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What is the difference between a round robin tournament and a Swiss-system tournament?

Question #149618. Asked by Thesuperyoshi.
Last updated Aug 10 2023.
Originally posted Aug 10 2023 12:26 AM.

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Both round-robin and Swiss-system tournaments are non-eliminating formats with a fixed number of competitive rounds.

In round-robin, each competitor plays every other competitor.

When there are too many entrants for the round-robin format, then the Swiss system may be used. Not all competitors will play one another.
Competitors meet one-on-one in each round and are paired using a set of rules designed to ensure that each competitor plays opponents with a similar running score, but does not play the same opponent more than once. The winner is the competitor with the highest aggregate points earned in all rounds. With an even number of participants, all competitors play in each round.
link https://wiki2.org/en/Swiss-system_tournament+Newton

Aug 10 2023, 1:19 PM
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