Brackets that move on by themselves
Generated from the valid entries in the format the rulebook sets, they move on with every result confirmed at the table, repechage included.
Features
Everything a competition needs, in one system
Data entered once reaches everywhere: the entry becomes the row at the scales, the scales decide the bracket, the table writes the result and the standings put themselves together. Below, first at a glance and then in detail.
Registrations and weigh-ins
Athletes register online, naming their club. At the scales the weight is recorded once, and category changes follow the federation's ladders.
Multi-mat schedule
Categories spread across the mats, times recalculated after every finished match, the whole competition on one screen.
Referee table and projected scoreboard
Points, advantages, penalties and clock with the commands of the match's rulebook; a second window puts the scoreboard on the projector and keeps it in step with the table.
The event in five steps
Event page, disciplines and categories, technical settings, prices, summary: the chosen rulebook generates the categories.
Standings and results
Category standings fill in while the matches are fought, with the federation's shared placings: two third places and no fourth, if that's how it awards them. Results are public as soon as the category closes.
- 1Emanuele VitaleEtna BJJ Catania
- 2Edoardo PellegriniLeoni Grappling Torino
- 3Daniele CarusoDue Torri BJJ
- 3Filippo LombardiFenice BJJ Milano
Before the event
The rulebook prepares the categories, the scales tell you what to fix.
- Categories from the rulebook by age, belt and weight, ready to go
- Online registration from the event page, approved in bulk too
- Two weigh-in models before the event or during it, as the federation wants
- Category changes and re-weighs from the athlete's row, on the federation's ladders
- Categories to fix those with two or three entries, and when they can be merged
Brackets and schedule
No bracket to draw, no time to guess.
- The number decides the format best of three, round robin or elimination, from the rulebook
- Semi-finals already in the bracket from minute one they await «1st pool A»
- The federation's bronzes two awarded in IBJJF, with repechage in JJIF
- Schedule across mats one category per mat, balanced load, a time for every match
- Rest across mats too athletes in two disciplines rest even when they change mat
At the table
Every mat has its own app, with the commands of its rulebook.
- The rulebook's commands points, advantages, penalties or JJIF sanctions, with the clock
- Osae-komi and medical time points by duration in Fighting, medical time per athlete
- Duo System as matches couple against couple, with the jury's scores
- Call for absence run by the table, with the clock on screen
- Logged corrections the bracket recalculates, every change stays on record
- Projected scoreboard in step with the table even offline, in the discipline's colours
After the event
Standings fill in while the matches are fought, and viewers follow from a link.
- Standings with shared placings two third places, if the federation awards them
- Public pages, no account mats, matches, brackets and podium, updating by themselves
Seen in the app
Watch it work, not just described
Recordings of the real application on a demo event, with fictional athletes and teams. The app is in Italian.
Rulebooks
The official rulebook as the base, your event on top
Choose the rulebook and the event is born compliant: categories, scoring, match times, tie-breaks, weigh-in and bronzes. Then adapt what your event needs, and every change stays declared: at any moment you can see which rule applies and whether it comes from the rulebook or from the event.
BJJ GI and NO-GI
- Weigh-in
- During the event
- Bronzes
- 2, automatic
- Repechage
- No
- Ties
- Points, advantages, penalties, then referee decision
- Adult match time
- 5 to 10 min, by belt
Fighting, Ne-Waza and Duo System
- Weigh-in
- Before the event, in weight disciplines
- Bronzes
- 2, fought; automatic in Duo
- Repechage
- Yes
- Ties
- Extra rounds in Fighting, golden score in Ne-Waza
- Adult match time
- 3 min Fighting, 5 min Ne-Waza
Tailored, without leaving the rulebook
From the event wizard you change only what you need, and the rest stays official:
- Match times by age division and belt
- Tie-break: golden score, extra rounds or referee decision
- Third places: automatic or fought
- Rest times between matches
- Categories added, duplicated onto other belts or turned off
Home rules, on top of the international ones
A national rulebook inherits the international one and writes only the differences: age divisions, match times, category mergers. So a correction to the international tables applies straight away to the national circuit too, and no rule exists in two copies that can drift apart.
The first one implemented is FIJLKAM, the Italian federation, for Fighting, Ne-Waza and Duo System, including the U8 entry-level division.
Other national federations are added the same way.
How do weigh-ins and category changes work?
The weight is recorded once and stays linked to the athlete. The rulebook decides when the weigh-in happens: IBJJF weighs during the event, JJIF before it. Category changes follow the federation's ladders for weight, age and belt.
How are brackets generated?
From the valid entries, in the format the rulebook sets for their number: best of three, round robin or single elimination with any repechage. The bracket moves on by itself with every result confirmed at the table, and the final standings take the federation's shared placings into account.
Which scoreboard is used for BJJ and ju-jitsu?
The KombatControl referee table has the commands of the match's rulebook: points, advantages and penalties for BJJ, and the JJIF scores and sanctions for ju-jitsu, with the clock. A second window puts the scoreboard on the projector, readable across the hall, and keeps it in step with the table in real time.
How do IBJJF and JJIF differ on weigh-in, bronzes and ties?
IBJJF: weigh-in during the event, two automatic bronzes for the semi-final losers, no repechage; in a tie, points, advantages and penalties count, then the referee decision.
JJIF: weigh-in before the event, two bronzes fought against those coming back through repechage, and whoever loses the bronze match is fifth; in a tie, extra rounds in Fighting and golden score in Ne-Waza. KombatControl applies the rules of the chosen rulebook.
Can I adapt the rulebook to my event?
Yes, from the event wizard: match times by age and belt, tie-break mode, automatic or fought third places, rest times, categories added, duplicated onto other belts or turned off. Everything else stays official, and you can always see whether a rule comes from the rulebook or from the event.
Your next competition, under control
We'll show you KombatControl on an event like yours: your federation, your categories, your mats. And if it's the right event, we'll set it up together.