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Below you will find a
detailed explanation of our tournament formatting. Some of the
concepts you will be familiar with others, we worked very well for us
over the past five years. In all cases, it is our goal to provide
an exciting and meaningful tournament atmosphere for all of the
participants.
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Tournament Format Explained |
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4 Teams |
Round Robin Play with top two teams facing
off in finals. Two teams play four games, two play three games. |
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5 Teams |
Round Robin Play - No Finals - All teams
play four games! |
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6 Teams |
Teams are broken into two pools of three.
Day 1 will have each team playing two games within their pool. The
top two teams from each pool advance to a semi-final round while the
bottom team from each pool play a cross-over, consolation match.
The advantage to this format as opposed to a cross-over match counting
toward a trip to the finals is that there is no way to ensure that the
cross-over opponents are an equal match. The disadvantage of
relying on seeding the teams is overcome by having a four of the six
teams advance. |
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8 Teams |
This traditional bracket sees two groups of
four with the winner of each group advancing to finals. |
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9 Teams |
Our nine (9) team brackets are a departure
from typical tournament bracketing that requires a detailed explanation.
The options with nine (9) teams is to form two groups, one of five (5)
and one of four (4).
We form three (3) groups of three (3)
teams and do our best to seed the teams according to information
provided. The first day will see each team play two qualifying
games. The top team from each pool will qualify for the
International flight on Sunday. These three top teams will then
compete for a championship and runner-up. The second place team
from each pool will qualify for the National flight on Sunday.
These three teams will then compete for a championship and runner-up.
In both the International flight and National Flight, the winner will be
determined by points.
The third place teams from Saturday's
pool will compete in our consolation pool on Sunday.
Advantages to this tournament format:
- All teams play four (4) matches!
- Teams will play at least two (2)
very competitive matches and most often will see three (3) very good
games. We recognize the fact that this creates the possibility
of a mismatch or two on the first day but, feel that
- The second day of competition
is always a day to look forward to because no matter what, teams are
playing for something.
Disadvantages are limited to:
- Teams competing the first day in a
game that might be lopsided.
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