Types of Tournaments

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1. What are the types of tournament?
Answer:
The 4 major types of Tournaments are the following:
Single Elimination
Double Elimination
Straight Round Robin
Round Robin with Bye
Other types of Tournaments are:
3 Game Guarantee Tournament

Consolation Tournaments
Compass Draw Tournaments
Multilevel
Extended
2. Identify the types of tournament
Answer:
Single Elimination
- The single elimination format is by far the easiest to organize. The name says it all, if
a team loses one time they are out of the tournament. This type of tournament works
best if you have a large number of teams and a short time frame. Single elimination
tournaments don't work well for "matches" that are very short in time. For example,
an Arm-Wrestling Tournament, where a match takes just a few seconds. If
participants are traveling to enter the tournament, they would like to be around for
more than 3 seconds. So, it would be better to use one of the other formats.
- The single elimination tournament is a quick and efficient method of determining the
winner, however, it does not promote participation, “you lose, you’re out.”
However, if you are looking for a quick tournament in your class the single
elimination would definitely work. To determine the number of matches, subtract
one from the total number of participants. For example, if you have 8
participants/teams taking part, simply 8-1=7, therefore there will be 7 total matches
to determine a champion. But, if you want to determine third and fourth, you will
need to have one more match or 8 total matches.
Double Elimination
- Most participants/teams enjoy the double elimination tournament as it enables
participants/teams to have an “off” game and still have a chance of winning. If a loss
is recorded in the winner’s bracket, they move to the loser bracket, and eventually
can emerge as the tournament winner. However, if this participant/team makes it to
the finals against the winner in the “winner bracket”, they would have to beat the
“winner bracket” participant/team twice in order to claim tournament champion.
The double tournament requires more time than the single elimination tournament;
time and class attendance should be considered if using this tournament schedule in
Physical Education class or homeroom.
- To be eliminated from this type of tournament, a team or player must lose two times.
There is a winner's bracket and a loser's bracket, everyone starts in the winner's
bracket. Upon defeat they will move to the loser's bracket where they will battle their
way to play in the championship match, which they must defeat the winner's bracket
champion twice.
Straight Round Robin

- In theory, a round-robin tournament is the fairest way to determine the champion
from among a known and fixed number of contestants. The top one, two, or
occasionally three teams in these groups then proceed to a straight knockout stage
for the remainder of the tournament.
- The Round Robin Tournament is fairly popular and simply means that every team
will play every other team in the tournament one time. This allows for a wide variety
of opponents, and as opposed to an elimination tournament the teams can see how
they match up with all teams. Based on the number of participants, the round robin
format can be broken up into "pools". A pool is a group of teams that will play round
robin and the winner of each pool will usually face off in a championship
tournament. Example: A normal 24 team Round Robin Tournament would have 276
games, so the ideal way to run this would be to break it up into 6 Pools of 4 teams
which would have 36 total games. You could then take the 6 winners from each pool
and have a single elimination tournament to decide the overall championship.
Round Robin with Bye

- Round Robin with Bye is typically the same as the straight round robin but in this
case, the tournament has a bye on it. Which is a term considered as an advantage for
this type of tournament.
- is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn.[1][2] A
round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants are
eliminated after a certain number of losses.
- In a round robin format, a bye simply means that the teams do not play, or have a
rest break. In other tournament formats a bye means the team advances.
Home
Round A B C D
I 7, 6 1, 5 2, 4 3, 8
II 6, 5 7, 4 1, 3 2, 8
III 5, 4 6, 3 7, 2 1, 8
IV 4, 3 5, 2 6, 1 7, 8
V 3, 2 4, 1 5, 7 6, 8
VI 2, 1 3, 7 4, 6 5, 8
VII 1, 7 2, 6 3, 5 4, 8
OTHER TYPES OF TOURNAMENTS:
3 Game Guarantee Tournament
The 3 Game Guarantee format is popular in the Softball world as it allows teams traveling from
far distances to be assured they are getting in enough games to make it worth their time and
money. Each team will play a minimum of 3 games, the format is similar to double elimination.
There is a winner's bracket and a loser's bracket, the main difference being teams that lose their
first two games will get to play an extra game in the loser's bracket in order to assure everyone
gets to play at least 3 games.
Consolation Tournaments
Consolation tournaments are very popular in the wrestling world. There are quite a few
variations to the consolation brackets, but the basic idea behind them is the same. When a team
wins in the first round they move/stay in the winner's bracket for the duration of the
tournament and will be playing for the overall championship. When a team loses in the first
round they will be moved to the Consolation Bracket where they will have no chance of
winning the tournament, but instead be competing for the consolation championship. Some
Consolation Brackets will also have the losers of later rounds of the winner's bracket drop down
to the consolation bracket to compete for the consolation championship.
Compass Draw Tournaments
Last, but not least, is the Compass draw tournament, which is used widely in Tennis and
Pickleball, but is actually a really nice format that can be used for any sport. The are various
brackets on each draw sheet that are marked by points on a compass(East, West, North, South,
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest). When a team loses they are moved to a different
bracket, winners always just advance in their current bracket. This allows players to play in
plenty of matches and as the tournament progresses the bracket is designed to automatically
pair them with others of their skill level.
Multilevel
The multilevel tournament is similar to a single-elimination tournament; in fact, at the top level
they are the same. However, in a multilevel tournament, a player is not eliminated following a
loss but simply moves down one or more levels of play into the consolation rounds. This
downward movement continues until no other challengers remain. One result of this approach
is that all entries play about the same number of games. Another benefit is that in each round
the players are more likely to encounter other players of their caliber.
Extended
Ladders and pyramids are two common examples of extended tournaments or leagues.
Extended tournaments can be ongoing for an indefinite time or can be abbreviated to a week, a
month, or another set period. For drop-in programs, such as intramurals or racket clubs, this
tournament type can be most useful. Its major weaknesses are, first, that players challenge each
other, which means that some players might not play as much, and, second, because of the
challenge system, the ranking at the end of the tournament might not be accurate because some
players may have played very few if any games.

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Activity in Sports and Management

1. What are the types of tournament?

The 4 major types of Tournaments are the following:

Other types of Tournaments are:

3 Game Guarantee Tournament

2. Identify the types of tournament

Straight Round Robin

Round Robin with Bye

OTHER TYPES OF TOURNAMENTS:

3 Game Guarantee Tournament

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