developmental, participative, athletic tournaments, leisure or recreational, fundraising or charitable events - types of sports events
challenge tournaments, elimination tournament - 2 types of tournaments format
Challenge tournaments have several stages. In each stage, the winner goes up a rank while the loser goes down
ladder tournaments, pyramid tournament, spider web tournament, round-robin tournament - 4 types of challenge tournaments
Ladder tournaments are suitable for single-player games such as tennis or badminton.
pyramid tournament, the number of
players reduces as the game advances.
spider web tournament, the center is the top position. To get there, players challenge the positions nearer to the center.
Round-robin tournaments have all teams play against one another at least once. The team with the most points becomes the winner.
Elimination tournaments immediately eliminates participants who lose a game. Winners advance to the next round. The winner is selected in the final round.
single or straight elimination, the losing player or team is eliminated while the winning player or team competes in the next round.
Double Elimination Tournaments are similar to single elimination tournaments. In this format, the team or player is eliminated after losing twice.