Tournament System Introduction: Single Elimination
Tournament System Introduction: Single Elimination
IAs the name suggests, when the single elimination system, is used a player/pair/team is knocked out of the tournament if they lose once. In the illustration above, Korea’s Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Soeng (red line) needed to win every match to win the title; Indonesia’s Femaldi/Kido won (green line) won the first two matches but, losing in the third, they were eliminated from the tournament like the pairs that they had previously beaten.
In other words, the winners of a tournament that uses this system will have won all their games on the way to winning the final. They may have lost games but they certainly won’t have lost a match.
Advantage of the single elimination system
This system is often used in tournaments in which a large number of players or teams are taking part because its most striking characteristic is” speed”. As it requires fewer matches be played than other systems, a tournament can be completed in a shorter amount of time.
Taking the example of a tournament with eight teams competing: |
Single elimination schedule diagram |
Remedying the shortcoming of the single elimination system
The shortcoming of this system can be corrected by using a seeding system.
In accordance with the results of the previous tournament, the more powerful players/teams are seeded (shown in the box below). The players marked with a number are seeded and are put into separate pools to avoid them meeting each other too early.
With the seeding system, if a seeded player is eliminated early it is reasonable to suggest that a dark horse has appeared in the tournament (Unseeded Victor Star Chou Tien-Chen in the red box defeated a seeded player,) making the competition more watchable and giving it more talking points.
Example of a seeding system: 2014 French Open: men’s singles
Using the single elimination system, every match is the last one for one player/pair/team; the players know that if they lose they can pack their bags and go home, so they all try their best, making play more exiting.
Want to experience the thrills and tension of the single elimination system? Why not organize a tournament using this system and see how much fun it is!
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