Fifteen matches on one court. Every team plays five, works two or three, and never plays three in a row.
15 matches in 15 rounds, 9:00 am to about 8:15 pm (11 hr 15 min). Each team plays 5 and works 2 or 3.
15 matches on one court is a long day. A second court or two smaller pools would cut it a lot.
Show one team's day
Type scores as matches finish. The table re-sorts with the tiebreakers you pick.
USA Volleyball style: match record, head-to-head, set %, point %.
| Place | Team | Matches | Sets | Set % | Points | Point % |
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Names and scores are saved in this browser.
One court gives every team a break between matches, but 15 matches is a long day: over 11 hours at 45 minutes each. Shorter matches help (two sets to 25, or timed games). So does a second court: see the 6 team schedule on 2 courts, which finishes in 8 rounds, or two pools of 3 with crossovers (5 rounds).
Events don't all use the same rules, so pick yours above the standings. The USA Volleyball tie-break flow chart for junior qualifiers goes: match record first. Two tied teams are split by their head-to-head match. With three or more, a team that beat all the others goes first and one that lost to all of them goes last; then set percentage (sets won out of sets played), then point percentage. Volleyball World events rank on matches won, then match points, then set ratio (sets won divided by sets lost), then point ratio, then the match between the tied teams. Their match points (3 for a 3-0 or 3-1 win, 2 for 3-2, 1 for a 2-3 loss) are for best of 5. For best of 3 the international option uses FIVB's best-of-3 scale: 2 for a win, 1 for a loss. Once every match is played that can't change the order, so set ratio does the work. Regions set their own order too: Ohio Valley's pool sheets use match record, set percentage, then point differential, and never use head-to-head in a three-way tie. Many rec pools count sets won (a count, not a percentage), which the "Sets won first" option does.
With two pools, the usual finish is a crossover: each pool winner plays the other pool's runner-up, and the winners meet in the final. The third-place teams work the crossovers, and the loser of the first crossover works the final.
Seed the pools in a snake so they are even: pool A gets seeds 1, 4, 5, 8 and pool B gets 2, 3, 6, 7. With 6 to 8 teams, pick 2 pools above to get both pools, the crossovers and the final on one sheet.
Fifteen. Each team plays five matches.
About 11 hours at 45 minutes a match. With timed 30-minute matches it is 7 hours 30 minutes.
Two courts finish in about half the time, but nearly every team is busy every round. One court is slower but gives more rest between matches.