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The Double Elimination
Tournament
Purpose: All contestants remain in
championship contention until they lose
two games
Advantages:
A player or team must be beaten twice to
be eliminated
It selects a more adequate winner
It maintains player motivation right up
until the end
Disadvantages
It takes longer to run
It emphasizes elimination
Instructions
Formula – min # of games: 2(N-1)
Max # of games: 2(N-1) + 1
Construct a single elimination tournament with
appropriate # of slots
Close the blocks of first round
Complete the “losers side”
Note – every odd # round should have the same #
of slots as the previous round
Criss cross losers so they don’t play the same
team again.
The Round Robin
A)
B)
C)
The most used form of tournaments for league
play
Three types:
Single round robin – play each team once
Multiple round robin – play each team more
then once (home and away)
Split round robin – used when you divide your
tournament into divisions. Play each team in
your division.
Advantages
It selects a true winner
It ranks all competitors
It permits continuous play with maximum
use of facilities
Disadvantages
It takes a longer time to complete
More facilities are required
Formulas
# or Rounds – Even -> N-1
Odd -> N
# of Matches
M= N (n-1)/2
Instructions
assign a number to each participant or team
List the team number without the team name
A team is assigned the Robin ( team that does
not rotate)
Teams in tournament will rotate counter
clockwise around the robin
If there is an odd # of teams, a bye is inserted
in the “robin” position