Rotating partner
Rotating partner, 12 players (pool play, then bracket)
12 players · 3 courts · plays in stages
How it runs
Rotating-partner round robin: you get a new partner every round and score for yourself, not your pair. It runs in three round-robin stages into a bracket. Stage 1: three pools of 4, three rounds each (games to 11, win by 2). The field is re-pooled by standings for Stage 2 (three more rounds), then re-pooled again for Stage 3 (three final rounds). After Stage 3 the top 8 advance as four teams: the Semis pair top vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, and the winners meet in the Final. Each is a single game to 15, win by 2. Standings are ranked by wins, then head-to-head wins among the tied players, then point differential, then point differential in games between the tied players, then point differential against the players just above, then points scored.
Shown with games to 11.
12 players has an exact schedule: everyone plays, no alternates.
Free to organize, 0% on entry fees. You will sign in first if you aren't already.
Sample schedule
Players are numbered here. On the night, the app fills in your roster.
Stage 1: three pools of 4
Players 1 to 4 play in Pool A on court 1; players 5 to 8 in Pool B on court 2; players 9 to 12 in Pool C on court 3. Everyone in a pool partners everyone else in it once.
Round 1
- Court 1: Player 1 + Player 2 vs Player 3 + Player 4
- Court 2: Player 5 + Player 6 vs Player 7 + Player 8
- Court 3: Player 9 + Player 10 vs Player 11 + Player 12
Show all 9 rounds
Round 2
- Court 1: Player 1 + Player 3 vs Player 2 + Player 4
- Court 2: Player 5 + Player 7 vs Player 6 + Player 8
- Court 3: Player 9 + Player 11 vs Player 10 + Player 12
Round 3
- Court 1: Player 1 + Player 4 vs Player 2 + Player 3
- Court 2: Player 5 + Player 8 vs Player 6 + Player 7
- Court 3: Player 9 + Player 12 vs Player 10 + Player 11
Stage 2: re-pooled
After Stage 1, the three pool winners and the Lucky Dog (the best 2nd place) move to Pool A. The other two 2nd places and the two best 3rd places form Pool B. The last 3rd place and the three 4th places form Pool C. Compared by wins, then point differential, then points scored.
Pool A, court 1
- A1: 1st in Pool A
- A2: 1st in Pool B
- A3: 1st in Pool C
- A4: Lucky Dog (best 2nd place)
Pool B, court 2
- B1: 2nd-best 2nd place
- B2: 3rd-best 2nd place
- B3: Best 3rd place
- B4: 2nd-best 3rd place
Pool C, court 3
- C1: 3rd-best 3rd place
- C2: 4th in Pool A
- C3: 4th in Pool B
- C4: 4th in Pool C
Round 1
- Court 1: A1 + A2 vs A3 + A4
- Court 2: B1 + B2 vs B3 + B4
- Court 3: C1 + C2 vs C3 + C4
Round 2
- Court 1: A1 + A3 vs A2 + A4
- Court 2: B1 + B3 vs B2 + B4
- Court 3: C1 + C3 vs C2 + C4
Round 3
- Court 1: A1 + A4 vs A2 + A3
- Court 2: B1 + B4 vs B2 + B3
- Court 3: C1 + C4 vs C2 + C3
Stage 3: re-pooled by Stage 2 finish
After Stage 2, the field re-pools again by Stage 2 finish: Pool A is 1st and 2nd in Pool A, 1st and 2nd in Pool B; Pool B is 3rd and 4th in Pool A, 1st and 2nd in Pool C; Pool C is 3rd and 4th in Pool B, 3rd and 4th in Pool C.
Pool A, court 1
- A1: 1st in Pool A
- A2: 2nd in Pool A
- A3: 1st in Pool B
- A4: 2nd in Pool B
Pool B, court 2
- B1: 3rd in Pool A
- B2: 4th in Pool A
- B3: 1st in Pool C
- B4: 2nd in Pool C
Pool C, court 3
- C1: 3rd in Pool B
- C2: 4th in Pool B
- C3: 3rd in Pool C
- C4: 4th in Pool C
Round 1
- Court 1: A1 + A2 vs A3 + A4
- Court 2: B1 + B2 vs B3 + B4
- Court 3: C1 + C2 vs C3 + C4
Round 2
- Court 1: A1 + A3 vs A2 + A4
- Court 2: B1 + B3 vs B2 + B4
- Court 3: C1 + C3 vs C2 + C4
Round 3
- Court 1: A1 + A4 vs A2 + A3
- Court 2: B1 + B4 vs B2 + B3
- Court 3: C1 + C4 vs C2 + C3
Semifinals and Final
After Stage 3, 8 players advance in four teams set by the Stage 3 standings, with no partner picks. Out: 4th in Pool B, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Pool C.
- Semifinal 1: Team 1 (1st + 2nd in Pool A) vs Team 4 (1st in Pool C + 3rd in Pool B)
- Semifinal 2: Team 2 (3rd + 4th in Pool A) vs Team 3 (1st + 2nd in Pool B)
- Final: Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2
Semifinals and the Final are single games to 15, win by 2.