What this step does

The Match Info screen collects everything the scoreboard overlay needs to display:

  • Who is playing
  • What event and round it is
  • What format the match is (race to, best of, etc.)
  • Optional: a CueTools timer ID for shot/match clocks
  • Optional: PoolStat competition and match IDs for live scoring

Note: Fields that are hidden on this screen may be enabled by an Admin under Feature Flags.

Card 1 — Match Info

Event Name

A free-text field for the tournament or event name (e.g. QCup 2026, State Championship).

  • Optional — leave blank if not needed
  • The app offers an autocomplete dropdown populated from the PoolStat API
  • This value appears in the scoreboard header overlay and in the YouTube broadcast title

Match Format

A two-part control:

  1. Format type — select from a dropdown (e.g. Race to, Best of, Set)
  2. Frame count — a number spinner (shown only when the format requires a number, e.g. Race to 7)

The resulting value (e.g. Race to 7) is displayed on the scoreboard overlay.

Draw / Round

(Hidden unless the Draw/Round feature flag is enabled)

A free-text field for the round or bracket position (e.g. Finals, Semi-final, Group A Round 2).

Shot Clock Timer ID

(Hidden unless the Shot Clock feature flag is enabled)

The CueTools Socket.IO room ID. When populated, the scoreboard overlay connects to the CueTools timer server and displays a live shot clock and match clock.

Contact your CueTools administrator for the timer room ID.

Live Scoring

(Hidden unless the Live Scoring feature flag is enabled)

A checkbox that reveals two sub-fields:

Field Description
PoolStat Competition ID The numeric ID of the competition on PoolStat.net.au
PoolStat Match ID The numeric ID of this specific match

When enabled, the server polls PoolStat.net.au and automatically updates home and away scores on the overlay without operator input.

See PoolStat Live Scoring for setup details.

Card 2 — Players

Field Required Description
Home Player / Team ✅ Yes Displayed on the left side of the overlay
Away Player / Team ✅ Yes Displayed on the right side of the overlay

Player names are also used to generate the YouTube broadcast title: [Event Name] - [Home Player] vs [Away Player]

Validation

  • Both player names are required before you can advance to Step 4.
  • All other fields are optional.
  • Changes auto-save on every keystroke — you will not lose data if you navigate away.

How to complete this step

  1. Enter the Home Player and Away Player names.
  2. Optionally fill in Event Name, Match Format, Draw/Round.
  3. Enable Live Scoring and enter Competition/Match IDs if applicable.
  4. Click Next: YouTube →.
← Step 2 — Select Table     Step 4 — YouTube Setup →