Tournament Formats

3. This tournament has levels
where winners go up and losers go
down from their respective positions.
Winning is important to climb to the
top position. This type of
tournament needs time to give
chance to bottom dwellers to reach
the top. Tournament positions are
usually occupied on a first-come
basis.

5. 1. Players are not allowed to refuse a
challenge.
2. Players are not allowed to play the
same opposition twice
consecutively.
3. The absence of or a player may
cause him/her to move down of

8. It suits single player
competitions like tennis or
badminton where participants
challenge each other on a one-
on-one match. Players move up
or down the ladder depending on
how they fared in their matches.
The player on top of the ladder
will be declared the winner.

10. It is almost similar to the
ladder tournament except that it
has more players at the lower
level when the tournament starts,
then the number of players
decreases as the level
progresses. An individual can
challenge anybody within the
horizontal level and the winner
goes up to challenge the higher

12. It is a bracketing design
taken from the shape of a
spider web. The top position is
the center where players
reach it through the lines
drawn from the center. The
participants who gets to the
center of the web gets the

13. Lines are drawn radially from
the center with lines crossing
them. Challenges can be against
anyone on the next position
nearer to the center but a player
coming from a loss can only
challenge someone from his/her
own level. This type of
tournament offers more
competition.

15. It is the most commonly used
and one of the top competitive
tournament types since it permits
maximal pay. All teams will play
against each other at least once
during the tournament and the team
with most points will be the winner.
Teams get corresponding game
points from a win and loss. It is
ideally used for team competition
playing not more than eight games.

18. It is a format where each team
plays a number of games (n-1)
depending on how many teams are
participating. Usually, teams are
divided into two groups (n/2) and
ranked by game points. Crossover
games are then held with the top team
in a group plays against the bottom
team of another group, and the
second ranked teams playing against
the third ranked teams from the

20. It is a round-robin variation
used for limited allotted
period. If full games are no
possible, mini games are
played. All scored for or
against points are recorded to
determine the winning team
with the best ratio.

22. It is for short round of
matches. Single or pair
losses instantly eliminate
participants. This is
suitable for time-
constrained events but is
disadvantageous for

24. 1. Draw is set up in even counts of
brackets to the power of two (x2).
2. Brackets not used by teams
constitute a bye.
3. All byes are generated from the
top seeded teams.

25. 4. The four top seeded teams are
spaced in the draw so as not to
play against each other until the
later rounds.
5. All games must be numbered to
help the organization of the
tournament.

28. Is when a player or a team
loses, they get eliminated; the
winning (player/team) continues
to plays to the next round. This
happens until there is only one
team left, which will be declared
the winner. This is usually used
when time is limited while
sacrificing maximum play. It is the
simplest to arrange and fastest

30. Is similar to
single elimination
except that a player
or team gets
eliminated after