What is a Scheduled draw presentation?

A Scheduled draw presentation is a timed draw presentation that starts at a time you announce in advance; it is not a separate draw method. It lets you tie the draw to that time. Everyone sees the same result at the same moment, and nobody needs to keep a browser open.

How it works

1. Choose Presentation Draw as the draw experience and Scheduled draw presentation as the presentation format.
2. Set the draw rule (Random, Seeded or Pot).
3. Enter the draw time. It is read in the tournament’s time zone. A time that does not exist because clocks go forward that night is not saved and you are asked to choose a valid time; for a time that occurs twice because clocks go back, you choose which occurrence you mean, shown with its UTC offset.
4. Choose the presentation pace: how many seconds a team stays on screen (1–15 seconds, 5 by default). It is the same setting as the Timed draw presentation pace; it sets the display pace only, not the result.
5. Until the time, a countdown is shown. In the Live section of the public page the last 30 seconds are shown as a large counter.
6. When the time arrives, “Starting the draw…” appears briefly; then the live presentation begins and teams are revealed one by one at the pace you chose. Viewers follow the same presentation; anyone who opens the page later sees the teams revealed so far already placed.
7. Once the last team is placed in its group, the draw becomes official automatically.

Unlike the other presentation formats, a Scheduled draw presentation becomes official AUTOMATICALLY when the presentation ends. There is no separate review-and-approve step. If you do not like the result, you can undo the draw after it becomes official.

Can I stop it once the presentation has started?

Not through the normal actions. While the presentation runs the plan cannot be cancelled or rescheduled, the draw cannot be made manually or redrawn, it cannot be made official early and the pace cannot be changed. You follow the presentation on the Draw page too. In an emergency the only way out is to reset the stage: that invalidates the presentation and the draft draw, and no official draw is created.

What if I draw manually before the scheduled time?

The pending plan is deactivated. Your manual draw stands; when the time arrives the plan does not run and never overwrites your result.

Does the draw always happen at the scheduled time?

No. The system re-checks the situation when the time arrives. In these cases the draw is not forced and the plan fails with a plain reason:

• the team list changed after the plan was made,
• the chosen draw rule is no longer available,
• matches already exist in the stage,
• the draw is already official,
• the stage is not ready for a draw.

You then see the reason on the Draw page and can either draw normally or set a new plan.

Can I change or cancel the plan?

Yes, at any point before the time arrives and the presentation starts (including the time and the presentation pace). If you later undo the draw the old plan does not come back; you make a new draw or set a new plan.

If “Starting the draw…” stays on screen for a long time, the Draw page tells you that the plan has not happened yet. In that case you can make the draw through the normal flow or set a new plan.

What if I see a delay warning on the Draw page?

• If the automatic draw service is not running right now, you see an extra warning below the delay note. Your plan is not deleted: the draw starts automatically once the service runs again. If the problem persists, contact the platform administrator.
• If the live presentation has finished but the draw has not become official, the Draw page shows a note that making it official is delayed. The result becomes official automatically; if the problem persists, contact the platform administrator.
• Only the people who manage the tournament see these warnings; viewers of the public page do not.