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For pool venues, leagues and clubs

Tournament software that comes with your own website and player database.

Whether you run a venue, a league or a weekly game with friends, set up your competition in a few minutes. Players sign up on your site, follow live results and join a player database that belongs to you.

Free plan. No card required.

Rather we set it up for you? Get free setup help

The CompLaunch hub for Lantern Yard Billiards and Social, showing its banner, featured tournaments, latest post and recent tournament winners
Built by playersTested on real pool nightsMade for pool first

Run better competitions and grow your player base.

CompLaunch gives you everything you need to run pool tournaments and leagues, plus a website and player database that keep people coming back. Set it all up in minutes.

  • Live
    brackets
  • Online
    registration
  • Recurring
    tournaments
  • Seasons and
    rankings
  • Handicap
    systems
  • Your own
    website
  • Player
    database
  • Live
    chat
  • Free plan, no card required
  • Set up in minutes
  • Made for players' phones
  • Built by pool players

How it grows your community

Tournaments bring players in. CompLaunch brings them back.

Every part of the platform feeds the next, so each pool night grows the audience for the one after it.

  1. 01

    Your website

    Players find your events, results and news.

  2. 02

    They sign up

    Online registration for your next tournament.

  3. 03

    Your player database grows

    Every entrant is added to your database automatically.

  4. 04

    You invite them backComing soon

    Campaigns and offers to the right players.

  5. 05

    They play again

    Busier nights, week after week.

And round again, every week.

Your own website, included

A home online that players actually visit.

Every hub gets its own hosted website. You choose how it looks and what goes on it. It updates itself whenever a tournament finishes.

  • Your logo, cover photo and details
  • WhatsApp, phone and social buttons so players can reach you
  • Results posts, photos and upcoming events in one place
  • Players join your hub and follow what you run
  • Branded sign-in, so players join your club with your logo
  • Blog posts and landing pages Coming soon
  • Your own domain name Coming soon
The Lantern Yard hub's tournaments page, listing scheduled, live and completed tournaments with dates, formats and places taken

For your players

Everything players need, on their phones.

Players sign up, follow live brackets, check results and track the season standings, all from their phones.

The Lantern Yard hub on a phone, with shortcuts to join, latest posts, events, tournaments, members and standings, and featured tournaments
Your hub
Upcoming Wednesday 8-Ball rounds on a phone, each showing the date, entry fee, format and places taken
Upcoming events
The Wednesday 8-Ball Round 4 podium on a phone, followed by final standings with wins and losses
Results and podiums
Autumn League standings for Wednesday Night 8-Ball on a phone, with rank, trend and matches played
Season standings
A player's CompLaunch profile on a phone, with cover photo, hubs, followers, photos and tabs for tournaments, achievements and handicaps
A player's profile
The Send Profile Claim Link window, inviting a guest player by email to claim their profile and join the hub

Player profiles

Every player gets a profile worth showing off.

Players have their own profile with their photos, tournament history, achievements and handicaps across every hub they play in. They can follow each other and post to their own page.

  • Tournament history, achievements and handicaps in one place
  • Followers, photos and posts on their own profile
  • One profile that works across every hub they join

Add players now. Let them claim later.

Enter players by name on the night, even if they've never heard of CompLaunch. Send each one a claim link by email. When they claim it, their results come with them and they join your hub automatically.

Stay connected

Bring players in. Keep the conversation going.

Get players onto your hub from the bar table, and talk to them directly once they're there.

The Share hub window with a QR code that opens shooters.complaunch.com, plus copy link and open buttons

QR codes players can scan

Print your hub's QR code for the tables, the bar or the scoreboard, so players can open your hub and join in seconds. Seasons get their own code too, and any tournament can be shared by link, WhatsApp or email.

A private hub conversation in which a player asks to book a table for four at 9pm and a team member confirms

Private messages with your players

Members can message your team privately from your hub, whether it's a table booking or a question about Tuesday's tournament. Anyone on your team can reply.

Pool night, in minutes

Set it up once. It runs every week.

We've worked side by side with venues and organizers for months to strip out every unnecessary click. A weekly pool night with rankings and a player roster takes minutes to set up.

01

Create your hub

Add your name, logo and cover photo. Your website is live straight away.

02

Set up your weekly tournament

Choose the format and night once. It repeats every week, with online sign-ups and a reserve list.

03

Let the night run itself

Players follow live brackets on their phones, results post to your hub and season rankings update automatically.

Creating a weekly 8-ball tournament series: repeating on Tuesdays, four tournaments listed by date, with a series summary alongside
A month of weekly tournaments, created in one go

Results in one click

Every tournament ends with a post worth sharing.

When the final is done, promote the results to your hub in one click. CompLaunch builds the podium, full standings and each player's match history for you, and followers are notified.

  • Podium and standings built from the bracket automatically
  • Add your own photo and message for the night
  • Players like it, comment on it and share it
A Lantern Yard results post for Wednesday Round 4, with a winners' photo, the podium with Maya Santos first, standings with match history, and likes and comments

Live TV display

Put the bracket on the big screen.

Show any bracket on a TV in your venue. Scorekeepers enter results from their phones, and the screen updates the moment a score goes in.

