Three Groups of Four and a Three-Player Final Stage
This is an invented planning exercise, not a customer event or testimonial.
Background and constraints
A fictional twelve-player gathering can use six tables. The host wants balanced small groups and understands that three qualifiers create a final-stage bye.
Exact tool inputs
| names | Ari Bea Cleo Dev Em Fox Gray Hale Indigo Jules Kai Lane |
|---|---|
| format | Round robin |
| tables | 6 |
| groups | 3 |
Actual generated result
- format
- Group stage: Round robin
- groupCount
- 3
- divisions
- rank
- Group 1
- names
- Ari
- Dev
- Gray
- Jules
- tournament
- names
- Ari
- Dev
- Gray
- Jules
- format
- Round robin
- round
- 1
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- 0
- Dev
- 0
- Gray
- 0
- Jules
- 0
- history
- round
- 1
- a
- Ari
- b
- Jules
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Ari
- round
- 1
- a
- Dev
- b
- Gray
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Dev
- round
- 2
- a
- Ari
- b
- Gray
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Ari
- round
- 2
- a
- Jules
- b
- Dev
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Jules
- round
- 3
- a
- Ari
- b
- Dev
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
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- Ari
- round
- 3
- a
- Gray
- b
- Jules
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Gray
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- 1
- a
- Ari
- b
- Jules
- sa
- 1
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- 0
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- 1
- a
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- b
- Gray
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
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- 2
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- Ari
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- Gray
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
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- 2
- a
- Jules
- b
- Dev
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 3
- a
- Ari
- b
- Dev
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
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- 3
- a
- Gray
- b
- Jules
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- champion
- null
- standings
- name
- Ari
- points
- 9
- played
- 3
- for
- 3
- against
- 0
- rank
- 1
- name
- Dev
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- name
- Gray
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- name
- Jules
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- rank
- Group 2
- names
- Bea
- Em
- Hale
- Kai
- tournament
- names
- Bea
- Em
- Hale
- Kai
- format
- Round robin
- round
- 1
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- Bea
- 0
- Em
- 0
- Hale
- 0
- Kai
- 0
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- 1
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- b
- Kai
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
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- Bea
- round
- 1
- a
- Em
- b
- Hale
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Em
- round
- 2
- a
- Bea
- b
- Hale
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Bea
- round
- 2
- a
- Kai
- b
- Em
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Kai
- round
- 3
- a
- Bea
- b
- Em
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Bea
- round
- 3
- a
- Hale
- b
- Kai
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Hale
- matches
- round
- 1
- a
- Bea
- b
- Kai
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 1
- a
- Em
- b
- Hale
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 2
- a
- Bea
- b
- Hale
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 2
- a
- Kai
- b
- Em
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 3
- a
- Bea
- b
- Em
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 3
- a
- Hale
- b
- Kai
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- champion
- null
- standings
- name
- Bea
- points
- 9
- played
- 3
- for
- 3
- against
- 0
- rank
- 1
- name
- Em
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- name
- Hale
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- name
- Kai
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- rank
- Group 3
- names
- Cleo
- Fox
- Indigo
- Lane
- tournament
- names
- Cleo
- Fox
- Indigo
- Lane
- format
- Round robin
- round
- 1
- losses
- Cleo
- 0
- Fox
- 0
- Indigo
- 0
- Lane
- 0
- history
- round
- 1
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Lane
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Cleo
- round
- 1
- a
- Fox
- b
- Indigo
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Fox
- round
- 2
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Indigo
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Cleo
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- 2
- a
- Lane
- b
- Fox
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
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- Lane
- round
- 3
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Fox
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Cleo
- round
- 3
- a
- Indigo
- b
- Lane
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- winner
- Indigo
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- round
- 1
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Lane
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 1
- a
- Fox
- b
- Indigo
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 2
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Indigo
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 2
- a
- Lane
- b
- Fox
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 3
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Fox
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- round
- 3
- a
- Indigo
- b
- Lane
- sa
- 1
- sb
- 0
- champion
- null
- standings
- name
- Cleo
- points
- 9
- played
- 3
- for
- 3
- against
- 0
- rank
- 1
- name
- Fox
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- name
- Indigo
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- name
- Lane
- points
- 3
- played
- 3
- for
- 1
- against
- 2
- rank
- 2
- rank
- Final stage
- names
- Ari
- Bea
- Cleo
- tournament
- names
- Ari
- Bea
- Cleo
- format
- Single elimination
- round
- 3
- losses
- Ari
- 0
- Bea
- 1
- Cleo
- 1
- history
- a
- Bea
- b
- Cleo
- winner
- Bea
- sa
- 1
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- 1
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- Main
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- 1
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- Ari
- b
- Bea
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- Ari
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- 1
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- 0
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- Main
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- 1
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- champion
- Ari
- standings
- name
- Ari
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- 0
- name
- Bea
- eliminatedRound
- 2
- losses
- 1
- rank
- 2
- name
- Cleo
- eliminatedRound
- 1
- losses
- 1
- rank
- 3
- byes
- tables
- 6
- waves
- 0
- tables
- 6
- initialTableSchedule
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- 1
- a
- Ari
- b
- Jules
- sa
- sb
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- 1
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- 1
- a
- Dev
- b
- Gray
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 1
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- 2
- wave
- 1
- round
- 2
- a
- Ari
- b
- Gray
- sa
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- group
- Group 1
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- 1
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- 2
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- Jules
- b
- Dev
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- 2
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- 3
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- Ari
- b
- Dev
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- Group 1
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- 1
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- 3
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- b
- Jules
- sa
- sb
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- wave
- 3
- round
- 1
- a
- Bea
- b
- Kai
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 2
- table
- 3
- wave
- 1
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- 1
- a
- Em
- b
- Hale
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 2
- table
- 4
- wave
- 1
- round
- 2
- a
- Bea
- b
- Hale
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 2
- table
- 3
- wave
- 2
- round
- 2
- a
- Kai
- b
- Em
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 2
- table
- 4
- wave
- 2
- round
- 3
- a
- Bea
- b
- Em
- sa
- sb
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- Group 2
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- 3
- wave
- 3
- round
- 3
- a
- Hale
- b
- Kai
- sa
- sb
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- Group 2
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- 4
- wave
- 3
- round
- 1
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Lane
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 3
- table
- 5
- wave
- 1
- round
- 1
- a
- Fox
- b
- Indigo
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 3
- table
- 6
- wave
- 1
- round
- 2
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Indigo
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 3
- table
- 5
- wave
- 2
- round
- 2
- a
- Lane
- b
- Fox
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 3
- table
- 6
- wave
- 2
- round
- 3
- a
- Cleo
- b
- Fox
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 3
- table
- 5
- wave
- 3
- round
- 3
- a
- Indigo
- b
- Lane
- sa
- sb
- group
- Group 3
- table
- 6
- wave
- 3
- finalStarted
- true
- qualified
- Ari
- Bea
- Cleo
Planning process
The organizer creates three four-player groups, each with six matches. After the worked 1–0 group results are verified, the three qualifiers enter single elimination. The final stage uses one bye and two played matches.
Result explanation
The complete record contains eighteen group matches and two final-stage matches, totaling twenty. A three-person final stage is valid, but its bye policy must be understood before the event rather than introduced as a surprise advantage.
Alternative
Use a published alternative final format, such as a three-player round robin in a separate project, if equal finalist play is preferred.
Execution notes
Announce the final-stage format before registration. Do not invent a fourth qualifier after seeing which group outcome is convenient.
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