Tournament Matches and Court Time Calculator
Count elimination or round-robin matches and estimate court slots with a round-by-round barrier.
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How to calculate
Count bracket or pair matches. Within each round, split matches across the entered number of courts. Start the next round only after all current-round slots finish.
Single elimination matches=n−1; single round robin=n(n−1)/2; slots=sum(ceil(round matches/courts))
Worked example
Ten teams in single elimination have 9 matches and 6 first-round byes in a 16-slot bracket. Round match counts are 2,4,2,1; two courts need 5 slots. At 30 minutes plus four 5-minute breaks, allow 170 minutes.
Assumptions and input details
2–256 participants. Single elimination uses byes in the first bracket round; byes do not count as matches. Round robin uses standard rounds, one bye per odd-team round. Time assumes fixed match duration, all courts available and no rest requirement beyond the entered global slot break. It is a capacity estimate, not an opponent draw or a conflict-free court assignment. No third-place match.
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