Terms of service

Calciopoly is a web platform that lets an organiser create a football tournament, build the teams, generate the fixtures, enter results and live events, and publish it all on a public page reachable at an address such as calciopoly.it/your-tournament.

Calciopoly is a tool: it does not organise tournaments, does not referee, does not look after people or pitches, and is not a party to the relationship between the organiser and the participants.

Using the service requires an account with a valid email address. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for whatever happens through your account. If you suspect unauthorised access, tell us.

You must be at least 18 to create an account and buy a tournament.

The price is €30, one off, per tournament, VAT included. It is not a subscription: there is no renewal and you will not be charged again. Each new tournament is a new purchase.

Payment is handled by Stripe. The purchase is complete when Stripe confirms the payment to us: from that moment the tournament's paid features unlock. You will receive the tax documents required by law.

Before paying you can create a draft tournament and see how it works: some features stay locked until the tournament is paid for.

The content you enter remains yours. By uploading it you only authorise us to store, process and display it on your tournament's pages and in the export formats the service offers: that is what it takes to deliver the service, and nothing more. We do not use it for other purposes and we do not pass it on.

You are responsible for what you publish. You undertake not to enter unlawful or offensive content, content infringing others' rights (trademarks, logos, photographs), or personal data you are not authorised to process.

When you add players, you upload other people's personal data onto a page that will be public and indexable by search engines. In respect of that data you are the controller; Calciopoly is the processor storing it on your behalf.

You therefore undertake to inform the players and to have a legal basis for publishing their data. If the tournament involves minors, the consent of whoever holds parental responsibility is required. Should we receive a legitimate erasure request from a player and you fail to act on it, we may remove the data.

We do our best to keep the service reachable, but we do not guarantee a service level or the absence of interruptions: they can happen because of maintenance, faults, or causes attributable to our hosting providers.

Tournament lifecycle: a finished tournament is archived automatically 7 days after its end date. Archived means read-only: it stays publicly viewable but can no longer be edited. You can close or archive it earlier, whenever you like.

If you buy as a consumer (that is, for purposes outside your trade or profession), the law gives you the right to withdraw within 14 days of purchase, without giving a reason.

Since this is digital content supplied immediately, at the time of purchase you are asked to consent to immediate performance and to acknowledge that, by doing so, you lose the right of withdrawal once the service has been fully performed (Art. 16(m) of Directive 2011/83/EU). If you have not yet used the features unlocked by the payment, write to us within 14 days: we will refund you.

An email to the address at the foot of this page is enough to withdraw.

The service is provided «as is». To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect damage, loss of profit or of opportunity, nor for anything arising from the physical running of the tournament (injuries, sporting disputes, use of the pitches), which is outside the platform.

Nothing in this clause limits our liability for wilful misconduct, gross negligence, or in cases where the law does not allow it to be excluded — including the mandatory rights you have as a consumer.

In any event, our total liability towards you cannot exceed what you paid for the tournament concerned.

We may suspend or close an account or a tournament that breaches these terms or the law (unlawful content, attempts to abuse the platform, non-payment). Where possible we will warn you first and give you a chance to put it right.

You can close your account whenever you like by writing to us. Closure entails deletion of the tournaments, except for data we are required by law to keep.

We may update these terms. Substantial changes will be notified to you by email with reasonable notice. Tournaments already purchased remain governed by the terms in force at the time of purchase, as regards price and features.

Italian law applies. If you are a consumer, the courts of the place where you reside or are domiciled remain competent, and you may use the European online dispute resolution (ODR) platform. For users who are not consumers, the competent court is the one stated at the foot of this page.