I am curious what format will be used for an upcoming volleyball tournament with 40 teams over 4 days.
I was trying to think what the best way to design the tournament to see if it how it will be played out.
The last day has to be a single elimination tournament with a max of 12 teams but usually they have 8 teams in these tournaments on the last day.
Usually it is pool play the first three days.
Yes, I have too much time on my hands.
8 groups of 5. Group winners advance to single elimination round
My strategy is to work backwards so I get 8 teams in the final day for a single elimination tournament.
So:
Day 4 there are 8 teams left - Seeds 1-8
1 vs 8
4 vs 5
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
Day 3 - I would want 12 teams - 8 pools of 3 where the top 2 advance to day 4. The trick is to see how to get it so the top 8 will not be in the same pool.
So 1 seed and 8 seed shouldn't be in the same pool and 2 shouldn't be in the same pool as 7 ect.
So I have come up with
Pool 1 - 1 seed and 7 seed and 9 seed
Pool 2 -2 seed and 8 seed and 10 seed
Pool 3 - 3 seed and 5 and 11 seed
Pool 4 - 4 seed and 6 and 12 seed
I like how my set up works the last 2 days.
Now I am stuck on how to solve the puzzle to eliminate teams down to 8 teams from day 2.
Thanks for trying but if the organization seeded the top 2 teams in one pool that wouldn't be fair system way to go about it.
How many games each team ?
Usually 2 or 3 matches each day over 4 days.
Typically there are pools of 4 teams or 3 teams with 2 teams advancing.
Teams that finish 3rd in a pool can play 4 matches or sometime 5 in a day if they they are playing a challenge match to see which 3rd place team will advance if there are multiple 3rd place teams in pools and extra spots in the next round.
I am thinking 40 teams - first round go with 10 pools of 4 teams. 2 teams from each pool advance.
So day 2 starts with 20 teams and ends with 12.
I would have to go back and see how the 1-10 pools should be seeded but is where I think I would go next. I like my last two days. I am trying to backdoor my design to that format for days 3 and 4.
Stage 1 - Days 1 and 2
8 groups of 5
Top 2 teams advance from each group
Stage 2 - Day 3
4 groups of 4
Top 2 teams advance from each group
Stage 3 - Day 4
Single elimination
That ain't bad. Thanks. I doubt they will do it that way but it is simple and would work.