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Getting started with Stacked Bench

Create an account, accept an invite, sign in, and find your way around.

Updated 2026-07-10

01

Create your account

Head to the Sign up page and enter your name, email, and a password. That's the whole form — you can start following teams immediately.

Sign up — name, email, password
Note
Some leagues run with administrator approval turned on. If yours does, you'll see a "Pending approval" screen after signup until an admin lets you in — nothing is wrong with your account.
02

Joining from an invite

If a league operator or coach invited you, use the link in the invite email instead of signing up cold. The invite carries your role with it — accept it and you'll land with the right team or league access already in place, no waiting for someone to grant permissions afterwards.

03

Signing in & security

Sign in with your email and password from any device — everything lives in the browser, so there's nothing to install.

For extra protection, you can turn on two-step verification from your Account page. With it enabled, signing in on a new device asks for a one-time code sent to your email.

04

Finding your way around

The header is the whole map:

  • Home — your followed teams, leagues, and tournaments.
  • Tournaments — browse or run tournaments and brackets.
  • Leagues — leagues, divisions, seasons, schedules, standings.
  • Teams — team pages with rosters and calendars.
  • Scrimmages — a marketplace for finding practice games.
  • Bracket Builder — a standalone tool for quick brackets.
Home — everything you follow, one tap deep