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Someone gets a bye the first round. If you can't place the teams, then they must draw for placements.
The first round would go like this.
Top bracket: Game#1 should be Team#5 vs Team #4. Team #1 gets bye.
Bottom bracket: Game #2 should be Team #3 vs Team #6. Game #4 should be Team #7 vs Team #2.
Round #2 should be: Game #4=Team #1 plays winner of Game #1. Game #5 should be winner of game #2 vs winner of Game #3.
Round #3 should be: Game #6 = winner of Game#4 vs winner of Game #5.
Round #4 would be championship game with winner of Game #6 playing team comming out of loser's bracket. Winner's bracket must be beat twice to lose tournament.
To draw the loser's bracket, just cross the teams so that they are not playing the same team they just played.
You can get someone with software to print out a nice tournment schedule and bracket.
You might consider a Round Robin or Pool play for placement and then a single elimination tournament. That is the way most baseball tournaments in my area are played. The double elimination format is used in softball.
Roger Greene
[Edited by Roger Greene on Nov 21st, 2002 at 10:23 PM]
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