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3 team round robin schedule
A 3-team round robin has 3 games: every team plays the other 2 once, 1 game a round for 3 rounds, and one team sits out each round.
Three teams is the smallest round robin: 3 games over 3 rounds, with one team sitting out each round. Everyone plays twice. It's the fix for a four-team event that lost a team.
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- 3games
- 2games per team
- 3rounds of 1 game
- 1team sits out each round
The schedule
3 teams, 3 games, every pairing once.
Standings
| Rank | Team | W | L | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Team 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Team 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No playoff: the standings are the final result. Ties go to head-to-head, then point differential, then points allowed.
Schedule
Round 1
- 1Team 1v.Team 2
Round 2
- 2Team 3v.Team 1
Round 3
- 3Team 2v.Team 3
Standings
How the table sorts itself.
Win percentage first. When two teams are level, TourneyPage goes down the list: head-to-head, then point differential, then points allowed. A tie in a game is allowed and counts for both teams. The organizer can put the tiebreakers in a different order, and the standings show which one placed a team when it mattered.
With 3 teams, one team sits out each round, so the rotation runs 3 rounds instead of 2. The schedule above spreads the sit-outs so every team misses exactly one round.
How long it takes
Roughly how long a 3-team round robin runs.
About 2.5 hours. At least 3 of the 3 games have to be played one after another, so more than 1 field won't make the day shorter.
Arithmetic, not a schedule: it ignores breaks and assumes every field stays busy. In TourneyPage you type the actual times and courts, and they show on the page.
Printable
Print it, or run it live.
The PDF is one US Letter page, landscape: a numbered key with a blank line for each team name, then every round's games by number, with the sit-out marked. Free, no sign-up, nothing on it but the schedule and this page's address.
Or run it live. The live version keeps the standings and the tiebreakers for you, takes scores from a phone, and shows the next games on top. One pool of up to 10 teams is a round robin; bigger fields split into pools that feed a playoff, up to 32 teams per division. Free to build and preview; $29 one-time to publish.
Questions
Questions about a 3-team round robin.
How many games are in a 3 team round robin?
3: every pair of teams meets once, so 3 teams make 3 × 2 ÷ 2 = 3 games. Each team plays 2.
How many rounds does it take?
3. With an odd number of teams one team sits out each round, so it takes 3 rounds of 1 game instead of 2. The rotation above is the standard one: no team plays twice in a round, and the sit-outs are spread evenly.
Who sits out?
A different team each round: Round 1, Team 3; Round 2, Team 2; Round 3, Team 1. Everyone sits out exactly once.
How are ties in the standings broken?
By win percentage first, then head-to-head, then point differential, then points allowed: the order TourneyPage uses for sports scored in points. Sports scored in sets, like volleyball and pickleball, use set percentage in place of point differential. The organizer can reorder the tiebreakers, and a game is allowed to end in a tie.
How long does a 3 team round robin take?
About 2.5 hours with 3 games at 50 minutes each on 2 fields, because every team plays once a round and there are 3 rounds. Change the game length and the number of fields above to match your event. TourneyPage doesn't schedule the games for you; you type the times and courts you decide on, and they show on the page.
Can I print this schedule or run it live?
Both. The PDF is free, with no sign-up. "Run this round robin live" opens the TourneyPage builder with pool play already chosen; pick one pool for a plain round robin, add the team names, and the standings and schedule update as scores come in. Free to build and preview, $29 once to publish.
Other sizes
Round robin schedules for 3 to 10 teams.
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