Question about tournament standings charts

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bdorman

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I'm going to try to explain my question as best I can, so please bear with me.

We've got a 16-person tournament starting up soon. I made up a tournament chart based on what I've seen on AZB and elsewhere. It's all pretty self-explanatory but I've got one question I want to make sure I get right:

On the chart below (I hope it's legible): In Winner's Bracket Round 2, Player 1 beat Player 4. Does Player 4 move to spot A on the Loser's Bracket, or does he move to spots B, C or D?

The reason I ask is that if Player 4 moves to spot A he's playing Player 3 again...who he just played two rounds ago. That just seems a little uninteresting; that he's playing someone he just played instead of mixing it up and playing different people.

If the answer isn't a simple "Yes or No" I'd like to know any details/background behind it.

Many thanks!

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Rather than try to create your own board, you should just look on the internet for a 16 player double elimination board. There are plenty there you can download and use or see how they're run. Player 4 should move to position D.
 
In general the players are criss-crossed on a double-elimination board. This avoids the possibility of two players matching up a second time until both are well along in the tournament. Usually a board will be designed so that no second match-up can occur until both players are in the money. More info on double elimination tournaments of various format is here: http://www.sfbilliards.com/articles/2002-01.pdf

But instead of double elimination, why not run a single-elimination tournament with slightly longer matches? You could have the first round losers go into a consolation bracket with shorter matches. Single-elimination is much easier to schedule and if you have plenty of tables people get to go home before 3AM.
 
Bob Jewett said:
In general the players are criss-crossed on a double-elimination board. This avoids the possibility of two players matching up a second time until both are well along in the tournament. Usually a board will be designed so that no second match-up can occur until both players are in the money. More info on double elimination tournaments of various format is here: http://www.sfbilliards.com/articles/2002-01.pdf

But instead of double elimination, why not run a single-elimination tournament with slightly longer matches? You could have the first round losers go into a consolation bracket with shorter matches. Single-elimination is much easier to schedule and if you have plenty of tables people get to go home before 3AM.
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Thanks for the ideas Bob. Our "tournament" actually occurs over the course of about 5 weeks. It's a schedule-your-match-at-your-convenience kind of thing. Easy to do since we all live in the same neighborhood and no one wants to take an entire day or two just for pool (well, at least our spouses don't want us to :D)
 
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