UPA Manual of Tournament Formats
Copyright (c) The Ultimate Players Association, 1994
Please direct comments on this document to Eric Simon (70540.1522@compuserve.com).
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
2.
Basic Theories of Tournament Scheduling
3.
Three Teams
4.
Four Teams
5.
Five Teams
6.
Six Teams
7.
Seven Teams
8.
Eight Teams
9.
Nine Teams
10.
Ten Teams
11.
Eleven Teams
12.
Twelve Teams
13.
Thirteen Teams
14.
Fourteen Teams
15.
Fifteen Teams
16.
Sixteen Teams
17.
Seventeen Teams
18.
Eighteen Teams
19.
Nineteen Teams
20.
Twenty Teams
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Detailed Contents
1.
Introduction
2.
Basic Theories of Tournament Scheduling
2.1.
Seeding
2.2.
How to Seed
2.3.
A One-Day or Two-Day Format?
2.4.
How to read these schedules
2.5.
Tie breakers for round-robins
2.6.
Tie Breakers for double elimination tournaments
3.
Three Teams
Table 3.1.
Three-Team Round-robin
3.1
The Three team tie-breaker problem
4.
Four Teams
Table 4.1.
Pre-set four-team round-robin
4.2.
The flexible four-team round-robin
Table 4.2.1.
Flexible four-team round-robin; 1 and 4 play first
Table 4.2.2.
Flexible four-team round-robin; 1 and 3 play first
Table 4.3.
Four-team single elimination
Table 4.4.
Modified four-team double elimination
5.
Five Teams
5.1.
One team advances
5.1.1.
Seven game option
5.1.2.
Six game option
5.2.
Two teams advance
5.3.
Three teams advance
5.4.
Four teams advance
5.5.
Five teams advance
5.5.1.
Seven game option one
5.5.2.
Seven game option two
5.5.3.
Eight game option
5.6.
One day format
Table 5.1.1.
Five-team round-robin
Table 5.1.2.
Five-team round-robin split into two parts
6.
Six Teams
6.1.
One team advances
6.1.1.
Seven round option
6.1.2.
Eight round option
6.2.
Two teams advance
6.3.
Three teams advance
6.4.
Four teams advance
6.4.1.
Option one
6.4.2.
Option two
6.5.
Five or Six teams advance
Table 6.1.
Six-team round-robin.
Table 6.2.
Six team single elimination.
Table 6.3.
Six team modified elimination.
Table 6.4.
Six team modified elimination, seeding from two pools.
Table 6.5.
Six team modified bracket - only two qualify.
7.
Seven Teams
8.
Eight Teams
8.1.
Seeding into two pools of four
8.2.
Four Fields:
8.3.
Three or Four Fields; more than four teams advancing
8.4.
Four fields, four or more advancing, round-robin
Table 8.1.1.
Eight-team double elimination format
Table 8.1.2.
Eight-team modified elimination format
Table 8.2.
Two pools of four on three fields
Table 8.3.
Eight team round-robin
8.5
Two-Division Modified Single Elimination
9.
Nine Teams
9.1.
One team advances
9.2.
Two teams advance
9.2.1.
Option One - Six Teams Advance to Second Day
9.2.2.
Option Two - Double Elimination on the Second Day
9.3.
Three teams advance
9.4.
Four through nine teams advance
9.4.1.
Option One - Nine Team Round-Robin
9.4.2.
Option Two - Double Elimination on the Second Day
9.5.
Starting with two unequal pools of four and five
9.6.
Discussion of a Nine Team Round-Robin
Table 9.1.1.
Nine team round-robin grid
Table 9.1.2.
Nine team round-robin, general
Table 9.1.3.
Nine team round-robin over two days
10.
Ten Teams
10.1.
One team advances
10.2.
Two teams advance
10.2.1.
Option One - Six Teams Advance to Second Day
10.2.2.
Option Two - Double Elimination on the Second Day
10.3.
Three teams advance
10.4.
Four teams advance
10.4.1.
Option One - Double Elimination on the Second Day
10.4.2.
Option Two - Six Teams Advance to Modified Round-Robin
10.5.
Five or six teams advance
10.5.1.
Option One - Modified Elimination on the Second Day
10.5.2.
Option Two - Double Elimination on the Second Day
10.6.
Six through eight teams advance
10.7.
Seeding for pools of five
Table 10.1.
Ten team round-robin grid
Table 10.2.
Ten-team modified elimination
11.
Eleven Teams
11.1.
One team advances
11.2.
Two teams advance
11.2.1.
Option One - Six Teams Advance to Second Day
11.3.
Three teams advance
11.3.1.
Option One - Six Teams Advance to Modified Elimination
11.3.2.
Option Two - Six Teams Advance Modified Round-Robin
11.4.
Four teams advance
11.4.1.
Option One - Double Elimination on the Second Day
11.4.2.
Option Two - Six Teams Advance Modified Round-Robin
11.5.
Five or more teams advance
11.5.1.
Option One - Modified Elimination on the Second Day
11.5.2.
Option Two - Double Elimination on the Second Day
11.6.
Six through eight teams advance
11.7.
Seeding for two unequal pools of five and six
11.8.
Sample Schedule
Table 11.1.
Eleven team round-robin grid
12.
Twelve Teams
12.1.
One team advances
12.2.
Two teams advance
12.3.
Three teams advance
12.3.1.
Option One - Six Teams Advance to Modified Elimination
12.3.2.
Option Two - Six Teams Advance to Modified Round-Robin
12.4.
Four teams advance
12.4.1.
Option One - Six Teams Advance to Modified Elimination
12.4.2.
Option Two - Six Teams Advance to Modified Round-Robin
12.5.
Five or six teams advance
12.5.1.
Option One - Modified Elimination on the Second Day
12.5.2.
Option Two - Double Elimination on the Second Day
12.6.
Six through eight teams advance
12.7.
Seeding for two pools of six
12.8.
Sample Schedule
Table 12.1.
Twelve team round-robin grid
13.
Thirteen Teams
13.1.
The first day of play
13.1.1.
Overview
13.1.2.
Seeding
13.1.3.
Schedule
13.2.
One team advances
13.3.
Two teams advance
13.4.
Three through seven teams advance
13.5.
Eight or more teams advance
Table 13.1.
Thirteen team round-robin grid:
Table 13.2.
Seeding an 8-team bracket from three pools
14.
Fourteen Teams
14.1.
The first day of play
14.1.1.
Overview
14.1.2.
Seeding
14.1.3.
Schedule
Table 14.1.
Fourteen team round-robin grid:
15.
Fifteen Teams
16.
Sixteen Teams
16.1.
One team advances, or other Non-UPA Tournaments
16.2.
Two teams advance (UPA Standard Double Elimination Format)
16.3.
Five thru Eight Teams Advance
Table 16.1.
Sixteen team round-robin grid
17.
Seventeen Teams
18.
Eighteen Teams
Table 18.1.
Eighteen team round-robin grid
19.
Nineteen Teams
20.
Twenty Teams
Table 20.1.
Twenty team round-robin grid