A full-screen single elimination bracket for Lantern Yard's Wednesday 8-Ball Round 4, with the hub logo, match pace and a Powered by CompLaunch footer

Entered on a phone · Live on the TV

Entering a result on a phone: the scoreboard shows Luis Navarro 5, Daniel Reed 1, with Luis Navarro selected as the winner, over the tournament bracket
  • Your brandingYour hub's logo and colours, or pick your own background and text.
  • Score from your phoneEnter the score and pick the winner from any phone. The bracket on the TV updates instantly.
  • Fits any screenZoom in or out so every round is readable from the bar.

What's inside

Built for how pool is actually played.

Every screen has been shaped with the organizers who use it each week.

A completed single elimination bracket for Lantern Yard's Wednesday 8-Ball Round 4, from the round of 16 to the final

Live brackets

Single and double elimination, round robin and two-stage formats. Players follow every score on their phones.

The Lantern Yard hub's competitions page, showing the Wednesday Night 8-Ball league and the Lantern Yard Open Series, both in progress

Leagues and seasons

Group your weekly nights into leagues and seasons with divisions, a leaderboard and public standings players can follow all season.

The tournament series timeline step, setting when tournaments are published and when registration opens and closes, with a simulated timeline

Registration on autopilot

Choose when each tournament is published and when sign-ups open and close. The timeline shows exactly what players will see.

A list of four handicap systems for 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball with their levels and player counts

Handicaps that keep it fair

Build your own handicap systems, with as many levels as you need for each discipline.

The navigation menu editor with available pages on the left and a reorderable header menu on the right

Menus you control

Arrange your site's navigation with a drag-and-drop menu editor, much like WordPress.

A hub team settings page listing an owner, a tournament manager and several scorekeepers

Run it as a team

Give owners, tournament managers and scorekeepers the access they need.

The Player Performance page listing players with handicaps, appearances, wins, losses, win percentage and placings, with save and export controls

Your player database

Every player who signs up is someone you can bring back.

When players sign up through your hub, they're added to your hub's own player database. It belongs to you, and it grows every week.

  • Players added automatically from sign-ups and entrants
  • Segment players by results and activity
  • Save groups as player lists and export them
  • Tags and notes to keep track of your regulars
  • Email and push campaigns Coming soon
  • Automated marketing Coming soon
  • Online entry fees and payments Coming soon

Minutes to set up. Every week, sorted.

CompLaunch handles the admin of pool night, so you can spend the evening with your players instead of your spreadsheet.

  • Brackets for every format

    Single and double elimination, round robin and two-stage events. Seeding, byes and reserves are handled for you.

  • Online registration

    Players sign up from their phones. A reserve list fills any drop-outs automatically before the night starts.

  • Weekly nights on autopilot

    Set your tournament up once. It repeats every week, opens sign-ups on time and posts the results.

  • Leagues, seasons and divisions

    Turn one-off nights into a season, with divisions, a leaderboard and standings players can follow.

  • Handicaps that keep it fair

    Build your own handicap systems so newcomers and regulars can compete on the same night.

  • Live TV display

    Put the bracket on a screen in the room. Scores entered on a phone appear on the TV instantly.

  • Your own branded website

    A hosted hub with your logo, colours, results, photos and events. It updates itself after every tournament.

  • A player database you own

    Everyone who signs up joins your contacts, ready to segment, export and invite back.

Early access offer

Want us to set it up for you?

Tell us how you run your nights. We'll set up your hub, website and first tournament for free, for you or with you on a short call.

Get free setup help

Frequently asked questions

What is CompLaunch?

CompLaunch is tournament software for pool venues, leagues and clubs. It runs your brackets, leagues and weekly nights, gives you your own hosted website, and builds a database of every player who signs up.

Is CompLaunch really free?

Yes. The Free plan lets you create a hub, run single-stage tournaments with up to 64 entrants, take online registrations and post results, with no card required. Paid plans with more capacity and marketing tools are on the way, and your hub comes with you when they arrive.

Who is it for?

Anyone who runs pool competitions: bars and pool halls, leagues, associations, clubs, or a group of friends with a weekly game. If you run a bracket or a ladder, CompLaunch is built for you.

Can you help me set it up?

Yes. While we're in early access, we'll set up your hub, website and first tournament for free, either for you or with you on a short call. Request free setup help and tell us how you run your nights.

Do my players need to download an app?

No. CompLaunch works in any phone or computer browser, and players can add it to their home screen if they like. You can also enter players by name on the night, and they can claim their profile later.

Which tournament formats are supported?

Single elimination, double elimination and round robin, plus two-stage events such as groups into a knockout on paid plans. You can add handicap systems, recurring weekly tournaments, and leagues with seasons and divisions.

Can I show the bracket on a TV?

Yes. Any bracket can be shown full screen on a TV in your venue with your logo and colours. Scores entered on a phone update the screen instantly.

Who owns my player data?

You do. Everyone who signs up through your hub is added to your own player database, and you can save groups of players and export them.

Can players pay entry fees online?

Not yet. You can show entry fees on your tournaments today, and online payments are coming soon.

Is it only for pool?

CompLaunch is built for pool first, with more sports on the way.

Start running better pool nights today.

CompLaunch is free to start, with no card required. Your next tournament could be set up before the first rack.

CompLaunch is a game changer. Saves me a ton of time and money each week when setting up and running tournaments. I can't imagine my life without it.
Iris ChenManager, Wei Ning Billiards, Chiang Mai