Common+Types+of+Tournaments

=Round Robin Tournaments = 

In a round robin tournament each player or team gets to play every other player or team. In a single round robin, each entry plays every other entry once. In a double round robin each competitor plays two games against every other entry.

Advantages:
- all teams get to play to the end of the tournament - all teams play an equal number of games - it’s the fairest way to determine a champion - all teams are ranked at the end of the tournament - it permits continuous play with maximum use of the facilities

Disadvantages
- time consuming, especially if there are many teams or limited facilities - can result in ties, necessitating tie-breaking procedures - more facilities are needed

Setting up the Draw

Step 1
Assign numbers to the teams. If there are an even number of entries, arrange two vertical columns of numbers representing the number of entries. This is done by listing the numbers consecutively down the first column and up the second. This provides the pairings for the first round. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">To obtain the pairings for the subsequent rounds rotate the numbers counter clockwise around one number that remains fixed – usually the number in the top left position. Continue this procedure until all the pairings have been determined. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The procedure is the same for an uneven number of entries. In this case a “bye” should be placed in one position (again usually the top left) and the other numbers are rotated around it. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The formula for determining the total number of games to be played in a round robin is:

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">N times (N-1)divided by 2

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">with N representing the number of teams in the tournament.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The following is an example of a round robin with 8 entries: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8(8-1)/2 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">=8*7/2 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">=56/2 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">=28


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Round 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Round 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Round 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Round 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Round 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Round 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Round 7 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 vs 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8 vs 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 vs 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 vs 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 vs 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 vs 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 vs 8 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 vs 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 vs 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8 vs 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 vs 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 vs 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 vs 8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 vs 7 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 vs 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 vs 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 vs 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8 vs 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 vs 8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 vs 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 vs 6 ||

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Step 2
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Draw up a schedule of the time and place for each game to be played. This page will be posted and/or included in the coaches’ information packages. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Example: Volleyball Tournament


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Round || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Time || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Court A || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Court B || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Court C || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Court D ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">9:00 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 vs 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 vs 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 vs 5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">10:00 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 vs 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8 vs 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 vs 5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">11:00 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 vs 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8 vs 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 vs 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1:00 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 vs 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8 vs 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 vs 3 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 :00 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 vs 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 vs 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 vs 8 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3:00 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 vs 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 vs 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 vs 8 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4:00 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 vs 8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 vs 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 vs 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 vs 2 ||

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Step 3
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Draw up and post the tournament score sheet.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Team || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Points || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Place ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">W ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">L ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Example: In the first round, Team 1 beats Team 8. A “W” is placed on team 1’s line under column 8, and an “L” is placed on Team 8’s line in column 1.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tie-Breaking Procedures
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The easiest way to break a tie when two teams have the same number of win/loss/tie points is to declare the team with the most wins the champion. If this doesn’t break the tie, the head-to-head record could be used as the deciding factor. If they played each other twice and each one a game they may need to play another short game (i.e. first team to score 5 points)