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Championships in Badgie: seasons, rounds, points ranking and trophies

How to run a championship or internal league in Badgie: create the championship and its season, enrol students, add points per round with badges, tiebreakers, public ranking and final trophies.

10 min readIntermediateUpdated October 2, 2026

Championships in Badgie: seasons, rounds, points ranking and trophies

Quick answer

In ACADEMY › Championships you create a championship (for example "Season Opener Trophy"), give it a season with dates, enrol students and split the season into rounds. Every time you send a badge with points the Ranking updates instantly; at the end you award the trophies (Champion, Runner-up…) and share the standings with families.

In this guide
  1. Where to find it
  2. 1. Create the championship
  3. 2. Season, students and rounds
  4. 3. Add points: Send Badge + Points
  5. 4. The ranking
  6. 5. Tiebreakers and settings
  7. 6. Final trophies
  8. What the family sees
  9. By sport
  10. With the AI agent
  11. Frequently asked questions

Where to find it

  • Sidebar: ACADEMY › Championships (/dashboard/tournaments). The page is called Championships Management Hub.
  • Tabs: championships list, badges awarded (history) and badge creator (tournament badges and trophies). Schools with the match competitions module also see a Competitions tab (groups and bracket).
  • Inside each championship: Tournament (Ranking and Badges sent) and Management (Season & students, Enrolled students, Teams, Tournament badges & trophies, General settings).
Championships list with two swimming championships, dates, badges sent and 28 athletes
Championship list: sport, start, active seasons, badges and athletes.

1. Create the championship

  1. Click NEW SEASON.
  2. Fill in name, description, sport and colour.
  3. To reward attendance automatically, turn on Automatic attendance rewards: +1 point per class and trophies at 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 classes.
  4. Click Save.
New season panel with name, description, sport, colour and the automatic attendance rewards switch
Create a championship from NEW SEASON.

2. Season, students and rounds

  • In Management › Season & students click Create a New Season (seasons can be cloned) and pick dates on the yearly calendar.
  • Enrol students in Enrolled students (with a Smart Tags filter) and, for team play, create Teams.
  • Under Rounds click Add round (for example "50 m heats" and "Finals and relays"). You can Count the best N rounds and give a Bonus per round played; points without a round always count.
Championship management with the season calendar and two open rounds
Season & students: calendar, rounds and scoring rules.

3. Add points: Send Badge + Points

The Send Badge + Points button opens the send dialog: choose the badge, the round and the send date, and tick the students. Each send adds its points and moves the ranking; the family receives the badge notification.

Send badges with points dialog with badge selector, send date and round
Send badge and points: choose badge, round and date.

4. The ranking

In Tournament › Ranking you see Points by round: one column per round plus the Total. From there you can Download PDF (individual and teams) and Share ranking, which creates a short public link (badgie.com/t/…) with abbreviated names, designed for WhatsApp. The link only exists while the season is active and has enrolled students.

Season Opener Trophy ranking with points per round and total
Ranking: points per round and total, with PDF and public link.
Championship on mobile with the Send Badge + Points button and the ranking
Championships can be managed from a phone too.

5. Tiebreakers and settings

In Management › General settings you edit name and description, turn attendance rewards on or off and choose the Tiebreaker: Shared position (default) shows tied students with the same place ("1="), best round breaks ties by the best scored round, and manual lets the club set the order ("Order ties" button in the ranking). Manual order only decides among tied students: it never puts someone ahead of a player with more points.

General settings with attendance rewards, course name, description and tiebreaker
Championship general settings.

6. Final trophies

In Tournament › Badges sent you see the send history (with resend) and, on the right, Winners' trophies: the end-of-season trophies you award. Trophies are defined in Tournament badges & trophies and in the badge creator tab.

Badges sent with Champion, Runner-up and Best technique, clicks and Resend button, plus the trophies panel
Badges sent and end-of-season trophies.

What the family sees

  • Every badge sent reaches the family with its link; the clicks column shows whether it was opened.
  • In the Badgie app, Trophies › Championships lists the student's championships.
  • With Share ranking, the public standings on a phone, no login needed.

By sport

  • Swimming and athletics: rounds per event (heats, finals, relays) and points per place or time.
  • Padel, tennis and pickleball: internal leagues by round; schools with Competitions run matches with groups and a bracket.
  • Football and team sports: team trophies (every member of the winning team gets the badge).
  • Martial arts and kids' schools: automatic attendance rewards to encourage consistency.

With the AI agent

The agent reads championships with list_tournaments, seasons with list_tournament_seasons, entries with list_tournament_enrollments, teams with list_tournament_teams and winners with list_tournament_winners. get_tournament_public_link gives you the public standings link to send by WhatsApp.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between championship and season?

The championship is the competition (name, sport, badges); the season is the period with dates, students and rounds. A championship can repeat across several seasons.

Can I drop the worst round?

Yes: under Rounds use Count the best N rounds.

Why can't I share the ranking?

The public link is only generated when the season is active and has enrolled students; otherwise you see "The season is not active yet".