Drawing
Drawing is compliant with the international rules. You can draw all the categories at once by clicking Drawing → Draw All Categories. To draw an individual category (categories) select it (them) on the Competitors sheet, right click and select Draw Selected from the pop-up menu. You cannot draw the same category again until the existing drawing has been removed (Remove Drawing).
Drawing algorithm has been explained in the Appendix 1.
You can do a manual drawing by selecting Draw Manually from the pop up menu. In a new window there is a list of competitors on the left and a list of numbered positions on the right. First click a player and then an empty box on the right. You can move a competitor back to the left by clicking it on the right.
Official Drawing
Official drawing falls between the automatic and manual drawings. Open the manual drawing window:

Click Next to start the drawing from the seeded and continue at your will. Rest button draws remaining competitors automatically. Accept the drawing by clicking the OK button and the sheet is displayed. You may print the sheet by clicking the printer image on the left upper corner.
You can also print the sheet(s) by selecting the categories on the Competitors sheet, right clicking and selecting Print Selected Sheets.
Supported Competition Systems
JudoShiai supports international, Finnish, Swedish, Estonian, and Spanish competition systems. From the menu Drawing you can select the preferred set of systems. You can also overrule the default method for each weight category. Alternatives are:
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Default (explained below)
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Pool (2 – 5 contestants)
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Double pool (6 – 10 contestants)
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Quad pool (up to 20 contestants)
Double knockout systems (2 – 64 contestants):
Double repechage (Finnish and international, max. 128 contestants)
Swedish systems
Enkelt återkval
Dubbelt återkval
Direkt återkval
Estonian long repechage for D juniors
Spanish systems
Repesca doble
Repesca simple
Repesca doble desde 1ª ronda
Doble pérdida
If the selected system for the category is Default, the used system depends on the country setting and the number of contestants.
International system
2 – 5 contestants: pool
6 – 128 contestants: double repechage
Finnish system
2 – 5 contestants: pool
6 – 7 contestants: double pool
8 – 128 contestants: double repechage
Swedish system
2 – 5 contestants: pool
6 – 7 contestants: double pool
8 – 64 contestants: direkt återkval
Estonian system
2 – 5 contestants: pool
6 – 64 contestants: Estonian long double repechage if the category is for under 11 years old, otherwise Finnish double repechage
Spanish system
2 – 5 contestants: pool
6 – 10 contestants: double pool
11 – 16 contestants: doble pérdida if the category is for under 11 years old, otherwise repesca doble
6 – 64 contestants: repesca doble