Organizing a tournament with 13 or 17 teams can be challenging: Odd team numbers often lead to an unbalanced distribution of matches, where some teams play more frequently than others. Creating a fair and clear schedule seems almost impossible – but this is exactly where MyTournament.info provides the solution.
Smart Structure with Two Groups
Tournament schedule for 9, 13, 17 teams
Teams are divided into two groups:
- Group A contains one more team than Group B.
- This format keeps the number of matches per team nearly equal while maintaining a clear and manageable tournament structure.
Custom Knockout Stage: 13 or 17 Teams
After the group phase, teams from Group B move on to a customized knockout stage. The number of quarter-finals depends on the total number of teams.
With 13 teams, there are three quarter-finals:
- No. 1 vs No. 2
- No. 3 vs No. 4
- No. 5 vs No. 6
With 17 teams, there are four quarter-finals:
- No. 1 vs No. 2
- No. 3 vs No. 4
- No. 5 vs No. 6
- No. 7 vs No. 8
The loser of the final quarter-final plays a semi-final against the second-to-last team from Group A.
One of these teams will play one more match than the others.
Final Matches
The final round is based on the results of the quarter-finals:
- The winner of the first quarter-final plays against the winner of Group A for the tournament title.
- The loser of that match plays for 3rd place against the second-place team from Group A.
- Other teams play placement matches based on their results.
- The match for 11th/12th place (for 13 teams) or 15th/16th place (for 17 teams) is played between the last team in Group A and the winner of the semi-final.
Below is the schedule for 13 teams:
Tournament schedule for 13 teams
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