Self-Seeding Tournament :
Field Size Solutions.

P R E L I M I N A R Y
  (2024 July 22)

Contents

This looks at various ways to get the most play for different numbers of players.  Some allow the same size groups (e.g. foursome) to be used the whole way through.  Others change the size of the groups as the tournament progresses.

Mapping Number of Players to Groups.

Shows initial number of players and group sizes used to reach the final round.  Sorting rounds are green.  Subsequent rounds are elimination rounds.

Number
of
Players 		Group Sizes
(# of groups @ players per group) 		Divs
Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5
9 * 3 @ 3 3 @ 3 2 @ 4 A,B
12 * 3 @ 4 4 @ 3 2 @ 4 A,B
16 4 @ 4 4 @ 4 4 @ 4 2 @ 4 A,B
18 * 6 @ 3 6 @ 3 6 @ 3 2 @ 3 2 @ 3 A,B
20 5 @ 4 5 @ 4 5 @ 4 4 @ 4 2 @ 4 A,B
24 6 @ 4 6 @ 4 6 @ 4 4 @ 4 2 @ 4 A,B
28 7 @ 4 7 @ 4 7 @ 4 4 @ 4 2 @ 4 A,B
32 8 @ 4 8 @ 4 8 @ 4 4 @ 4 2 @ 4 A,B
48 12 @ 4 12 @ 4 12 @ 4 6 @ 4 3 @ 4 A-C
64 16 @ 4 16 @ 4 16 @ 4 8 @ 4 4 @ 4 A-D

* Need to construct flow tables.

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