Leagues & seasons
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Teams first play a league phase; the top-ranked qualifiers then meet in a knockout bracket seeded from the table.
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By default, each team plays every other team once. You can instead limit the league to a chosen number of rounds. Set the number of knockout places separately; the standings supply the highest-ranked teams. First place faces the lowest qualifier, second place the next-lowest, and so on.
A good fit when one shared league table should lead into a knockout round that decides the title. Less suitable for a direct knockout with no preliminary phase or a championship with several separate group tables.
Example assumption: eight teams play a complete single round robin in seven rounds with four league matches each; this example explicitly selects four knockout places and 3-1-0 points. 8 × 7 / 2 = 28 league matches. The four qualifiers play two semi-finals and one final, or 4 − 1 = 3 single knockout matches. That makes 31 matches overall; limiting league rounds changes only the preliminary match count.
Fictional results: teams are ordered by strength as Adler, Bären, Füchse, Wölfe, Otter, Kraniche, Luchse and Eulen; each team beats every team below it 1–0. With the selected three points per win, the table is Adler (7 wins/21 points), Bären (6/18), Füchse (5/15), Wölfe (4/12), Otter (3/9), Kraniche (2/6), Luchse (1/3) and Eulen (0/0). The four explicitly selected knockout places go to Adler, Bären, Füchse and Wölfe. The seeded semi-finals pair first vs fourth and second vs third; adding the final makes 3 knockout matches and 31 matches overall. This example has no third-place match.
With an odd number of teams, one team has a bye each matchday in a complete league. The total remains n × (n − 1) / 2 league matches. The number of knockout qualifiers is chosen separately.
An open knockout starts directly with its bracket. Playoff adds one shared league table first. A championship instead starts with several separate groups and their own tables.
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Start 8-participant preview →The diagram shows the league preliminary round as a placeholder row and below it the knockout stage with 4 qualifiers; the shared league table and example scoring are described above.
Names and results in the diagram are made-up examples.
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Eight fictional teams have each played seven league matches; the top four are marked as qualifiers.
Qualifiers 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 play the semi-finals; the final is still open.
A league preliminary phase is followed by a knockout final. The league is complete by default; you can limit its round count and set the number of knockout entrants separately.
In the complete single round robin, each of eight teams plays every other team once: 8 × 7 / 2 = 28 league matches. The four explicitly selected knockout places add two semi-finals and a final: 3 knockout matches, 31 matches overall.
Once the league phase is complete, the number of highest-ranked teams selected in the knockout settings advance. This example selects four; their order comes from the shared standings and its scoring rules.
Qualifiers are paired by table position: first place against the lowest qualifier, second place against the next-lowest. With four teams, that is first vs fourth and second vs third.
No. Each playoff pairing is one match; a four-team bracket has two semi-finals and one final. Best of N is a separate mode for series made up of multiple matches.
No. Playoff uses one shared league table. A championship starts with several separate groups, each with its own table.
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Choose monthly planA league phase leads into a knockout final: see how standings qualify teams and seed the title-deciding bracket.
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