Seeding and Ties

How to seed

• Based on league or divisional competition• Above not available:

– Competed with each other or other team(s) in other competitions

– Historical patterns• +• -

– Ask around• Other coaches…• Coaches themselves

• Get seeding as best as possible and let the competitions take care of the rest

Creative tie-breaking

• Traditional tie-breaking for each sport--see text• Creative tie-breaking or time shortening tricks

– Badminton• Start the games at 5-5.

– Baseball– Basketball

• Free-throw shooting contest.

– Football• Kick field goals

– Ice Hockey• Penalty shots

• Lacrosse

• Rugby– Free kicks

• Soccer– Most corner kicks wins

• Volleyball– Start with both teams at 10-10

Tie breaking procedure

• Considering only the record of tied entries, that entry will be ranked highest which:– has defeated the other(s);– has the best won/lost ratio of matches;– has the best won/lost ratio of games (in sports such as

badminton or volleyball);– has the best goals (points) for/against ratio.

• Considering only the record of tied entries with the entries below or above, the highest rank will be given to that entry which: – defeated the entry below or above if the other(s) did not; – has the best won/lost ratio of games against the entry below or

above;– has the best goals (points) for/against ratio with the entry below

or above compared to the other tied entries.

• Tie-breaking sequence

• Tied Sequence of entries• Position to consider

• 1st 4, 5, 6, 7, 8• 2nd 5, 1, 6, 7, 8• 3rd 6, 2, 7, 1, 8• 4th 7, 3, 8, 2, 1• 5th 8, 4, 3, 2, 1• 6th 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Which position did each end up?

Number of games per seed per tournament type

Picking tournament type by number of playing areas and rounds