help: slightly off-topic

[w_sohl]

This is the way that I see most of the summer leagues played.

10 Teams=2 pools of 5 teams

Pool A
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a

Pool B
1b
2b
3b
4b
5b


All teams play in their pool and get seeded according to pool placement (point differential for tie breakers). Then the best team from pool A plays the worst team from pool B. You will probably have to eliminate the worst team from each pool to get the bracket to fill out nicely, each team will get a minimum of four games this way.

For example:
Game 1: 1a vs 4b
Game 2: 2a vs 3b
Game 3: 3a vs 2b
Game 4: 4a vs 1b

Then:
Game 5: G1 winner vs G2 winner
Game 6: G3 winner vs G4 winner

Finally:
Game 7: G5 loser vs G6 loser (consolation, but not necessary)
Game 8: G5 winner vs G6 winner (championship game)

The consolation game is nice because it gives the two teams playing for the championship a breather before their game.