Tournament Format

There are a number of different formats, or methods, for running a tournament. The formats differ in the way in which players are paired.

• Single Knockout
• Double Knockout
• Generalised Knockout
• Round Robin
• Swiss
  • Swiss with Elimination
• McMahon
• League
• Team
• Win and Continue
  • Win and Continue Team Tournament Format

See also:

• Tournament Scoring
• Group Pairing
• General Aspects of Tournament Systems and Tiebreakers
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament