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Individual-pairs tournament design for 8 players

Julian D. A. Wiseman, June 2003

This 8-player individual-pairs tournament design, last updated in June 2003, is based on an original by Dr Nicholas F. J. Inglis of The Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at The University of Cambridge.

Available formats:
PDF (A4) Schedule, in score-sheet, with running totals; Schedule by player; Blank score sheet, with running totals
PDF (A3) Schedule, in score-sheet, with running totals; Schedule by player; Blank score sheet, with running totals
PDF (USL) Schedule, in score-sheet, with running totals; Schedule by player; Blank score sheet, with running totals
Text Human-readable schedule, machine-readable schedule
Also see the individual-pairs explanation and the links to designs for other numbers of players.

Properties of this tournament design:


      i       ii    
1  H+G:F+C  B+A:D+E 
2  G+D:H+E  C+B:F+A 
3  H+C:E+B  D+A:G+F 
4  E+G:B+F  A+C:D+H 
5  A+E:C+G  F+H:B+D 
6  C+D:G+B  E+F:H+A 
7  D+F:E+C  B+H:A+G 

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