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# Run a Demo Tournament

### Run a demo tournament

Run a full practice event with fake players or teams. Test formats, scoring, brackets, and court flow without touching real player stats. No real players. No real consequences. Beautiful.

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Importing fake players requires an **Advanced** subscription. New to Scoreholio? Contact [Live Chat](/getting-started/live-chat.md) for temporary access to try it out.
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### Create the tournament

Set the tournament visibility to **PRIVATE**. This keeps it off the **Find a Tournament** list.

<figure><img src="/files/DjCm97FSpi63ekuQUCNd" alt="Tournament visibility set to private"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Import fake players or teams

1. Open **Run a Tournament**, then select your tournament.
2. Select **Admin**.
3. Select the green **More Options** button.
4. Select **Import**.
5. Set the second menu to **Fake Players for a Test Tournament**.
6. Use the third menu to choose the fake player or team type.
7. Select the players or teams you want.
8. Select **Import Selected Teams**.

Run the event like any other tournament. Fake players progress through matches, so you can test settings, formats, scoring, and court flow freely.

<figure><img src="/files/7b9vtYI8xYfCo693ScBD" alt="More Options menu in tournament Admin"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/geQ8zX3GB7WC7DqWMdUC" alt="Import menu"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/5FxsHsuzWb3vXzEIgj0l" alt="Fake player import options"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/XVMIa9Zh0HRjbVS5fy68" alt="Fake players ready to import"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Manage teams

Need to adjust a team or add a player? See [Manually Add Players](/adding-teams/manually-add-players.md).