How many teams do I need at least for a Team Clash?

At least two teams. As soon as two teams are in, you can generate the schedule and they play each other once. With more teams, every team plays each other team once.

Does Team Clash count toward the player rating?

No. Team Clash does not adjust the player rating. The results only determine the team standings of this part. If you want matches to update the rating, use a ladder or another rated format.

Can teams submit their own results?

Yes. For each clash you can share a score-entry link so a team fills in the result itself. The team standings are then updated right away. You can always still correct scores from the dashboard.

Team Clash in Slams

Pit fixed teams, each with their own color, against one another in a round-robin schedule, with a live team standings that keeps your club event together.

3 min read · Updated 18 July 2026

View the game format: Team Clash

Team Clash is the format for club vs. club, department vs. department, or simply a friendly showdown between fixed squads. Instead of individual players or pairs, you create a handful of teams, give each team its own color, and Slams has them all play each other once. The team standings add up every head-to-head clash, so by the end it is clear which squad wins the clash. Want to see first how Team Clash compares to the other formats? Take a look at the format page or use the tool to help you choose a format.

Teams with their own color

In Team Clash everything revolves around the teams. On the Teams tab you create a team with a name and pick a color from a fixed palette. You see that color everywhere: in the schedule, in the standings, and on the TV screen, so players instantly recognize their squad. After that you divide the players across the teams. First add your players to the club, because in Team Clash you pick from that member list.

A team name has to be unique within the part. Duplicate names are rejected, because the standings link on name.
A player can only be in one team at a time.
A team can be as large as you like. Handy when bigger squads want to rotate players between matches.

Generating the schedule

As soon as you have at least two teams, Slams generates a complete round-robin schedule on the Schedule tab: every team plays each other team once. First set the number of courts, the match duration, and a start time in the settings, and Slams automatically spreads the clashes across the courts and time slots. In doing so, a team is never on two courts at the same time. Read more about court layout at setting up courts and generating the schedule. Regenerating wipes the existing schedule and creates a new one, so do that before any scores are in.

Entering scores and the standings

For each clash you enter a score as a pair of numbers, for example the number of duels each team won. The team with the highest number wins the clash. The standings work with 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 for a loss. When teams are level, Slams looks at the head-to-head result. You enter scores from the dashboard, or you share a score-entry link per match so teams can submit their own results. See also entering scores. The live team standings are visible right away on the public competition page.

Where Team Clash differs

Team Clash teams live in the configuration of the part, not as separate team rows. That makes it work a little differently from, say, a league. Team Clash does not count toward the player rating, and the substitute feature and the match-day check-in are not available here. If you want a format with an ongoing ranking and rating, look at league or ladder.

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