diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/MatchChatDisplay.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/MatchChatDisplay.cs
index a68507044d..c44eb88ef8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/MatchChatDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/MatchChatDisplay.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Online.Chat;
+using osu.Game.Tournament.IPC;
 using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Components
 
         public MatchChatDisplay()
         {
-            CornerRadius = 5;
+            CornerRadius = 10;
             Masking = true;
 
             InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
@@ -51,13 +52,46 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Components
             Channel.BindValueChanged(channelChanged);
         }
 
+        private readonly Bindable<string> chatChannel = new Bindable<string>();
+
+        private ChannelManager manager;
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader(true)]
+        private void load(MatchIPCInfo ipc)
+        {
+            if (ipc != null)
+            {
+                AddInternal(manager = new ChannelManager());
+
+                Channel.BindTo(manager.CurrentChannel);
+
+                chatChannel.BindTo(ipc.ChatChannel);
+                chatChannel.BindValueChanged(channelString =>
+                {
+                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(channelString))
+                        return;
+
+                    int id = int.Parse(channelString);
+
+                    var channel = manager.JoinedChannels.FirstOrDefault(ch => ch.Id == id) ?? new Channel
+                    {
+                        Id = id,
+                        Type = ChannelType.Public
+                    };
+
+                    manager.JoinChannel(channel);
+                    manager.CurrentChannel.Value = channel;
+
+                }, true);
+            }
+        }
+
         private void channelChanged(Channel channel)
         {
             if (lastChannel != null)
                 lastChannel.NewMessagesArrived -= newMessages;
 
             lastChannel = channel;
-
             channel.NewMessagesArrived += newMessages;
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/SongBar.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/SongBar.cs
index 94848b9130..53dec8e0a4 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/SongBar.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/SongBar.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Components
             set
             {
                 expanded = value;
-                panel.ResizeWidthTo(panelWidth, 800, Easing.OutQuint);
+                panel?.ResizeWidthTo(panelWidth, 800, Easing.OutQuint);
 
                 if (expanded)
                 {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Components
                 else
                 {
                     innerPanel.ResizeWidthTo(1, 800, Easing.OutQuint);
-                    outerPanel.ResizeWidthTo(0.2f, 800, Easing.OutQuint);
+                    outerPanel.ResizeWidthTo(0.25f, 800, Easing.OutQuint);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
index 6759122c16..87c6fb4c83 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.IPC
                             }
 
                             Mods.Value = (LegacyMods)mods;
+                            ChatChannel.Value = sr.ReadLine();
                         }
                     }
                     catch
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/MatchIPCInfo.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/MatchIPCInfo.cs
index d40ec35808..be31df8009 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/MatchIPCInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/MatchIPCInfo.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.IPC
         public Bindable<BeatmapInfo> Beatmap { get; } = new Bindable<BeatmapInfo>();
         public Bindable<LegacyMods> Mods { get; } = new Bindable<LegacyMods>();
         public Bindable<TourneyState> State { get; } = new Bindable<TourneyState>();
+        public Bindable<string> ChatChannel { get; } = new Bindable<string>();
         public BindableInt Score1 { get; } = new BindableInt();
         public BindableInt Score2 { get; } = new BindableInt();
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/Gameplay/GameplayScreen.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/Gameplay/GameplayScreen.cs
index d3fd08bb8b..3c6ea39ae7 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/Gameplay/GameplayScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/Gameplay/GameplayScreen.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using osu.Game.Tournament.Components;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.IPC;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay.Components;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Ladder.Components;
+using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
@@ -82,6 +83,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
                         },
                     }
                 },
+                chat = new MatchChatDisplay
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                    Size = new Vector2(0.45f, 120),
+                    Margin = new MarginPadding(10),
+                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                },
                 new ControlPanel
                 {
                     Children = new Drawable[]
@@ -102,8 +111,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
                 }
             });
 
-            State.BindValueChanged(stateChanged);
             State.BindTo(ipc.State);
+            State.BindValueChanged(stateChanged, true);
 
             currentMatch.BindValueChanged(m => warmup.Value = m.Team1Score + m.Team2Score == 0);
             currentMatch.BindTo(ladder.CurrentMatch);
@@ -112,6 +121,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
         }
 
         private ScheduledDelegate scheduledBarContract;
+        private MatchChatDisplay chat;
 
         private void stateChanged(TourneyState state)
         {
@@ -132,12 +142,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
                 case TourneyState.Idle:
                     // show chat
                     SongBar.Expanded = false;
+                    using (chat.BeginDelayedSequence(500))
+                    {
+                        chat.FadeIn(300);
+                        chat.MoveToY(100).MoveToY(0, 500, Easing.OutQuint);
+                    }
+
                     break;
                 case TourneyState.Ranking:
                     scheduledBarContract = Scheduler.AddDelayed(() => SongBar.Expanded = false, 15000);
                     break;
                 default:
-                    SongBar.Expanded = true;
+                    chat.FadeOut(200);
+                    chat.MoveToY(100, 500, Easing.In);
+                    using (SongBar.BeginDelayedSequence(300, true))
+                        SongBar.Expanded = true;
                     break;
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelType.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelType.cs
index 4ac0a99fc6..2fbc48fb92 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelType.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelType.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
     public enum ChannelType
     {
         PM,
-        Public
+        Public,
+        Temporary
     }
 }