Mapping a bye in an existing competition

When a player withdraws from a competition that has already been drawn, you can unmap them and put a Bye in their slot. The draw stays as it is, and every fixture the player was in becomes a bye for their opponent, so you don't need to regenerate the schedule.

There are two parts, both on the competition's Competitors page: unmap the withdrawing competitor to free up their mapping number, then Map Bye to that number.

Before you start

• You can only do this if no results have been entered for that competitor. If they have played and been scored in any fixture, you can't replace them with a bye this way.
• The schedule should already be Final. This process changes a live draw, not a draft.
• Note the withdrawing player's Mapping number before you unmap them. You'll pick that same number for the bye.
• The 9000-range numbers (9001, 9002 and so on) in the mapping dropdown are for a competitor who withdraws partway through an event.

Steps

1. Go to Competitions › Schedules and select the Final tab. Find the competition.

The Schedules list, Final tab.

2. Click the actions button (spanner icon) on the competition's row and choose View Competitors.

Open View Competitors from the actions menu.

3. On the Mapped tab, find the withdrawing player and note their Mapping number (in this example, 2). Click their actions button and choose Unmap Competitor.

Unmap Competitor in the actions menu.

4. Click UNMAP to confirm.

Confirm the unmap.

The player now appears on the Unmapped tab, and their mapping number is free.

The withdrawn player on the Unmapped tab.

5. Click MAP BYE at the top right of the Competitors page. In Please select a mapping value, choose the number you just freed up.

Choose the freed-up mapping number.

6. Click MAP.

Map the bye to that number.

7. A Byes tab now appears beside Mapped and Unmapped, showing the bye on the mapping number you chose.

The Byes tab showing the new bye.

Check the result in Fixtures

Choose View Fixtures from the schedule's actions menu. Each fixture the withdrawn player was in now shows BYE, with their opponent's name in bold.

Before: the player appears in rounds 1–3.

After: BYE replaces the player in each of their fixtures.

Undoing a bye

If the player comes back, reverse the steps:

1. On the Byes tab, click the actions button on the bye, choose Unmap Bye, then click UNMAP.
2. On the Unmapped tab, click the player's actions button and choose Map Competitor.
3. Select their original mapping number, then click MAP.

Their name replaces BYE in the fixtures again.