The Automatic Draw is what you use when you want the draw made quickly, without showing it to an audience. There is no presentation, animation or countdown; you see the result immediately.
Steps
- On the Draw page choose the draw rule (Random, Seeded or Pot).
- Choose Automatic Draw as the draw experience.
- Select “Make the draw”. The result is shown as a DRAFT.
- Review it: group cards for group stages, an official order list for order-based stages.
- If you are not happy, use “Draw again” for a new attempt.
- When you are satisfied, select “Make the draw official”.
What does “Draw again” do?
It makes a brand-new draw with the selected rule and replaces the current draft. There is no limit on how many times you can do this while the draft is not official.
To protect against a mistaken click, a two-step window opens. The first step is a warning: “The current draft draw will be replaced.” “Cancel” changes nothing. “Continue” shows the options for the new draw: the draw rule (random, seeded, pots), the draw experience (automatic or presentation) and the presentation settings — your current choices are preselected and you can change them for this draw only. The draw is made only when you press “Make new draw”; nothing is drawn in the earlier steps. If the Presentation Draw is selected, the new draw plays as a presentation.
If you picked a seeded or pot draw and changed the seeding or pot layout, save it with “Save seeding and pots” before drawing again; a draw is never made from an unsaved layout.
“Draw again” is not available while the Scheduled draw presentation is selected; a scheduled draw presentation has its own flow. To redraw now, pick a different draw experience or presentation format.
Is the number of attempts visible?
No. The attempt counter is not shown, and attempts are not written to the draw history. The draw history records official draws only.
Refreshing the page or losing your connection does not produce a new draw. If the same request arrives twice the existing draft is kept; only a deliberate “Draw again” produces a new one.
What if I redrew in another tab?
Finalising checks whether the draft on your screen is still current. If it changed in the meantime the action is refused and you are asked to review the current result and finalise again. You cannot accidentally finalise a stale result.