4.9 Competition Draws KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS: KNOCKOUT ...

4.9 Competition Draws

KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS:

If the number of teams does not equal 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 etc., then byes must be included in the draw so that the number of
teams and byes are brought up to 4, 8, 16, 32 etc., - all byes must be drawn in the first round. Six (6) teams would mean 2
byes to bring the number up to 8.

1. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Winner

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This style of competition can be extended so that winners from round 1 continue to the right and the losers of round 1
continue to the left. The winners of round 2 continue to round 3 until finally there is a winner on the right and a winner on the
left. These two (2) play off for a final winner.

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3

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5

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7

8

Winner

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4. Names should be printed on a card and attached to appropriate

place on board by a hook or slot.
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7. Allow players to challenge the one above him/her.

8. This challenge must be accepted unless that person has
already issued a challenge to the person above him/her.
9. A defeated player should play the one below him/her

10. before rechallenging

SEEDING

Players can be seeded according to results of other competitions. A knockout can then be arranged with the players
seeded. This method gives a greater chance of holding an evenly matched final and the two (2) top competitors cannot meet
until the final.

Seed
1
Seed
8
Seed
5
Seed
4
Seed
3
Seed
6
Seed
7
Seed
8

ROUND ROBIN

To find the number of matches per team:

even number of teams = number – 1
odd number of teams = the same number

The number of games played in the competition is found by the following formula:

Number of teams X (that number – 1)
2

e.g. 6 teams 6 X (6-1) = 6 x 5 = 15 games
2 2

MAKING THE DRAW:

Keep number 1 constant rotate others clockwise

6 team: 12
34
56

DRAW (1):

1v2 1v3 1v5 1v6 1v4
3v4 5v2 6v3 4v5 2v6
5v6 6v4 4v2 2v3 3v5

For an odd number of teams use 0 for the bye – e.g. 7 teams:

0v1
7v2
6v3
5v4

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ROUND ROBIN DRAW

DRAW FOR 3 or 4 TEAMS:

1v2 3v1 1v4
4v3 4v2 3v2

DRAW FOR 5 or 6 TEAMS:

1v6 3v1 1v5 2v1 1v4
2v5 4v2 6v4 3v6 5v3
3v4 5v6 2v3 4v5 6v2

DRAW FOR 7 or 8:

8v1 1v4 7v1 1v3 6v1 1v2 5v1
2v7 5v3 8v6 4v2 7V5 3V8 6V4
3V6 6V2 2V5 5V8 8V4 4V7 7V3
4V5 7V8 3V4 6V7 2V3 5V6 8V2

DRAW FOR 9 OR 10 TEAMS:

1 v 10 5v1 1v9 4v1 1v8 3v1 1v7 2v1 1v6
2v9 6v4 10 v 8 5v3 9v7 4v2 8v6 3 v 10 7 v 5
3v8 7v3 2v7 6v2 10 v 6 5 v 10 9v5 4v9 8v4
4v7 8v2 3v6 7 v 10 2v5 6v9 10 v 4 5v8 9v3
5v6 9 v 10 4v5 8v9 3v4 7v8 2v3 6 v 7 10 v 2

DRAW FOR 11 or 12 TEAMS:

12 v 1 1v6 11 v 1 1v5 10 v 1 1v4 9v1 1v3 8v1 1v2 7v1
2 v 11 7v5 12 v 10 6v4 11 v 9 5v3 10 v 8 4v2 9v7 3 v 12 8v6
3 v 10 8v4 7v3 12 v 8 6v2 11 v 7 5 v 12 10 v 6 4 v 11 9v5
4v9 9v3 2v9 8v2 2v7 7 v 12 12 v 6 6 v 11 11 v 5 5 v 10 10 v 4
5v8 10 v 2 3v8 9 v 12 3v6 8 v 11 2v5 7 v 10 12 v 4 6v9 11 v 3
6v7 11 v 12 4v7 10 v 11 4v5 9 v 10 3v4 8v9 2v3 7v8 12 v 2
5v6

DRAW FOR 13 or 14 TEAMS:

1 v 14 7v1 1 v 13 6v1 1 v 12 5v1 1 v 11 4v1 1 v 10 3v 1 1v9 2v1 1v8
2 v 13 8v6 14 v 12 7v5 13 v 11 6v4 12 v 10 5v3 11 v 9 4v2 10 v 8 3 v 14 9v7
3 v 12 9v5 2 v 11 8v4 14 v 10 7v3 13 v 9 6v2 12 v 8 5 v 14 11 v 7 4 v 13 10 v 6
4 v 11 10 v 4 3 v 10 9v3 8v2 14 v 8 7 v 14 13 v 7 6 v 13 12 v 6 5 v 12 11 v 5
5 v 10 11 v 3 10 v 2 2v9 9 v 14 8 v 13 14 v 6 7 v 12 13 v 5 6 v 11 12 v 4
6v9 12 v 2 4v9 11 v 14 3v8 10 v 13 2v7 9 v 12 2v 5 8 v 11 14 v 4 7 v 10 13 v 3
7v8 13 v 14 5v8 12 v 13 4v7 11 v 12 3v6 10 v 11 9 v 10 8v9 14 v 2
6v7 5v6 4v5 3v4 2v3