Round Robin Tournament Scheduling

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Title: 7 Player Schedule
Post by: HGS on April 05, 2026, 08:14:18 AM

8 player schedule	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4
Round 1	1	8	2	7	3	6	4	5
Round 2	1	7	6	8	2	5	3	4
Round 3	1	6	5	7	4	8	2	3
Round 4	1	5	4	6	3	7	2	8
Round 5	1	4	3	5	2	6	7	8
Round 6	1	3	2	4	5	8	6	7
Round 7	1	2	3	8	4	7	5	6
Copied from: https://www.devenezia.com/downloads/round-robin/rounds.php

A cyclic schedule for 7 players can be formed by using match 1 as the bye match.

Let player 1 be a ghost, and the other player in match 1 sits out the round.

I dont understand that.:(
Please can you explain it to me.

Regards HGS

Title: Re: 7 Player Schedule
Post by: Ian Wakeling on April 05, 2026, 08:52:01 AM

Hi HGS,

When it says player 1 is the ghost, it means that you should take the schedule for 8 players, and then delete all the matches that involve player 1. This will leave you with a schedule that involves 7 players ( numbered from 2 to 8 ) with 3 matches per round.  In each round, the player who was scheduled to play the ghost in the original schedule, is now the player with the bye.

Hope that helps,

Ian

Title: Re: 7 Player Schedule
Post by: HGS on April 05, 2026, 11:12:08 AM

Hallo Ian,
Thank you for your answer.
I changed the table as follow:

(https://i.imgur.com/VRNhoIz.png)

Is it possible to change it for 2 Courts ?
I hope you know what I mean. My english is not so good.

Regards HGS

Title: Re: 7 Player Schedule
Post by: Ian Wakeling on April 08, 2026, 09:03:30 AM

Yes, remove the match 4 column to leave 7 rounds on 2 courts.  The removed matches can then be rearranged into 3 more rounds as follows:
( 4 5) ( 2 8 )
( 3 4) ( 7 8 )
( 2 3) ( 6 7 )
which leaves ( 5 6) to be played in an 11th round on its own.

Title: Re: 7 Player Schedule
Post by: HGS on April 09, 2026, 01:01:22 PM

Hallo,

Thank you very much.
Your answer is very helpfull for me.
I wish you a nice day.

Regards HGS