# Tournament director

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A '''tournament director''' ('''TD''') is an official at a competitive sporting or gaming event, who typically perform a number of key functions.  The extent of the tournament director's duties varies depending on the size of the tournament, the nature of the competition, and the number of other officials to whom roles can be delegated.

Examples often include:
* Declaring that competition may begin
* [Referee](/source/Referee)ing game play
* Organizing [elimination tournament](/source/elimination_tournament) brackets, or pairings of a [Swiss system tournament](/source/Swiss_system_tournament)
* Tracking scores and statistics
* Enforcing rules and regulations
* Arbitrating disputes
* Officiating awards ceremonies

Tournament directors often refer to individual sports like [tennis](/source/tennis) and [golf](/source/golf), where each competition is organized separately.<ref>{{cite news |title=Inside look at the job of tournament director |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2010/07/02/inside-look-job-tournament-director/76720743007/ |access-date=7 March 2026 |work=Golf Week |date=2 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shmerler |first1=Cindy |title=Playing Tennis Is Tough. So Is Being the Director of a Tournament. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/sports/tennis/tennis-tournament-director.html |access-date=7 March 2026 |work=The Athletic |publisher=The New York Times |date=26 October 2024}}</ref>

In [fencing](/source/fencing), the tournament director is known by the [French](/source/French_language) name, ''directoire technique'' (commonly abbreviated to ''DT'').

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==See also==
*[Tournament director (bridge)](/source/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms)
*[Tournament director (chess)](/source/Tournament_director_(chess))
*[Tournament director (poker)](/source/Tournament_director_(poker))
*[Race director](/source/Race_director)

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