Round Robin Tournament Scheduling

league games on different dates - round robin

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franjo17

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on: May 06, 2009, 08:22:19 AM
here's the problem. I have to create league with 14 clubs (double round robin). 5 matches in one round must be played on sunday, and 2 matches on saturday. problem is that all teams must play same amount of games on saturdays (for example, all teams must play 8 out of 26 games on saturday - 4 home and 4 away). is this thing possible with 14 teams???


wbport

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Reply #1 on: May 06, 2009, 11:15:32 AM
Just looking at one half, there are two extremes.  If 14 never plays on Saturday, each other team will play 4 times on that day.  If 14 always plays on Saturday, other teams will play 3 times.  I don't think you can get a perfect schedule, but you can put 14's games usually on a Sunday and randomly choose 3 or 4 times per half to play that game on Saturday.  Since it is a double round robin, you might be able to balance this to some extent in the 2nd half.  Good luck!

Rd:                   Pairings:
1:     1-14  8-7  13-2   9-6  12-3  10-5  11-4
2:    14-8   2-1   7-9   3-13  6-10  4-12  5-11
3:     2-14  9-8   1-3  10-7  13-4  11-6  12-5
4:    14-9   3-2   8-10  4-1   7-11  5-13  6-12
5:     3-14 10-9   2-4  11-8   1-5  12-7  13-6
6:    14-10  4-3   9-11  5-2   8-12  6-1   7-13
7:     4-14 11-10  3-5  12-9   2-6  13-8   1-7
8:    14-11  5-4  10-12  6-3   9-13  7-2   8-1
9:     5-14 12-11  4-6  13-10  3-7   1-9   2-8
10:   14-12  6-5  11-13  7-4  10-1   8-3   9-2
11:    6-14 13-12  5-7   1-11  4-8   2-10  3-9
12:   14-13  7-6  12-1   8-5  11-2   9-4  10-3
13:    7-14  1-13  6-8   2-12  5-9   3-11  4-10