Doubles Formulas
Four Players
Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
Time 4
Time 5
Time 6
Time 7
1,2
1,3
1,4
v
v
v
Five Players
3,4
2,4
2,3
1,2
1,3
1,4
1,5
2,3
V
V
V
V
V
Eight Players
3,4
2,5
3,5
2,4
4,5
Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
Time 4
Time 5
Time 6
Time 7
Time 8
Time 9
Time 10
Time 11
Time 12
1,2,3
1,4,7
2,6,7
2,4,5
1,5,7
1,2,6
1,5,6
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Nine Players
4,5,6
2,3,5
1,3,4
3,6,7
3,4,6
3,5,7
2,4,7
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
3,4
2,6
2,8
5,7
3,6
5,8
4,7
Court 2
5,6
3,7
3,5
2,4
2,7
2,3
2,5
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
7,8
4,8
4,6
6,8
4,5
6,7
3,8
Running a Bjerring Tournament
Triples Formula
Seven Players
Court 1
1,2
1,5
1,7
1,3
1,8
1,4
1,6
1,4,7
1,5,8
1,6,9
2,4,8
2,5,9
2,6,7
3,4,9
3,5,7
3,6,8
1,2,3
4,5,6
7,8,9
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
2,5,9
2,6,7
2,4,8
3,5,7
3,6,8
3,4,9
1,5,8
1,6,9
1,4,7
4,5,6
7,8,9
1,2,3
You can play a doubles or triples format (or a combination of
both) with your group. For example, if you have 12 players in
your group, you could play any variety of combinations: 8player doubles, 4-player doubles, 3 and 4 player doubles, 7player triples and 5-player doubles. All you need to do is
divide the group up appropriately.
Calculate how long you want to make each round. Generally,
3 to 5 minutes per round is about the right amount of time.
At the end of each round, record if it’s a win or a loss for each
player and a point differential. If Team 1 defeated Team 2 by
a score of 12-8 then each player on Team 1 gets a win along
with a +4 point differential. All the players on Team 2 record
a loss and a -4 point differential. The point differential is a
cumulative total, so if a player wins 1 game by 5 points and
loses the second game by 3 points, their differential is +2.
The winner of each group is the person with the most wins. If
two or more players are equal, then you use the point
differential as the tiebreaker.
DOUBLES/TRIPLES
Time 1
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Player
Time 2
Time 3
Time 4
Time 5
Time 6
Time 7
Time 8
Time 9
Time
10
Time
11
Time
12
Wins
Pts
Place