> ## 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.

# Manage a competition

> The nine sections of the admin area and the organizer's routine.

The admin area lives under **Competitions → your competition → Manage**, and
has nine sections.

## Overview

The dashboard: how many participants, how many matches, the state of the
current edition, and the **activity log** — who did what, and when.

## Information

Description, venue, images, and public link. Also where you add
**co-administrators** or transfer the competition to another organizer.

## Divisions

They split the competition by level. You set the size (**Compact** or **Wide**
presets) and, if you want, chain divisions into a **hierarchy** — only then do
they exchange players.

<Note>
  The exchange happens **at each round turnover**, not at the end of the
  edition: inside a division, the top two of each group move up and the bottom
  two move down.
</Note>

## Entries

This is the entry **configuration**: automatic approval on or off, opening and
closing (globally or per division), and the dates.

<Warning>
  Pending requests are **not here** — they are under **Participants**. It is
  the most common confusion for first-time organizers.
</Warning>

## Participants

Accept and decline requests, suspend, remove, add by hand, invite by email, and
reach each person by chat or WhatsApp.

## Schedule

The operational heart: open a round, reschedule deadlines in bulk, cancel a
start, notify participants, and close the round.

<Warning>
  When you close a round, matches still pending become **cancelled**.
</Warning>

**Editions** also live here: you create the next one by hand (or from the
close-round dialog), and you can **pause** it with a reason and an expected
return, resume it, or end it early. Anyone who played at least one match is
reactivated automatically in the next edition.

<Note>
  An edition with no rounds for too long is **suspended automatically**.
  Limits: an edition lasts at most a year, and a round at most seven weeks.
</Note>

## Rules

The text every participant sees.

## Finance

Charging mode, price, tiers, discounts, and the connection to the account that
receives the money.

## Notifications

Campaigns to the people following the competition.

<Card title="Create a competition from scratch" icon="circle-plus" href="/en/competitions/create">
  The five-step wizard, publishing, and opening the first round.
</Card>