Round Robin with Playoffs
- Number of players
- Doubles: 3 to 128 teams. Singles: 4 to 128 players
- Group limit
- The organizer picks the layout. Groups of 3 or more
- Team format
- Set pairs (doubles) or individuals (singles)
- Bye option
- Yes, in the pools and in the playoff bracket
- Courts needed
- Depends on the number of teams
- Stages
- Pool stage, then a single-elimination playoff
Unique features
- Mobile experience: managers enter scores on a phone, players follow live
- Airport-style large-screen kiosk: pool standings, then the playoff bracket
- The playoff bracket is built for you when the last pool match is scored
- Choose how many teams advance from each group
- Optional third-place match
- Separate scoring for the pool stage and the playoffs
Rules
Teams play a round robin inside their group. The top teams from every group then meet in a single-elimination playoff.
Pool stage
Everyone plays everyone in their group. Groups are ranked by wins, then point difference, then points won.
Who advances
The organizer sets how many teams advance from each group (2 by default, 1 when there are several groups). Advancing teams are seeded with every group winner first, then every runner-up, and so on.
Playoffs
A standard bracket: the top seed plays the last seed. Teams missing an opponent get a bye, and the byes go to the top seeds. A third-place match is optional when four or more teams advance.
About Round Robin with Playoffs
Round Robin with Playoffs gives every team several matches before anyone is eliminated, then finishes with a knockout bracket for the title.
The playoff bracket appears on its own when the last pool match has a winner. If a corrected score changes who qualifies, the app asks whether to regenerate the bracket.
How does it work?
- Set up the pools
Choose a group layout and how many teams advance from each group.
- Play the pool stage
Each group plays a full round robin.
- The bracket is built
Winners of every group are seeded first, then runners-up.
- Play the playoffs
Single elimination: a loss ends the run.
- Crown the champion
Champion and runner-up, plus third place if you turned that match on.
On the club TV
The kiosk shows the pool standings first and switches to the playoff bracket once it exists.
Suitability comparison
A green check shows which play styles each format is best suited to.
| Format | Intense competition | Competitive fun | Social & casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy 8's | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Ladder | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| King & Queen | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Team Challenge | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Compass Draw | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Wildcard* | Suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Social | Not suitable | Not suitable | Suitable |
| Mixer | Not suitable | Not suitable | Suitable |
| Round Robin with Playoffs | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Round Robin Rotating Teams | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Round Robin Set Teams | Not suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Inter-clubs | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Flex | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Single Elimination | Suitable | Not suitable | Not suitable |
| Double Elimination | Suitable | Not suitable | Not suitable |