How it works
Your territory, fully scouted.
Tournament Scout is built around one question: which sanctioned events within reach of your home field are actually worth playing? Here is the full loop, and the exact math behind every score.
The workflow
- 01
Set your home territory
Pick your home field and how far you're willing to drive. That radius is your season map — Tournament Scout only surfaces events you'd actually travel to.
- 02
See everything nearby, with the facts
Every sanctioned event inside your radius, sorted by distance, with entry fee, game guarantee, registration deadline, divisions, venues, and registered teams — imported from official sources and re-checked automatically.
- 03
Check the score before you commit
Five weighted factors roll into a 0–100 score with every deduction itemized. Confidence and the verification ladder tell you exactly how much data backs each number.
- 04
Shortlist, register, report back
Save the events you're considering, mark the ones you register for, and file a verified report after you play — games played, schedule timing, surprise fees, and whether you'd return.
Scoring transparency
The score is math, not vibes.
Every tournament gets a 0–100 score from five factors with fixed weights. The weights below are read live from the scoring engine — what you see here is what runs in production, and every deduction is itemized on the tournament page.
Overall score · factor weights
overall = 34% competition fit + 27% organizer reliability + 20% schedule quality + 12% family experience + 7% policy transparency
Competition Fit
34%Does the field match your team? Classification gap, division size, historical division-combining, and the spread of opponent strength.
-20 if the classification is a full level above your team -15 if fewer than 6 teams are registered
Organizer Reliability
27%Do they deliver what they promise? Games promised versus played, schedule release timing, withdrawals, refund handling, and return intent.
-8 per average missing guaranteed game -2 per day the schedule slips past 7 days out
Schedule Quality
20%How livable the weekend is: schedule release lead time, field changes, venue distance, early/late slots, and idle time between games.
-25 if schedules typically drop under 3 days out -15 for frequent field changes
Family Experience
12%From verified reports only: venues, parking, gate fairness, food, restrooms, hotels, and the overall family rating.
Neutral 70 until verified reports exist — no reports, no fake praise
Policy Transparency
7%Are refund, weather, gate, parking, and deadline policies published before you pay? Points only for what is actually disclosed.
30 pts refund policy · 25 weather · 20 gate 15 parking · 10 registration deadline
Confidence rides alongside every score
Confidence never changes a score — it tells you how much data backs it. It grows with verified team reports, seasons of history, official sources, recent checks, and complete financial data.
- 90–100High confidenceMultiple verified reports across seasons, official sources, fresh checks.
- 70–89Good confidenceSolid verification with some gaps in history or financial detail.
- 50–69Limited confidencePartially verified; treat the score as directional.
- Below 50PreliminaryFresh import or thin data; the score will move as verification lands.
And every fact climbs a verification ladder
Data starts unverified and is promoted only when a human — an admin, the director, or participating teams — proves it out.
- 1UnverifiedImported from a public source or submitted by a coach. Nothing checked yet.
- 2Source verifiedAn administrator confirmed the listing against the public source.
- 3Director verifiedThe tournament director claimed the event and confirmed the current details.
- 4Participation verifiedTeam participation proven with schedules, brackets, receipts, or invoices.
- 5Historically verifiedMultiple participating teams filed consistent post-event reports.
Every event page shows its current rung, source, and last check.
See it on a real event.
Open any tournament in the database and read the score breakdown line by line.