Why create a private league
A private league is a small group of Ktkarena users who want to:
- Challenge each other on a leaderboard specific to the group.
- Talk in a private chat reserved for members.
- See the detailed challenges of other members (with amounts - unlike the public profile).
- Organize internal challenges (for example, "Who among us will get the best score on the Africa Cup?").
It's the "among friends" spirit of the challenge: transparency is stronger within the group you chose, because you also talk together outside the app.
Typical use cases:
- A crew of friends who take a side on their team's matches.
- A WhatsApp group of political predictors who want a dedicated space in the app.
- Office coworkers who have fun predicting tech announcements.
- An extended family following a sports season together.
The creation process in 4 steps
- Open the app and go to the Social tab (icon at the bottom).
- Tap "Private leagues" → "Create a league".
- Choose a name for your league. Must be between 3 and 30 characters. Examples: "Yaoundé Foot Fans", "Crypto Squad 237", "Famille Kameni".
- Invite your first members:
- By handle: type their Ktkarena handle.
- By share link: generate a link you can send via WhatsApp/SMS/email. Anyone who clicks it can join.
Your league is created. You're its owner.
The configuration settings
Once the league is created, you can configure:
Visibility:
- Private, invite-only (default): new members must be explicitly invited.
- Private, on request: a user can "request to join" and you approve.
- Public: anyone can join via search. Avoid this for real leagues between friends.
Challenge visibility between members:
- Amounts visible (default): between league members, you see your exact amounts.
- Amounts hidden: you only see the results (won/lost), not the amounts.
Notifications:
- Enable or disable notifications for new challenges in the league.
Limits and rules
Limits:
- Maximum size: 10, 20, 50 or 100 members, owner included, chosen when you create it (20 by default).
- 10 leagues at most per user, including the ones you created: beyond that, you can't create or join another one.
- Two-outcome events only: all challenges in a league can only concern two-outcome events. An event with three outcomes or more is played in the arena.
Rules:
- You can leave a league at any time. Leaving or dissolving a league.
- The owner and the admins can remove a member; only the owner appoints admins.
- The owner can only leave the league after they transfer ownership to another member.
- A league with 0 members is automatically dissolved after 30 days.