diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/TestCaseMapPool.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/TestCaseMapPool.cs
index 10ebd4e63c..e4637b8fc3 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/TestCaseMapPool.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/TestCaseMapPool.cs
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Tests
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
-            var round = Ladder.Groupings.First(g => g.Name == "Finals");
+            var round = Ladder.Groupings.FirstOrDefault(g => g.Name == "Finals");
 
-            Add(new MapPoolScreen(round));
+            if (round != null)
+                Add(new MapPoolScreen(round));
         }
     }
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Tests
                     Padding = new MarginPadding(50),
                     Direction = FillDirection.Full,
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                },
+                }
             };
 
             foreach (var b in round.Beatmaps)
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/TestCaseTeamIntro.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/TestCaseTeamIntro.cs
index fff28ba900..845f5638a0 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/TestCaseTeamIntro.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/TestCaseTeamIntro.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Tests
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
-            var team1 = Ladder.Teams.First(t => t.Acronym == "USA");
-            var team2 = Ladder.Teams.First(t => t.Acronym == "JPN");
+            var team1 = Ladder.Teams.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Acronym == "USA");
+            var team2 = Ladder.Teams.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Acronym == "JPN");
 
-            var round = Ladder.Groupings.First(g => g.Name == "Finals");
+            var round = Ladder.Groupings.FirstOrDefault(g => g.Name == "Finals");
 
             Add(new TeamIntroScreen(team1, team2, round)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/TeamIntro/TeamIntro.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/TeamIntro/TeamIntro.cs
index f8820d570a..766feaa806 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/TeamIntro/TeamIntro.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/TeamIntro/TeamIntro.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
+using System;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Video;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.TeamIntro
                                 Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
                                 Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
                                 Colour = col,
-                                Text = group.Name.Value,
+                                Text = group?.Name.Value ?? "Unknown Grouping",
                                 Font = "Exo2.0-Light",
                                 Spacing = new Vector2(10, 0),
                                 TextSize = 50,
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.TeamIntro
                                 Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
                                 Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
                                 Colour = col,
-                                Text = group.StartDate.Value.ToString("dd MMMM HH:mm UTC"),
+                                Text = (group?.StartDate.Value ?? DateTimeOffset.Now).ToString("dd MMMM HH:mm UTC"),
                                 TextSize = 20,
                             },
                         }
@@ -134,15 +135,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.TeamIntro
                     },
                 };
 
-                foreach (var p in team.Players)
-                    players.Add(new OsuSpriteText
-                    {
-                        Text = p.Username,
-                        TextSize = 24,
-                        Colour = colour,
-                        Anchor = left ? Anchor.CentreRight : Anchor.CentreLeft,
-                        Origin = left ? Anchor.CentreRight : Anchor.CentreLeft,
-                    });
+                if (team != null)
+                {
+                    foreach (var p in team.Players)
+                        players.Add(new OsuSpriteText
+                        {
+                            Text = p.Username,
+                            TextSize = 24,
+                            Colour = colour,
+                            Anchor = left ? Anchor.CentreRight : Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                            Origin = left ? Anchor.CentreRight : Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                        });
+                }
             }
 
             private class TeamDisplay : DrawableTournamentTeam
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.TeamIntro
                             Flag,
                             new OsuSpriteText
                             {
-                                Text = team.FullName.ToUpper(),
+                                Text = team?.FullName.ToUpper() ?? "???",
                                 TextSize = 40,
                                 Colour = Color4.Black,
                                 Font = "Exo2.0-Light",