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Title: Volleyball scheduling for 10 teams / 2 courts w/work team - 7 pool play matchs
Post by: KNVBC Volleyball on January 25, 2025, 11:18:44 AM

We are hosting a volleyball tourney where we guarantee 8 matches.  We have 10 team pools and want to give 7 pool play matches to seed teams - then move all teams to a 10 team playoff bracket based on pool seeding (I have all tie break procedures laid out).  This is a youth tournament played on 2 courts over the course of 2 days.  We need a work team on each of the pool play matches so will have 6 teams playing or working at each round.  Preference is to give as much equal rest and work / play time as possible. 

We have 80 teams across 6 divisions using 16 courts so this is a fun one.  Anyone have a program or work anything like this n the past.  I have my schedules from last couple of years but hoping someone has another view?  If no other options - any suggesting that can improve the below?

Example:

(https://i.imgur.com/UNrRFqN.png)

Title: Re: Volleyball scheduling for 10 teams / 2 courts w/work team - 7 pool play matchs
Post by: Ian Wakeling on February 01, 2025, 12:06:17 PM

You schedule looks pretty good to me.  I have come up with the following where the referees are in square brackets:

(B C)  (G F)  [D A]
(E H)  (D A)  [B C]
(C J)  (B I)  [E H]
(G D)  (F A)  [I J]
(I E)  (H J)  [G F]
(G B)  (F C)  [H A]
(H A)  (E D)  [G I]
(J F)  (G I)  [E D]
(H C)  (E B)  [J F]
(D I)  (A J)  [B C]
(E F)  (G H)  [I J]
(A B)  (C D)  [E F]
(I J)        [C]
   
   
(C G)  (A E)  [B D]
(B D)  (F H)  [A G]
(I A)  (J E)  [C H]
(B H)  (D F)  [G J]
(C I)  (J G)  [A E]

I am not sure what criteria you will used to evaluate how good the schedule is, so let me know what you think.