Tournament Types

There are four types of tournament, which are:

• Single Elimination
• Double Elimination
• Swiss System
• True Swiss System

Following is a brief description of these types of tournaments, and how they work.

Single Elimination - This is the simplest style of tournament.  If you win, you progress.  A single defeat, means you're out of the tournament.  The tournament ends, when there is just one player (or team) left, who remain undefeated.

Double Elimination - This is similar to single elimination, except you are only removed from the tournament, after two defeats.  After your first defeat, you go into the "dungeon" (the part of the tournament, for those who have lost once).  In the final, one player who is undefeated, will play someone who has lost 1 game, so the undefeated player needs to lose two games in the final, to lose the tournament.

Swiss System - This is different to the elimination tournaments, because everyone plays in every round.  The tournament ends, when there is only one undefeated player, so the tournament length is not certain, before it begins.

True Swiss System - Like the swiss system, everyone plays in every round, but the number of rounds is set before the tournament begins.  This means that the tournament winner might have lost games, or there might be co-winners (which means, there is no outright winner)