1. Forms of Tournaments “Elimination”

2. Definition of Terms Slot – Line or spot where team or contestant is positioned. Block - Two slots joined together indicating a match. Bracket – The draw or tournament structure in its entirety.

3. Single Elimination Loser of game/match is eliminated. Ex. NCAA Tourney Loser of game/match is eliminated. Ex. NCAA Tourney Everyone except the winner is defeated once Everyone except the winner is defeated onceAdvantages Derives a winner quickly as possible Derives a winner quickly as possible Helpful when dealing with a large number of teams Helpful when dealing with a large number of teams easy to schedule easy to scheduleDisadvantages Limited opportunity to play Limited opportunity to play

4. Number of Matches Before starting a tournament it is important to know how many matches will be necessary Before starting a tournament it is important to know how many matches will be necessary Formula for single elimination is M = N – 1 Formula for single elimination is M = N – 1 –M = # of matches –N = # of teams Blocks of a tournament are constructed in perfect powers of 2 ( 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64) Blocks of a tournament are constructed in perfect powers of 2 ( 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64) –Construct a bracket for 7 teams.

5. Seeding ranking a team or entry according to their ability ranking a team or entry according to their ability it is suggested to place seeds as follows it is suggested to place seeds as follows The best competitor is placed at the top of the bracket The 2 nd seed is placed at the bottom of the bottom bracket The 3 rd seed is placed at the top of the lower half of the bracket The 4 th seed is placed at the bottom of the top half of the bracket “top of the top, bottom of the bottom, top of the bottom, bottom of the top” “top of the top, bottom of the bottom, top of the bottom, bottom of the top” Construct and seed a bracket for 8 teams

6. Byes byes are used to fill vacant slots in the bracket when the number of participants is not a perfect power of 2. byes are used to fill vacant slots in the bracket when the number of participants is not a perfect power of 2. Formula to determine the # of byes is Formula to determine the # of byes is B = S – N (B= byes, S= Slots, N = # of teams) When placing byes you will follow the same procedure as seeding – top of the top, bottom of the bottom, etc, etc. When placing byes you will follow the same procedure as seeding – top of the top, bottom of the bottom, etc, etc. Construct and seed a tournament using byes for 6 teams Construct and seed a tournament using byes for 6 teams