Sep 29, 2024 | Nicole Chubaty | 338 views
Schedules and Playoff Formats
Schedules have been posted for all divisions. Due to the varying number of teams in each division, playoff formats have been customized to fit each division. Alliance Tournament Sanction # 25-029.
Divisional breakdowns have been set up based on the number of teams who have registered for each division.
4 Team Divisions: 1 pool of 4 teams with a 3 game round robin. Top 3 teams advance, with 1st getting a bye to the final. The 2nd and 3rd ranked teams will play 1 semi-final game to see who advances to play against 1st place in the final.
6 Team Divisions: 1 pools of 6 teams with a 3 game round robin. Not all teams will play each other in the round robin. After the round robin, teams will be reseeded 1st to 6th overall using tiebreak rules. 1st and 2nd will get a bye to the semi-finals. 6th will play 3rd and 4th will play 5th in a quarter-final with the winners advancing to the semis against 1st and 2nd place overall. Winners of the two semi-finals will advance to the finals.
8 Team Divisions: 2 pools of 4 teams each with a 3 game round robin. Top 2 teams in each pool advance, with 1st in A playing 2nd in B, and 2nd in A playing 1st in B. Winners of these two semi-finals will advance to the final game.
12 Team Divisions: 3 pools of 4 teams each with a 3 game round robin. Top 2 teams in each pool advance. All 6 teams will be reseeded 1st to 6th overall using tiebreak rules. 1st and 2nd will get a bye to the semi-finals. 6th will play 3rd and 4th will play 5th in a quarter-final with the winners advancing to the semis against 1st and 2nd place overall. Winners of the two semi-finals will advance to the finals.
John MacDonald Tournament Tiebreaker Rules
The website has been set to calculate the tiebreakers based on the following criteria:
1. Points (total points for all games played, 2 for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss)
2. Head to Head
3. Wins (team with the most wins - e.g. 1 win advances over 2 ties)
4. Differential
5. Least Penalties For
6. Coin Toss