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8 Team Round Robin Schedule

Eight teams is where a round robin starts to be a commitment. Twenty eight matches across seven rounds gives every team seven games, which is a full league season rather than an afternoon.

If that is more than you have time for, the usual move is two groups of four playing a round robin each, then a knockout between the top finishers. That drops the group stage to twelve matches and still gives every team three games before anything is on the line.

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How the draw is structured

8

Entrants

28

Matches played

7

Rounds

7

Per entrant

Round by round

RoundMatchesEntrants left after it
Round 14all still playing
Round 24all still playing
Round 34all still playing
Round 44all still playing
Round 54all still playing
Round 64all still playing
Round 74all still playing

How long it takes

Rounds run one after another, because a round cannot start until the one feeding it has finished. Matches inside a round can all run at once, so the number of courts you have decides the day more than the number of entrants does.

Courts10 min matches20 min matches30 min matches
14h 40m9h 20m14h
22h 20m4h 40m7h
41h 10m2h 20m3h 30m

Playing time only. Add changeovers, warm-ups and the gap between rounds.

Questions

How many games in an 8 team round robin?
Twenty eight, over seven rounds of four matches. Every team plays the other seven once.
Is 8 teams too many for a round robin?
For a single session, usually. Twenty eight matches takes seven rounds even on four courts. Two groups of four followed by a knockout is the common alternative.

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