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Tournament Guides
How to run an esports tournament for your university club: double elimination or Swiss, Bo1 and Bo3 rounds, check-in rules and a full one-day schedule.
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The best tournament format for 6 teams: a full round robin (15 matches), round robin plus a final (16), or single elimination with 2 byes (5) — with the draw.
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How to organize a chess tournament: run a 5-round Swiss, pick a rapid time control, pair by score group and break ties on Buchholz — with a full one-day schedule.
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How many courts do you need for a tournament? Multiply matches by slot length, divide by usable minutes — plus the rest-time trap that makes more courts worse.
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A 3-game guarantee promises every team at least three matches, win or lose. Here's why single elimination can't deliver it and the pool-of-four format that can.
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Behind the Scenes
How we ran IRC 2025 — 406 teams and 755 matches across six categories: what broke in the draw, why the entry list is the real enemy, and what I'd do differently.
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The best tournament format for 12 teams: three groups of four into a knockout (22 matches), single elimination with 4 byes (11), or two groups of six (33) — with the draw.
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A free, printable tournament checklist: every task to plan and run an event, split into 6–8 weeks out, week-of, match-day and post-event phases you can tick off.
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How to seed a tournament bracket fairly: rank your teams, use the seed X v seed (N+1−X) rule, give byes to the top seeds, and stop the best teams meeting early.
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How a round robin tournament works: everyone plays everyone, the match-count formula n(n − 1) ÷ 2, standings, tie-breakers and when to use it.
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How a Swiss system tournament works: round-by-round pairings, number of rounds, Buchholz tie-breaks and when to use it instead of a round robin.
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How a double elimination tournament works: winners and losers brackets, the grand-final reset, match counts (2n − 2) and when to use it — explained simply.
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