League Tournaments: These are also called round robin tournament. In a league tournament, the teams/players are treated at par. Whether the team/player wins a match or loses, the team will get a chance to play with every other team. It is of two types.
(a) Single league tournament
(b) Double league tournament n( n - 1)
Such kind of tournament produces a true winner.
Fixture for seven teams using round robin method
Number of teams (n) = 7
Rounds = n = 7
Matches = 7(7-1)/2 = 21 matches
Fixture with the help of cyclic method:
or
Fixture with the help of step method:
Winner is declared as per the point system.
Win - 2 points
Draw - 1 points
Lose - 0 points
The points are added for all the played matches. The team which scores maximum points will be declared as winner.
