{"id":661,"date":"2011-08-01T09:48:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T14:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tourneycentral.com\/help\/?p=661"},"modified":"2025-05-02T04:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:23:47","slug":"what-seeding-do-you-use-per-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/what-seeding-do-you-use-per-format.html","title":{"rendered":"What seeding do you use per format"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE: As of Jan 1, 2017 we will no longer support the A1, A2, B1, B2, etc format of bracketing\/groups. If you use this notation format, please prepare your scheduling to use the seed numbers for pairings by familiarizing yourself with the pairings below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Here are the seed numbers in each group the software uses for scheduling.<\/p>\n

1 Group of 4: <\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,2,3,4
\nRound One: 1v2, 3v4
\nRound Two: 1v3, 2v4
\nRound Three: 4v1, 2v3<\/p>\n

2 Groups of 4:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,4,5,8
\nGroup B: 2,3,6,7
\nRound One: 1v4, 5v8, 2v3, 6v7
\nRound Two: 1v5, 4v8, 2v6, 3v7
\nRound Three: 8v1, 4v5, 7v2, 3v6<\/p>\n

3 Groups of 4:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,6,7,12
\nGroup B: 2,5,8,11
\nGroup C: 3,4,9,10
\nRound One: 1v6, 7v12, 2v5, 8v11, 3v4, 9v10
\nRound Two: 1v7, 6v12, 2v8, 5v11, 3v9, 4v10
\nRound Three: 12v1, 6v7, 11v2, 5v8, 10v3, 4v9<\/p>\n

4 Goups of 4:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,8,9,16
\nGroup B: 2,7,10,15
\nGroup C: 3,6,11,14
\nGroup D: 4,5,12,13
\nRound One: 1v8, 9v16, 2v7, 10v15, 3v6, 11v14, 4v5, 12v13
\nRound Two: 1v9, 8v16, 2v10, 7v15, 3v11, 6v14, 4v12, 5v13
\nRound Three: 16v1, 8v9, 15v2, 7v10, 14v3, 6v11, 13v4, 5v12<\/p>\n

5 Groups of 4:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,10,11,20
\nGroup B: 2,9,12,19
\nGroup C: 3,8,13,18
\nGroup D: 4,7,14,17
\nGroup E: 5,6,15,16
\nRound One: 1v10. 11v20, 2v9, 12v19, 3v8, 13v18, 4v7, 14v17, 5v6, 15v16
\nRound Two: 1v11, 10v20, 2v12, 9v19, 3v13, 8v18, 4v14, 7v17, 5v15, 6v16
\nRound Three: 20v1, 10v11, 19v2, 9v12, 18v3, 8v13, 17v4, 7v14, 16v5, 6v15<\/p>\n

6 Groups of 4:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,12,13,24
\nGroup B: 2,11,14,23
\nGroup C: 3,10,15,22
\nGroup D: 4,9,16,21
\nGroup E: 5,8,17,20
\nGroup F: 6,7,18,19
\nRound One: 1v12, 13v24, 2v11, 14v23, 3v10, 15v22, 4v9, 16v21, 5v8, 17v20, 6v7, 18v19
\nRound Two: 1v13, 12v24, 2v14, 11v23, 3v15, 10v22, 4v16, 9v21, 5v17, 8v20, 6v18, 7v19,
\nRound Three: 24v1, 12v13, 23v2, 11v14, 22v3, 10v15, 21v4, 9v16, 20v5, 8v17, 19v6, 7v18<\/p>\n

1 Group of 3:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,2,3
\nRound 1 1v2, 2v3
\nRound 2 1v3, 2v1
\nRound 3 3v1, 3v2
\nEach team will play the other twice<\/p>\n

2 Groups of 3:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,3,5
\nGroup B: 2,4,6
\nOne crossover game in each round.<\/em>
\nRound One: 1v3, 5v2, 4v6
\nRound Two: 1v5, 3v4, 2v6
\nRound Three: 2v4, 1v6, 3v5<\/p>\n

