Import from a Tournament

Import from a tournament copies data from one of your other tournaments into the one you're working on. It's the companion to Start next season: if some data didn't fit when you first created the new season, upgrade your plan and import the rest here — any time.

You'll find it in the sidebar under SystemImport teams & data.

That page offers two sources, and you pick one at the top:

• From another tournament — this page. Copies teams, structure and settings from a past edition.
• From a file — upload a spreadsheet of teams, players, staff, venues or referees. See Importing from a Spreadsheet.

The page appears when either source is available to you: when you have at least one other tournament to copy from, or when your plan includes spreadsheet import. It leaves the sidebar once a tournament is finished.

What it does#

1. Choose a tournament to import from. Other seasons of this tournament are listed first, under Other seasons of your tournament, then Your other tournaments. With more than four, a search box helps you find the right one.
2. What to import. Each row shows how many items the source has; switch off anything you don't need: Divisions, Teams (or Participants), Players & staff, Venues, Referees, Structure & rules, Website design & blocks, Accommodation & meals (hotels, room types, packages and meal sittings — never bookings or rooming lists) and Fees (your priced services and their payment terms — never charges or payments). Everything is on by default except accommodation & meals and fees. Accommodation & meals needs a plan with Hospitality (Premium) and Fees a plan with Finances (Pro or Premium); on other plans the row reads Not in your plan and links to Plans. Divisions bring their division groups with them, filed as they were — only the groups whose divisions actually came across.
3. Click Import now in the bar at the bottom of the page.

MyCup adds the selected data to your current tournament and shows a summary of what came across.

What to expect#

• It respects your plan. Imported teams and divisions are added up to your current plan's remaining capacity. For example, if your plan allows 8 teams and you already have 2, you can import up to 6 more. The row warns you before you import ("Only 6 of 10 will fit on your plan", or that your plan is full) with an Upgrade to import all link. Upgrade your plan to bring more across.
• It won't overwrite what you've built. Structure and website settings are only imported when your current tournament doesn't already have them. If you've already set up a structure, importing structure is skipped (the summary tells you), so your work is never replaced.
• Results aren't imported. Only the setup data comes across, not scores or match events.
• It copies, it doesn't merge. Teams, divisions, venues and referees are always added as new records — matching names are not detected. Importing the same source twice, or importing a team you already added by hand, leaves you with two of it. This is the opposite of a spreadsheet import, which updates teams it recognises. Import from a tournament once, into a tournament you haven't populated yet, and you'll never see a duplicate.
• Your tournament's own identity stays yours — its name, season, logo and sport aren't changed by an import.

Typical flow: create next season → upgrade the new tournament → open SystemImport teams & data → pick last season's tournament → import the teams and divisions that didn't fit the Free plan.

When it's not available#

Importing changes your tournament's setup, so it is turned off once a tournament is finished: the page leaves the sidebar, and opening it shows a Read only badge with the note that importing is turned off. Import into a tournament while it's still active.

If this is your first tournament, there's nothing to copy from yet, and the tournament source shows an empty list. You can still upload a spreadsheet if your plan includes it.

Note: copying from another tournament cannot be undone from the app — check the summary before you commit, or remove what you didn't want by hand. Spreadsheet imports can be undone for 7 days.