Schedules

IHSSBCA tournaments must offer a minimum of seven meaningful games (not including exhibition games, such as byes or scrimmages) to every team that attends. The tournaments outlined here offer all teams 7 to 10 rounds, inclusive, before finals. If the number of teams signed up for your tournament is not shown here, try to expand or reduce your field until you have a better number of teams, as other numbers of teams can be difficult to schedule for.

Schedule Resources

The Instructions sheets include information about using the schedules, seeding your tournament’s preliminary and playoff rounds, sorting individuals, and using YellowFruit.

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Downloadable Schedules

4 Teams: Triple round robin (9 rounds). All records carry over between round robins (no rebrackets). Calculate top individuals after 6 or 9 rounds. Track records and points per game.
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5 Teams: Double round robin with byes (8 games played over 10 rounds, 2 byes per team). All records carry over between round robins (no rebrackets). Calculate top individuals after 5 round (4 games played) or 10 rounds (8 games played). Track records and points per game. One more or one fewer team may be preferable.
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6 Teams: Double round robin (10 rounds). All records carry over between round robins (no rebrackets). Calculate top individuals after 5 or 10 rounds. Track records and points per game. Optimal 6-team format.
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7 Teams: Round robin with bye into two playoff pools (8 or 9 games played over 10 rounds, with 1 bye for playoff teams and 2 byes for consolation teams). All records carry over through a rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 7 rounds (6 games played per team). Track records and points per game. One more or one fewer team may be preferable.
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8 Teams: Round robin (7 rounds). Calculate top individuals after 7 rounds. Track records and points per game.
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9 Teams: Round robin with bye (8 games played over 9 rounds). Calculate top individuals after 9 rounds (8 games played per team). Track records and points per game. One more or one fewer team may be preferable.
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10 Teams: Round robin (9 rounds). Calculate top individuals after 9 rounds. Track records and points per game.
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12 Teams: Use this schedule for 11 or 12 teams
Two preliminary pools rebracket into two playoff pools, with carryovers (8 rounds). Some records carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 5 rounds. Track records and points per game.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 12 teams.
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16 Teams: Use this schedule for 13, 14, 15, or 16 teams
Two preliminary pools rebracket into four playoff pools with carryovers (9 rounds). Some records carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 7 rounds. Track records and points per game.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 16 teams.
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18 Teams: Use this schedule for 17 or 18 teams
Three preliminary pools rebracket into three playoff pools with carryovers (9 rounds). Some records carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 5 rounds. Track records and points per game.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 18 teams.
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20 Teams: Use this schedule for 19 or 20 teams
Four preliminary pools with byes rebracket into two parallel playoff pools and three consolation pools (7 games played over 8 rounds). Records do not carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 5 rounds (4 games played). Track records, points per game, and points per bonus. YellowFruit suggested.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 20 teams.
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22 Teams: Use this schedule for 21 or 22 teams
Four uneven preliminary pools with byes rebracket into two parallel playoff pools and four consolation pools (8 rounds). Records do not carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 5 rounds. Track records, points per game, and points per bonus. YellowFruit suggested.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 22 teams.
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24 Teams: Use this schedule for 23 or 24 teams
Four preliminary pools rebracket into two parallel playoff pools and four consolation pools (8 rounds). Records do not carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 5 rounds. Track records, points per game, and points per bonus. YellowFruit suggested.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 24 teams.
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30 Teams: Use this schedule for 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, or 30 teams
Five preliminary pools rebracket into two parallel playoff pools and three consolation pools (10 rounds). Records do not carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 5 rounds. Track records, points per game, and points per bonus. YellowFruit suggested.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 30 teams.
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32 Teams: Use this schedule for 31 or 32 teams
Four preliminary pools rebracket into two parallel playoff pools and six consolation pools (10 rounds). Records do not carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after seven rounds. Track records, points per game, and points per bonus. YellowFruit suggested.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 32 teams.
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36 Teams: Use this schedule for 33, 34, 35, or 36 teams
Six preliminary pools rebracket into two parallel playoff pools and four consolation pools (10 rounds). Records do not carry over through the rebracket. Calculate top individuals after 5 rounds. Track records, points per game, and points per bonus. YellowFruit suggested.
See the bottom of this page for tips on using this schedule with fewer than 36 teams.
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If you are using these schedules for fewer than the recommended number of teams, (e.g. 34 teams on the 36 team schedule) start by drafting teams into the preliminary pools evenly. Then, fill in all of the unused teams with byes (games that are not played because there is no valid opponent). When a team is on bye, you may want to schedule them to play a game against another team that is also on bye. However, please remember that these “crossover” games should never be recorded in the stats, and must never be used to determine a team’s win-loss record or a player’s tossup points. It is recommended that you discard all scoresheets from crossover matches without entering them.