> ## 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.

# Match invite

> Arrange a match that has yet to happen: where, when, with whom and at what level.

A match invite is how you arrange a **future** match. You set the sport, day,
time and place, share the link, and the match is born when the spots fill up.
Whoever has the link sees everything before joining — even without a Matchely
account.

## Creating the invite

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sport">
    Only the sports on your profile. With a single sport, this step is skipped.
  </Step>

  <Step title="When">
    At least **2 hours'** notice and at most **60 days** ahead, in 15-minute
    steps.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Where">
    Required. **Specific places** (up to three courts or clubs — whoever joins
    knows where it will be) or **Whole city**, for when you have no court yet:
    you are travelling, just moved, or would rather settle the place in the
    match chat.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Level">
    Leave it open to all levels or pick a range by tapping the levels. Yours is
    marked **you**, for comparison. The range can be a **suggestion** (players
    outside it see a warning and can still join) or **required** (only players
    within it can join).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Note and guidance">
    A short note and the practical guidance for whoever joins: membership
    needed? Court fee? How to get into the club? What to bring? The buttons
    above the field add a ready-made line for you to adjust.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Who and review">
    Link only, or people from your network too. Then the review and the create
    button.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Created a similar invite before? The first step shows **Reuse an invite**
  with your latest invites: one tap copies sport, places, note, guidance and
  level. The date moves to next week, same weekday and time — check it before
  moving on.
</Tip>

## Sharing

After creating, the **WhatsApp** button builds the message for you: a title
with the sport and the place, date and time, places, level range, who has
confirmed (with their level) and the open spots, plus the link. Whoever opens
the link sees the invite page without an account; tapping **Join the match**
takes them to the app.

## Joining an invite

Before confirming, the app shows what the organizer arranged: day, place, their
guidance and how your level fits the range.

* **Within the range** — just confirm.
* **Outside a suggested range** — a warning that the match may be less
  balanced. Your call.
* **Outside a required range** — the button is locked. Create your own invite,
  or ask the organizer to adjust the range.

<Warning>
  Matchely **does not handle payments** between players. Court bookings, fees
  and any financial arrangement are settled directly with the organizer, at
  each player's own discretion and risk.
</Warning>

## Changes

Whoever created the invite can edit it while it is open: date and time, places,
note, guidance and level range. Every change is recorded on the invite page,
under **Changes**, with what it was and what it became — so whoever opens a
shared link days later notices the match changed. Players who already joined
get a notification.

## Full or expired invite

If you land on an invite that has already closed or whose time has passed, the
page says so and offers **Create my own invite like this**: a new invite of
yours with the same sport, places, level and guidance — you only pick the date.

## After the match closes

Once the last spot is filled, the invite closes and the match shows up in
**My matches** for everyone, as pending. Since it is a friendly, **any player**
can reschedule it: on the match page, **Edit date and place** changes the day,
time or place, and the others get a notification and an e-mail with the change.
Reschedules are recorded on the match itself.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Matches overview" icon="table-tennis-paddle-ball" href="/en/matches/overview">
    The kinds of match and what happens to each.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Entering the result" icon="clipboard-check" href="/en/matches/result">
    After the match: how to enter and validate.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>