Tournament Style
Tournament Style
Tournament Style
1. Round Robin
2. Elimination
3. Challenge
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE A TOURNAMENT STYLE?
1. Type of activity/game
2. The number of teams or players
3. The amount of time available
4. The facilities available
5. The equipment available
Once you have chosen your style you must….
1. Set up the draw (consider rankings and byes)
2. Create a schedule
3. Create a tournament score sheet you can post
Round Robin
Each team gets to play every other team once.
1 vs 2 1 vs 4 1 vs 6 1 vs bye 1 vs 7 1 vs 5 1 vs 3
3 vs 4 2 vs 6 4 vs bye 6 vs 7 bye vs 5 7 vs 3 5 vs 2
5 vs 6 3 vs bye 2 vs 7 4 vs 5 6 vs 3 bye vs 2 7 vs 4
7 vs bye 5 vs 7 3 vs 5 2 vs 3 4 vs 2 6 vs 4 bye vs 6
1 vs 2 1 vs 4 1 vs 6 1 vs bye 1 vs 7 1 vs 5 1 vs 3
Court 1 Court 1 Court 1 Court 1 Court 1 Court 1 Court 1
3 vs 4 2 vs 6 4 vs bye 6 vs 7 bye vs 5 7 vs 3 5 vs 2
Court 2 Court 2 Court 2 Court 2 Court 2 Court 2 Court 2
5 vs 6 3 vs bye 2 vs 7 4 vs 5 6 vs 3 bye vs 2 7 vs 4
Court 3 Court 3 Court 3 Court 3 Court 3 Court 3 Court 3
7 vs bye 5 vs 7 3 vs 5 2 vs 3 4 vs 2 6 vs 4 bye vs 6
Court 4 Court 4 Court 4 Court 4 Court 4 Court 4 Court 4
Draw a Tournament Scoresheet
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points Rank
7
Round Robin
Advantages and Disadvantages
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Elimination Tournaments
Teams are eliminated after a set number of loses.
3 Kinds
Consolation Tournament
16 - 14 = 2
BYES AND SEEDING
Seeding is used to avoid the top teams from meeting until the end of the
tournament.
If you have byes, you MUST give the top seeded teams the byes first.
NOW…...
Draw a 15 team single elimination tournament (blind draw). Call each team (team
1, team 2, team 3 etc)
15 Team Single Elimination Tournament
Consolation Tournaments
- Provides each team with at least two games.
- First-round winners move the right side of the draw (championship side)
while first-round losers move to the left side of the draw (consolation side).
- From the second round on, a loss eliminates a team.
- Both tournament champions and consolation champions are determined.
(start with a round robin and finish with an elimination style tournament)