Guides
Plans that fit the gym.
Formats, game counts and clock times, before the gym is booked. Every number comes from the same logic as our tools.
Planning the day
3 guides
How to run a one-day youth soccer tournament.The gym is booked from 9 to noon. Eight teams, two fields. A full round robin does not fit. Pool play with a final does.2 min readRead
Pool play to bracket: how many teams advance?The bracket wants a power of two: 4, 8 or 16 teams. The pools supply it if you decide the places before lunch, not during it.2 min readRead
Placement games, so every team leaves with a rank.Without them you have a champion, a finalist, and a pile of teams that “lost sometime”. With them, every team has a last game.2 min readRead
Formats and game counts
4 guides
Pool play or a full round robin?A round robin ranks the field on every pairing. Pool play ranks it before the gym closes.2 min readRead
How many games are in a round robin?The formula is short. The gym clock is what the formula leaves out.2 min readRead
Double elimination: two losses, then you are out.In a single-elimination bracket the first loss is the last game. In double elimination there is a second chance, and it has its own bracket.2 min readRead
Swiss system: same points, new opponents.Not a round robin, and not a knockout. Each round re-pairs the table. A loss does not send you home.2 min readRead
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