diff --git a/app/features/calendar/actions/calendar.$id.server.ts b/app/features/calendar/actions/calendar.$id.server.ts
index a90a245f7..aa1c6dd8f 100644
--- a/app/features/calendar/actions/calendar.$id.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/calendar/actions/calendar.$id.server.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import type { ActionFunction } from "react-router";
 import { redirect } from "react-router";
 import * as v from "valibot";
+import { requireUser } from "~/features/auth/core/user.server";
 import * as CalendarRepository from "~/features/calendar/CalendarRepository.server";
 import * as ShowcaseTournaments from "~/features/front-page/core/ShowcaseTournaments.server";
-import * as BracketRepository from "~/features/tournament-bracket/BracketRepository.server";
-import { clearTournamentDataCache } from "~/features/tournament-bracket/core/Tournament.server";
+import {
+	clearTournamentDataCache,
+	tournamentFromDB,
+} from "~/features/tournament-bracket/core/Tournament.server";
 import { requirePermission } from "~/modules/permissions/guards.server";
-import { errorToastIfFalsy, notFoundIfNullish } from "~/utils/remix.server";
+import {
+	errorToastIfFalsy,
+	forbidden,
+	notFoundIfNullish,
+} from "~/utils/remix.server";
 import { actualNumber, id, preprocess } from "~/utils/schema";
 import { CALENDAR_PAGE } from "~/utils/urls";
 
@@ -19,14 +26,17 @@ export const action: ActionFunction = async ({ params }) => {
 		await CalendarRepository.findById(parsedParams.id),
 	);
 
-	requirePermission(event, "DELETE");
-
 	if (event.tournamentId) {
-		errorToastIfFalsy(
-			(await BracketRepository.findByTournamentId(event.tournamentId)).stage
-				.length === 0,
-			"Tournament has already started",
-		);
+		const user = requireUser();
+		const tournament = await tournamentFromDB(event.tournamentId);
+
+		if (!tournament.canEditEventInfo(user)) {
+			throw forbidden();
+		}
+
+		errorToastIfFalsy(!tournament.hasStarted, "Tournament has already started");
+	} else {
+		requirePermission(event, "DELETE");
 	}
 
 	await CalendarRepository.deleteById({
diff --git a/app/features/calendar/routes/calendar.$id.test.ts b/app/features/calendar/routes/calendar.$id.test.ts
index 4fd68e6ad..594532575 100644
--- a/app/features/calendar/routes/calendar.$id.test.ts
+++ b/app/features/calendar/routes/calendar.$id.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { addDays } from "date-fns";
+import { addDays, subDays } from "date-fns";
 import type * as v from "valibot";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import * as TournamentFactory from "~/db/seed/factories/TournamentFactory";
+import * as TournamentOrganizationFactory from "~/db/seed/factories/TournamentOrganizationFactory";
 import * as UserFactory from "~/db/seed/factories/UserFactory";
 import * as CalendarRepository from "~/features/calendar/CalendarRepository.server";
 import { dateToDatabaseTimestamp } from "~/utils/dates";
@@ -47,4 +48,43 @@ describe("calendar event deletion", () => {
 		const eventAfter = await CalendarRepository.findById(tournament.eventId);
 		expect(eventAfter).toBeNull();
 	});
+
+	test("lets the author delete a tournament whose start time passed without it ever starting", async () => {
+		await UserFactory.createAdmin();
+		const regular = await UserFactory.createRegular();
+		const tournament = await TournamentFactory.create({
+			authorId: regular.id,
+			startTimes: [dateToDatabaseTimestamp(subDays(new Date(), 2))],
+		});
+
+		await deleteAction(
+			{},
+			{ user: "regular", params: { id: String(tournament.eventId) } },
+		);
+
+		const eventAfter = await CalendarRepository.findById(tournament.eventId);
+		expect(eventAfter).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	test("lets an admin of an established organization delete its tournament", async () => {
+		const admin = await UserFactory.createAdmin();
+		await UserFactory.createRegular();
+		const orgAdmin = await UserFactory.create();
+		const organization = await TournamentOrganizationFactory.create(
+			{ ownerId: orgAdmin.id },
+			{ isEstablished: true },
+		);
+		const tournament = await TournamentFactory.create({
+			authorId: admin.id,
+			organizationId: organization.id,
+		});
+
+		await deleteAction(
+			{},
+			{ user: orgAdmin.id, params: { id: String(tournament.eventId) } },
+		);
+
+		const eventAfter = await CalendarRepository.findById(tournament.eventId);
+		expect(eventAfter).toBeNull();
+	});
 });