8 Player Round Robin Schedule: how it works
An 8 player round robin schedule has 28 games in seven rounds: every player meets the other seven once, four games at a time, and nobody sits out. Eight teams work the same way. The example is a club night on four courts. Print it, or save a PDF from your browser's print window.
Why a third court adds nothing to 28 games
Four courts and 25-minute slots from 6:00 play a whole round at once, so seven slots end at 8:55. Two courts need two slots a round, 14 in all: 11:50 pm at that pace, or 9:30 with 15-minute games. A third court ends the night no sooner, because four games still need two slots. On two courts nobody waits more than two slots or plays more than twice running.
Drawn or seeded: two ways to set the order
Leave Random draw on and Make schedule shuffles the eight names, so nobody picks a first opponent. For a ranked group, untick it, type players in ranking order and press Make schedule. Line 1 then works up from the bottom, from line 8 in round 1 to line 2 in round 7. The player listed first can serve, break or take White; four players are listed first four times, four only three.
Tips
- For a blank round robin bracket, type the numbers 1 to 8 instead of names and print. Players draw a number, then pencil each score beside its match.
- Press Double and everyone meets twice: 14 rounds and 56 games, the format the chess Candidates Tournament has used since 2013.
- Show only cuts the sheet to one player's seven games. Copy it into a message, or print it as a pocket card.
Questions and answers
Can I use this as an 8 team round robin schedule?
Yes. Type team names over the sample players and the chart is the same: 28 games in seven rounds, four at a time, no byes. For a league, read each round as a week: seven weeks, or 14 with Double pressed. Only the labels on this page say players.
Is there an 8 player round robin PDF to download?
No file, and you do not need one. Press Print, then choose Save as PDF in your browser's print window. The PDF holds all seven rounds with your players' names, courts and start times, and leaves the buttons off.
Does this work for doubles with rotating partners?
Not this page. Here every player, or every fixed pair, meets each of the others once. Doubles where partners change every round is a different puzzle, and this chart pairs opponents, not partners. For fixed pairs, type each pair on one line, such as Agnes and Bashir.