What’s a Round-robin tournament?
Round-robin is a tournament format in which every participant plays against each other in their respective group in rounds.
Tournament Organizers mostly use the Round-robin format to eliminate participants after a certain number of losses and qualify participants with a certain number of wins for another stage of a larger tournament.
Setting a specified amount of groups in my Round-robin tournament
Yes! Head over to the tournament settings -> Schedule. From there, you can set the maximum number of participants allowed to join the tournament and the number of groups you want to distribute the participants within.
Swapping participants between groups before the tournament
The Organizer is able to switch the participants around the groups (only while the tournament is in Adjustment status).
Open up the Players/Teams tab on the tournament page, click on the three dots next to the Player/Team, and move them to another group.
Note: You cannot switch a participant from a group with only two teams.
Tiebreakers on Round-robin format tournaments
In Round-robin tournaments, two or more teams can end up with the same Win-Loss record.
The following order is how the system sorts the participants with identical scores:
- Match Win-Loss ratio (overall)
- Points (head-to-head)
- Match score/round difference (head-to-head)
- Match score/round difference (overall)
How many rounds will the participants need to play?
The number of rounds will be calculated automatically and displayed immediately upon editing the “Slots” and “Groups” fields, depending on the number of participants and groups.
Are there seeding possibilities for Round-robin tournaments?
No. Tournament Organizers can move the participants between groups, but there is no seeding available at this time since every participant plays against each other either way. We suggest simply rescheduling the matches manually. To reschedule a match, open a Matchroom and navigate to the “Match actions” icon. Then select the date and time, click “Reschedule” - and set!
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