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International sporting events
world championships
Football - 1930
Rugby – 1987 wwec
Cricket - 1975
Athletics - 1991
Formula one - 1950
High profile events
Wimbledon
Super bowl
Football leagues
One off – such as boxing
Competitions
Most sport is competitive.
This is why people like to play it.
Competition has to be organised. It
may take the form of:
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Knockout
Ladders
Round robin
League
Competitions
Some competitions use a mixture of
the above, e.g. UEFA Champions
League.
It is up to the organisers to run the
competition in the fairest way
possible.
Competitions- Knockout
Good when there is a large entry
field.
Quick and easy to organise.
How many knockout competitions
can you think of?
Competitions- Knockout
Events are played in rounds. Each entrant
plays another and the winner goes
through to the next round.
The number of entrants is halved each
round.
This is the major disadvantage of
‘knockout’ competitions as losing
competitors get to only play once.
The second best team could get knocked
out in the first round!
Is this a disadvantage or does it make the
competition more exciting?
Competitions- Knockout
To avoid better players or teams
from getting ‘knocked out’ early,
some competitions use seeding.
Top entrants are spread out so that
they could only meet in the final… if
they get that far.
Competition officials have to still
decide on an accurate and fair way of
seeding players.
Competitions- Knockout
Wimbledon tennis tournament uses
seeding. Computers help officials
dictate seeds.
Why would Wimbledon officials like
to see the top 2 seeds only meet in
the final?
Competitions- Knockout
Preliminary rounds where less skilled
entrants play against each other to
meet the top teams/players are often
used.
e.g. The FA cup
Euro/World cup qualifiers
Tennis entry competitions
Competitions- Knockout
Most international competitions in any
sport start with a qualifying stage and end
in a knockout tournament.
Organisers would ideally like
2,4,8,16,32,64 or 128 entries. Why?
Sometimes preliminary rounds with byes
(no game played) are held to get correct
numbers.
The first round losers in some
competitions get entered into a plate
competition so that more games can be
played.
Competitions- Knockout
Organise a knockout
competition for the people in
your class.
Are you going to seed, have
prelim rounds or byes?
Competitions- Ladders
Usually played in a more social
setting.
Names are listed on a ‘ladder’. You
play someone higher than you on the
ladder and if you beat them you take
their place.
Usually you can only play someone a
certain number of places above you.
This means the bottom player has to
work their way up the ladder.
Competitions- Ladders
A disadvantage is that players may
not want to join the club as they
would start at the bottom of the
ladder.
What activities would a ladder
system work well for?
Competitions- Round
Robin
Everyone plays each other in a round
robin.
Often used for pairs or individual
events or in the final stages of team
competitions.
Only works with small number of
competitors or it would take too
long.
Competitions - League
A popular type of competition.
Considered hardest to win as competition
takes place over a period of time.
Team games often have knockout and
league competitions.
Every team plays each other at least once,
often twice, home and away.
You usually get points for winning,
drawing but none for a loss.
The league winner is the team with the
most points!
Competitions - League
Several leagues may be in operation
within a competition.
At the end of the season teams finishing
at the top of the league get promoted
and the ones at the bottom relegated.
There will be local and national leagues in
most team sports.
In most cases it is possible to work your
way up from a local league to a national
one.
Competitions - League
Leagues usually run all season so the
winner has been the most consistent
over a period of time.
Most professional sport is league
based because:
• Fixtures can be arranged early and
published.
• Tickets can be sold in advance.
• It is the most profitable system over time
(finance).
• A set number of games will be played.
Competitions
List the advantages and
disadvantages of the four
mentioned types of competition.
Advantages
Knockout
Ladder
League
Round robin
Disadvantages