Round Robin Tournament Format

Round Robin Scheduling

Round robin tournaments are competition where teams or individuals are grouped together as a
league. In a league, each team is scheduled to play every other team in its league one time. Games played,
won and lost are expressed in percentages (games won/games played) carried to three places to the right of
the decimal. The winner of each league is that team with the highest percentage of wins.

A. Formulas. The following chart illustrates the various formulas used in round robin scheduling. You
should memorize these formulas! You will use them over and over again when you begin the scheduling
process.

ROUND ROBIN
Number of games per league: N(N - 1)
2
Number of games per entry: N-1
Number of rounds:
Even number of entries N–1
Odd number of entries N
Number of games per round:
Even number of entries N
2

Odd number of entries N-1

2

Round Robin Tournament form:

 Even number of Teams: If they are even numbers of teams participating, the number 1 position will
remain stationary and the rest of the numbers will rotate counterclockwise manner.
Example: 6 teams

Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 vs 6 1 vs 5 1 vs 4 1 vs 3 1 vs 2
2 vs 5 6 vs 4 5 vs 3 4 vs 2 3 vs 6
3 vs 4 2 vs 3 6 vs 2 5 vs 6 4 vs 5
Legend: Rd means Round

 Odd number of Teams: If the number of teams are odd number, all number must rotate
counterclockwise with one bye every round.
Example: 7 teams

Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7
Bye 7 Bye 6 Bye 5 Bye 4 Bye 3 Bye 2 Bye 1
1 vs 6 7 vs 5 6 vs 4 5 vs 3 4 vs 2 3 vs 1 2 vs 7
2 vs 5 1 vs 4 7 vs 3 6 vs 2 5 vs 1 4 vs 7 3 vs 6
3 vs 4 2 vs 3 1 vs 2 7 vs 1 6 vs 7 5 vs 6 4 vs 5
Legend: Rd means Round