1. Tournament Design

2. 4 Common Types of Schedule/Tournaments
Single elimination
Double elimination
Round Robin
Divisional Round Robin
Ladder

3. 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)

4. Double elimination (Double knock out)
Losing side
Winning side
More games
Allows for a bad game
Powers of 2

5. 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
2:00
Wilsons gym 3 4 5
Bye
Etc….
1- Cougars
2- Bears
3- Jazz
4- Phoenix
5- Bulls

6. 1 2 3 4 5 X How to determine games for a RR 1v2 1v3 1v4 1v5 2v3 2v4

7. 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 76 62
Roo’s 2 57 72
Diamonds 4 42 83

8. 12 Team Divisional RR 12 Team RR 66 GAMES 30 GAMES
How does this affect your decisions to run a league or Tournament?

9. 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)

10. 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