Resources for Running Tournaments
First and foremost, please remember that NAQT is always willing to provide advice on all aspects of running a tournament. Don't hesitate to e-mail us or to call us at 888.411.6278 ("NAQT") to ask any sort of question whatsoever.
NAQT has collected a series of online resources to help schools host tournaments easily and efficiently:
Overall ProcessPaul Lujan and Juliana Froggatt's TD Guide: A comprehensive guide to hosting tournament by two Berkeley alumni.
If you are using NAQT questions for your event, don't forget to ask NAQT for a list of electronic or physical addresses for nearby teams!
Most high-level high school and college events are announced on the hsquizbowl.org forums.
Most community college events are announced on the Yahoo! Junior/Community College Quiz Bowl Group.
To invite specific colleges, universities, or community colleges, hosts can consult the Team Directory at the Maize Pages run by Craig Barker.
The College Quizbowl Schedule Database: An online resource for generating round-robin schedules for central-source and packet-submission tournaments. Also has links to singles formats and double-elimination brackets.
Paul Lujan and Julianna Froggatt's Scheduling Guide: A thorough guide to various forms of round robin tournaments by two Berkeley alumni.
NAQT's Blank 16-team Playoff Bracket: A Excel spreadsheet for a 16-team single-elimination bracket. Enter the teams and rooms on the second sheet, then print the first sheet.
SQBS: A quiz bowl statistics program for Microsoft Windows. NAQT can accept SQBS data files as most of our required results reporting.
Using SQBS: A guide to making the most efficient use of SQBS at tournaments whose results will be reported to NAQT.
Do you know of a great resource for tournament hosts that isn't listed on this page? E-mail us and let us know!