How Do I Create a Bracket Competition?
Last updated: November 9, 2026
A Bracket Competition is a single-elimination tournament for 2 to 256 competitors, with byes added automatically when the numbers don't divide evenly. Ambition seeds the bracket using each competitor's last 30 days of data, and you can rearrange the seeds before it starts.
Required permissions:
The Competitions: All Access or Competitions: Create Challenges permission is required to create a Bracket Competition.
Required features:
The Bracket-Style Comps feature is required to create a Bracket Competition.
Add Competitors and Scoring
Go to Motivate --> Competitions, then click on New Competition.
Click on Create on the Bracket (Beta) card.
Enter a name in the Bracket Name field.
Select options from the Hierarchy Level and Competitor Selection drop-down menus.
Click on Add Scoring, then select a metric from the Metric drop-down menu and set the points.
Set the Round Schedule
Click on Add Schedule.
Choose a date in the Round 1 begins on field.
Select the daily start time, end time, and time zone from the Between drop-down menus.
Select a length and a unit (Hours, Days, or Weeks) from the Each round is drop-down menus.
Optional: Turn off the Exclude Weekends toggle if rounds should run on Saturday and Sunday.
Optional: Change the start or end of any single round in the list of rounds.
Review the Seeding
Use the Seeding, Matchups, and Bracket tabs in the preview to check the bracket.
Optional: Drag rows on the Seeding tab, or click a name on the Matchups tab to swap first-round matchups.
Optional: Click on Reset to Default to undo your changes.
Create the Bracket
Optional: If you have the TVs: Edit permission, click on Add TV and check the TVs that should show the bracket.
Click on the Create Bracket drop-down button and choose Create Bracket or Create Hidden Bracket. If Round 1 starts in the past, you can choose Create Demo Bracket to play every round right away with real data while the bracket stays hidden.