2 Groups of 3 NC (No Crossovers):<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,3,5
\nGroup B: 2,4,6
\nNo crossover game in each round.<\/em>
\nRound One: 1v3, 2v4
\nRound Two: 1v5, 2v6
\nRound Three: 3v5, 4v6
\nTwo Consolation Games, One Final
\nWhen Placeholders are built, consolation will be selected under extra games. Third Place A v Third Place B; Second Place A vs Second Place B will be assumed and build as placeholders, but you can pair them any way you wish.<\/p>\n

4 Groups of 3:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1, 8, 9
\nGroup B: 2, 7, 10
\nGroup C: 3, 6, 11
\nGroup D: 4, 5, 12
\nOne crossover game in each round. A crosses B, C crosses D<\/em>
\nRound One: 1v8, 9v2, 7v10, 3v6, 11v4, 5v12
\nRound Two: 1v9, 8v7, 2v10, 3v11, 6v5, 4v12
\nRound Three: 2v7, 1v10, 8v9, 4v5, 3v12, 6v11<\/p>\n

1 Group of 6:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,2,3,4,5,6<\/p>\n

1 Group of 5:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,2,3,4,5
\nRound One: 1v2, 4v3, 5v1, 3v2, 4v5
\nRound Two: 5v2, 1v3, 2v4, 3v5, 1v4
\nYou may wish to schedule your mid-day matches FIRST, then the first and last games as far out as possible to ensure adequate time between games for each team. To record a winner\/finalist to this format, add a ghost game<\/a> to the schedule when you are finished.<\/em><\/p>\n

2 Groups of 5:<\/strong>
\nGroup A: 1,3,5,7,9
\nGroup B: 2,4,6,8,10
\nRound One: 1v3, 1v7, 9v3, 2v6, 2v8, 10v4
\nRound Two: 7v5, 5v3, 9v1, 8v10, 6v4, 10v2
\nRound Three: 5v9, 3v7, 1v5, 7v9, 6v10, 4v8, 2v6, 8v4<\/p>\n

10-Team:<\/strong>
\n4-3-3 groupings
\nGroup A: 1,6,7,10
\nGroup B: 2,5,8
\nGroup C: 3,4,9
\nB & C play crossover games.<\/em>
\nRound One: 1v6, 7v10, 2v4, 8v3, 5v9
\nRound Two: 1v7, 6v10, 2v8, 4v5, 3v9
\nRound Three: 10v1, 6v7, 3v5, 2v9, 4v8<\/p>\n

10-Team Franko:<\/strong>
\nNamed for Marc Frankland, MTS Events<\/em>
\nGroup A: 1,6,7,10
\nGroup B: 2,5,8
\nGroup C: 3,4,9
\nB & C play crossover games.<\/em>
\nRound One: 1v6 7v10 2v5 8v3 4v9
\nRound Two: 1v7 6v10 2v8 5v4 3v9
\nRound Three: 10v1 6v7 3v4 2v9 5v8<\/p>\n

1 Group of 7:<\/strong> (not yet implemented)
\nGroup A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
\nRound One: 3v4, 5v6, 1v2, 2v3, 4v5, 7v1, 7v6
\nRound Two: 3v7, 1v6, 4v2, 3v1, 6v4, 7v5, 2v5
\nWe strongly advise against a 7-team division, Please consider a 2of3 or trying to find that eighth team for a 2of4. You may wish to schedule your mid-day matches FIRST, then the first and last games as far out as possible to ensure adequate time between games for each team. To record a winner\/finalist to this format, add a ghost game<\/a> to the schedule when you are finished.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NOTE: As of Jan 1, 2017 we will no longer support the A1, A2, B1, B2, etc format of bracketing\/groups. If you use this notation format, please prepare your scheduling to use the seed numbers for pairings by familiarizing yourself with the pairings below. Here are the seed numbers in each group the software uses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scheduling-module"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1478,"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/1478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourneycentral.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}