Round Robin Tournament Scheduling

Beer Olympics

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Jenniferrn2

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on: August 13, 2019, 10:40:17 PM
Hi I need some assistance with scheduling for beer Olympics. We will have 15 teams and 7 events. I would like for each team to play each event once. If possible avoiding playing the same team more then twice. 

Thank you 


Ian Wakeling

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Reply #1 on: August 14, 2019, 03:41:10 AM
Because of the odd number of teams the schedule can not be nicely balanced - so you will need to play something like this:

 E1    E2    E3    E4    E5    E6    E7   bye
(A I) (B J) (C K) (D L) (E M) (F N) (G O)  H
(H A) (M N) (L J) (C F) (O K) (B G) (D E)  I
(E F) (H B) (N O) (M K) (D G) (I L) (C A)  J
(D B) (F G) (H C) (O I) (N L) (E A) (J M)  K
(K N) (E C) (G A) (H D) (I J) (O M) (F B)  L
(G C) (L O) (F D) (A B) (H E) (J K) (I N)  M
(J O) (A D) (M I) (G E) (B C) (H F) (K L)  N
(L M) (K I) (B E) (N J) (A F) (C D) (H G)  O

Where the 15 teams are A to O, and where teams A to G have 8 games each (and play one event twice), and teams H to O have 7 games each.
« Last Edit: August 14, 2019, 06:27:45 AM by Ian Wakeling »


Jenniferrn2

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Reply #2 on: August 14, 2019, 05:02:06 AM
Thank you. 

One more option... what would it look like if I only had 5 events? 


Ian Wakeling

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Reply #3 on: August 14, 2019, 06:30:28 AM
Just assign the teams in columns E6 and E7 to be extra byes.