, and each player can pay their own share. More on how payments work.
A 3v3 event often runs on half courts, which means many games at once. Tell RNKD how many courts you have and each match goes to the next open one. Players get a notification with their court number, and anyone can follow the bracket on the event's live page in a browser.
Sizing the bracket for your gym? The tournament length calculator shows total games and hours for your teams, courts and format.
Add staff to the event and they can check players in, enter scores and move the bracket on from their own phones. Teams can report their own score too, and the other team confirms it. You keep the final say on every result. More on running tournament day.
To be straight with you: our first events were volleyball, and RNKD hasn't run a basketball tournament yet. Everything above works for basketball today, and if you run the first one, we'll set it up with you and can be there on the day in Metro Detroit.
Planning from scratch? Read how to run a basketball tournament: 3v3 vs 5v5, the game clock, refs and scorekeepers, and booking courts.
Yes. Pick the team size when you create the event, set the roster size, and RNKD builds the bracket for your field.
Yes. Tell RNKD how many courts you have and it assigns each match to the next open court.
Not yet. Our first events were volleyball in Metro Detroit. Basketball works the same way in the app, and we will set up your first event with you.
No application and no waitlist. Free events are free, and on paid events you receive the full entry fee you set.