Question

Round-Robin Tournament is of two types. Name them and give one major difference between them.

Answer 1

A round-robin tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants are eliminated after a certain number of losses.

Answer 2

The two types of Round Robbin Tournament are:

1) Single League Tournament

2) Double League Tournament

These are kind of elimination tournament where every team or player gets to play with every other team or player.

The main difference between the two types of Round Robin Tournament is:

In Single League Tournament, the team or player gets to play with others only once whereas, in Double League Tournament, the player or team gets to play with other teams or players twice.

The formula for the single league tournament is N(N-1) / 2.

The formula for double league tournament is N(N-2) .