Round Robin

Scoreholio’s Round Robin format allows teams to compete against random opponents while ensuring they don’t play the same team twice. A running leaderboard tracks results, and once all rounds are compl

How Scoreholio Manages Round Robin Scheduling

Unlike traditional Round Robin formats that generate a fixed schedule, Scoreholio dynamically assigns matches to maximize court usage. Instead of pre-determined matchups, Scoreholio prioritizes efficiency by continuously filling open courts.

How It Works:

• When a team finishes a match, they move to the bottom of the Coming Up section.

• Teams at the top of the Coming Up section are assigned to the next available court.

• Scoreholio ensures teams don’t play each other twice.

Optimizing Your Tournament Setup

To use Scoreholio’s Round Robin effectively, you must have more teams than courts. Unlike traditional methods where 3 courts mean invite 6 teams, Scoreholio allows more teams to participate without extending the tournament duration.

Another key advantage is the ability to set a specific number of rounds for each team. Once a team completes their assigned rounds, they automatically move to the Finished/Not Playing section. This is different from traditional Round Robin formats, where every team must play every other team once, which can significantly extend the tournament length.

If you have the same number of teams as courts, a Time-Based Set Schedule is a better option to ensure smooth gameplay.

Setting # of Rounds

With Scoreholio's Round Robin format, you set how many rounds you want players to play before going into a finished/not playing section. For help choosing courts and rounds, see Setting the Right Number of Courts and Rounds.

To break it down quickly, remember these rules:

1. 4 is Your Friend: If you run four games, you’ll always be golden.(Especially for Switcholio)

2. Odd + Odd = Bad: Don’t run an odd # of games and an odd # of teams.

Setting # of Courts

For more help choosing the right setup, see Setting the Right Number of Courts and Rounds. To break it down quickly, it is best to have at least 3 people or teams not playing at a given time. Scoreholio will always fill an open court if it can. To prevent players from going back to back on the same court, keep players or teams in the coming up section.

Quick Step Guide to Running a Round Robin Tournament

1. Create your tournament

2. Check in your players

3. Click start tournament

4. Optional: Setup Player Scoring, Kiosk Mode or Scoreboards

5. Click playoff tab and start a bracket

Creating a Tournament

Click to find out more about # of Losses, Score Limit, Timer Length

Starting the Tournament

Click here to find out how to add players or teams. For this example we have created a blind draw Round Robin tournament. You will have to randomize your players onto teams before clicking the start tournament button. Any other team generation you would just click the start tournament button.

Click on Run a Tournament, click on the tournament you are running, click on Admin.

Running the Tournament

Click on the top left and select Round Robin. Here you can see all the people on the courts. If you want to set up scoreboards, Player Scoring, or kiosk mode you can or you can enter scores right here in admin.

Seeded Playoffs

After your round robin you can take teams to a seeded playoffs that are based on the results of the round robin. Click the top left menu and button then click playoffs.

Watch our quick how to run a Backyard Switcholio style Round Robin:

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