Tournament Design

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Tournament Design
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4 Common Types of Schedule/Tournaments

1. Single elimination
2. Double elimination
3. Round Robin
4. Divisional Round Robin
5. Ladder

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Single Elimination (Bracket Tournament)

• Slots may be ranked or drawn
• May be decided with 2/3 series
• Lose Done!
• Best with powers of 2 (2, 4, 8, 16)

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Double elimination (Double knock out)
Losing side
Winning side

• More games
• Allows for a bad game
• Powers of 2

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Round Robin (Play each team once)
-Normally for season/league play -typically
useful up to 8 teams -Balance home/away
games -Record Wins/Losses
Visitor Home Time Location
1 2 200 Wilsons gym
3 4
5 Bye
3 1
4 5
2 Bye
Etc.

1- Cougars 2- Bears 3- Jazz 4- Phoenix 5- Bulls
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How to determine games for a RR
1 2 3 4 5
1 X 1v2 1v3 1v4 1v5
2 X 2v3 2v4 2v5
3 X 3v4 3v5
4 X 4v5
5 X
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Divisional Round Robin
-Used often for larger Tournaments and
Leagues -Evenly split teams into 2
divisions -Record Wins/losses -Consider PF and PA
in event of record ties -Usually crossover games
after RR
Wins Loss Points PF PA
Cougars 3 1 6 82 65
Lions 3 1 6 76 62
Roos 1 3 2 57 72
Diamonds 0 4 0 42 83
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12 Team Divisional RR
12 Team RR
66 GAMES
30 GAMES
How does this affect your decisions to run a
league or Tournament?
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LADDER Tournament / League
Used primarily in racquet sports New players may
enter at the bottom Challenge play against anyone
above you (up to 2-3 levels) Must accept
challenges! If you win.move up ladder (switch
places)
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Your Task Make your own Double Elimination
Tournament

• 8 or more teams
• Make up team names
• Create a schedule to hand to coaches
• Create a chart for gym wall
• Determine a winner

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