> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.matchely.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction to Matchely

> Matchely is a multi-sport platform: find people to play with, run competitions, and track how you improve.

Matchely brings together, in a single app, the three things amateur sport
usually scatters across group chats and spreadsheets: **finding people to play
with**, **running competitions**, and **keeping the record** of everything you
have played.

It works in the browser, on iPhone, and on Android — the same account
everywhere.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Competitions" icon="trophy" href="/en/competitions/overview">
    League, Direct Elimination, World Cup, Super 8, Super 4, and Challenge Pyramid.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Matches" icon="table-tennis-paddle-ball" href="/en/matches/overview">
    Friendlies, importing your history, and reporting results.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The two numbers on your profile

This is the most common mix-up for newcomers, so let's start there:

|             | What it measures                     | How it changes                                                   |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Rating**  | Your **playing level**, from 1 to 99 | Follows your matches and updates once a day                      |
| **Ranking** | Your **results**                     | Adds up the last **12 months**, in a window that moves with time |

Rating is skill; ranking is harvest. A high-rated player who hasn't played in
six months has a low ranking — and that is correct.

<Note>
  **A ranking is not a competition.** You don't sign up for one: it is computed
  from the matches you already play.
</Note>

<Card title="Understand both in detail" icon="chart-line" href="/en/rating-and-ranking">
  Where your rating comes from, how ranking points work, and what moves each number.
</Card>

## The sports

Seven families, in singles and doubles variants: **tennis, beach tennis, padel,
pickleball, table tennis, volleyball, and basketball**.

## Need help?

Reach us at [socialmedia@matchely.com](mailto:socialmedia@matchely.com) — we
answer within 2 business days.