To avoid teams being disadvantaged through their goal differential calculations when a fixture is defaulted against them, a score can be applied to the winning and losing team when a fixture’s status is recorded as defaulted. This will automatically update the standings For/Against/Differential columns.
This setting can either be added in Organisation Settings, under Grade Defaults > Advanced Options - where it will be inherited automatically in phase settings - or it can be added directly to a phase by clicking the settings cog icon to open the Phase Settings modal, then ticking Advanced Options to set the value you would like to apply for that grade.
Note: The points will automatically populate against the fixture when the fixture status is set to defaulted, and will not be assigned to a player.
If your competition also utilises scoring for individual sets in each game, defaulted games will automatically assign the maximum possible score for the minimum possible number of sets in a game. For example, in a competition where sets are played to 25 points in a best-of-3 format, if Team B defaults to Team A, this would show a set score of 25-0 for two sets.
Additionally, the status of the game will be updated in the widget display of the draw on your website if Publish Results is enabled. Instead of the venue displaying on the draw, the status of the game will be displayed in Red text to make it clear to the user that their game is not on.
Venue availability for defaulted, postponed or cancelled fixtures
If the status of a game changes, meaning the fixture is no longer scheduled to be played on that date, the venue originally scheduled to host the fixture will become available for other fixtures on that date.
Once the status of the fixture is changed, the venue for the fixture will change to Unallocated.