How to run a water polo tournament with live scores and brackets

Four steps, from a schedule sheet to the final whistle

• Bring your schedule: pools, crossovers, venues and both rosters for every game load from the sheet you already keep.
• Share one code: one short code for the event, or a master code that joins every division at once. Print it, post it, put it on the deck.
• Score at the Desk: volunteers open Eggbeater Desk with the code and the scoring password, in English, Spanish or French. No training session.
• Brackets fill themselves: pool results seed the crossovers as games go final, and afterward every box score is archived and the page stays up.

The scoring table

Eggbeater Desk runs on an iPad, a Mac, an Android tablet or a Windows computer. Pick the action, then the player: both rosters are already loaded, every event is recorded for both teams at the player level, and the third personal exclusion raises a red banner and benches the player. The Desk can read a Colorado timing console, so the game clock is the pool’s own. Print the game-desk quick reference for the table.

What families and the pool-deck TV see

The event page works in any browser with no login: the schedule by pool and venue, the live score, the bracket with each team’s path, and every player’s box score, refreshing every five seconds. The Apple TV app puts the live games and standings on the big screen from a 6-character TV code, and there is a live score overlay for OBS and a scores widget for your club’s website.

What it costs

$199 per event, flat: unlimited age groups and teams, the Desk in three languages, live brackets and standings, box scores for every player, the host view, referee sign-off, Apple TV and the archive with CSV export. No charge per team or per spectator. See tournament hosting and pricing.