SPORTS TOURNAMENT
FORMATS
PATH FIT 4 - PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TOWARDS HEALTH AND FITNESS 2
TYPES OF TOURNAMENTS FORMAT
Single Elimination
Double Elimination
Round Robin
Refers to a team
Is the process of ranking
automatically
players prior to the
advancing to the next
tournament according
round of tournament
to their relative ability
play without competing
SEEDING BYES
B = P² - N
Whereas:
B - byes
P² - power of two ≥
N - # of teams
SINGLE ELIMINATION
The formula for determining the number of games in the
Single Elimination is;
G = N - 1
Whereas;
N - Is the Number of Participating Teams or Athletes
G - Number of Games
SINGLE ELIMINATION
4 TEAMS
G=N-1
G=4-1
G = 3; There 3 games for 4
teams
B = p² - N
B=4-4
B = 0; There are NO byes for
4 teams
SINGLE ELIMINATION
5 TEAMS
G=N-1
G=5-1
G = 4; There 4 games for 5
teams
B = p² - N
B=8-5
B = 3; There are 3 byes for 5
teams
DOUBLE ELIMINATION
The formula for determining the number of games in the
Single Elimination is;
G = (N - 1)2
Whereas;
N - Is the Number of Participating Teams or Athletes
G - Number of Games
DOUBLE ELIMINATION
4 TEAMS
G = (N - 1)2
G = (4 - 1)2
G = 6; There are 6 games for
4 teams, Min 6/Max 7
B = p² - N
B=4-4
B = 0; There are NO byes for
4 teams
DOUBLE ELIMINATION
3 TEAMS
G = (N - 1)2
G = (3 - 1)2
G = 4; There 4 games for 3
teams, Min4/Max5
B = p² - N
B=4-3
B = 1; There are 1 byes for 3
teams
ROUND ROBIN
The formula for determining the number of games in the
Single Elimination is;
G = N(N-1)
2
Whereas;
N - Is the Number of Participating Teams or Athletes
G - Number of Games
ROUND ROBIN
WILL BE
DISCUSSED
NEXT MEETING