Mobile Legends Tournament Organizer Checklist (Free Template)

Use this checklist for your MLBB tournament. It is the same skeleton we use internally at AKG Esports for events from office brackets to the casted tournaments we produced for JKR Sabah's Carnival Esports.

4 weeks out

• [ ] Lock the format: single elim, double elim, or groups + playoffs
• [ ] Publish rules: match length (Bo1/Bo3/Bo5), pauses, substitutes, punctuality forfeit times
• [ ] Set team cap based on your hours (a Bo1 single-elim of 16 teams needs roughly 5-6 hours with buffer)
• [ ] Open registration with a required WhatsApp contact per team captain
• [ ] Confirm prize structure and announce it with registration

2 weeks out

• [ ] Close registration; verify no duplicate team names or ringers
• [ ] Seed the bracket and publish it (change nothing after this)
• [ ] Create the captains' WhatsApp group; all announcements live there
• [ ] Venue tech check: internet load test with 15+ phones simultaneously, not one laptop
• [ ] Book casters if you want the finals to feel like finals

1 week out

• [ ] Publish match schedule with report times
• [ ] Prepare check-in desk list and lanyards/wristbands
• [ ] Test the projector/big screen with an actual spectator-mode match
• [ ] Print bracket poster (yes, physical; people photograph it)
• [ ] Charge every power bank you own

Event day

• [ ] Check-in opens 60 minutes before first match
• [ ] Captains' briefing 30 minutes before: rules recap, pause policy, dispute process
• [ ] One referee per two concurrent matches minimum
• [ ] Update the physical and digital bracket after every series
• [ ] Photograph every podium moment; pay prizes on the spot if possible

The mistakes that sink first tournaments

1. Venue Wi-Fi that dies at 30 devices. Test under load or bring backup hotspots.
2. No forfeit policy. One missing team with no rule stalls the whole bracket.
3. Silent organizers. If the bracket runs late, say so in the captains' group. Silence reads as chaos.
4. Prize ambiguity. Announce exactly when and how winners get paid, before match one.

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