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Match Play Handbook
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Target match play

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Target match play is a variant of . Instead of play happening over a set number of rounds, the tournament organizer defines a target number of points. When a player accumulates enough points to reach the target, they are no longer included in future rounds. The winner of the tournament is the player who first reaches the target.

Target match play is especially suited as a qualifying tournament where the tournament organizer defines both a target number of points and a number of players to advance from the target match play tournament to a playoffs tournament. The tournament will conclude when the chosen number of players have reached the target number of points. Then the players are moved to a playoffs tournament.

Tiered swiss pairings

Tiered swiss pairings can be used in a Target match play tournament, but it requires the tournament organizer to plan ahead and modify some tournament settings during the tournament.

Choose how many rounds of tiered swiss to play. The may help you decide. Configure your tournament and set Player pairings to Tiered swiss. Set the Duration to the number of tiered swiss rounds you want.

During the tournament you must edit the tournament configuration once the players have played all the tiered swiss rounds. Set Player pairings to Balanced and Duration to No set duration. The remainder of the tournament will be played using balanced pairings.

Configuration options

See also: .

Target points

The number of points a player must reach.

Group match play
swiss tiers visualizer
Common configuration options