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title: "Round-Robin Schedule Generator with Courts | Local Mingle"
description: "Generate a round-robin schedule by the circle method: byes for odd numbers, balanced home and away, single or double, with courts and start times."
url: https://localmingle.sbs/round-robin-schedule/
---

# Round-robin schedule generator

Everyone plays everyone once, or twice home and away. Type the teams and get the rounds, the byes, balanced home and away games and, if you like, courts and kick-off times.

Round-robin schedule

7 teams · 7 rounds · 21 games · each team sits out once

### Round 1

1. Harbour Hawks v Hilltop Herons
2. Canal Street Kites v Old Mill Comets
3. Parkside Lions v St Anne's Swifts

Sits out: Riverside Rovers

### Round 2

1. Hilltop Herons v Riverside Rovers
2. St Anne's Swifts v Harbour Hawks
3. Old Mill Comets v Parkside Lions

Sits out: Canal Street Kites

### Round 3

1. Riverside Rovers v Canal Street Kites
2. Hilltop Herons v St Anne's Swifts
3. Harbour Hawks v Old Mill Comets

Sits out: Parkside Lions

### Round 4

1. St Anne's Swifts v Riverside Rovers
2. Parkside Lions v Canal Street Kites
3. Old Mill Comets v Hilltop Herons

Sits out: Harbour Hawks

### Round 5

1. Riverside Rovers v Parkside Lions
2. St Anne's Swifts v Old Mill Comets
3. Canal Street Kites v Harbour Hawks

Sits out: Hilltop Herons

### Round 6

1. Old Mill Comets v Riverside Rovers
2. Harbour Hawks v Parkside Lions
3. Hilltop Herons v Canal Street Kites

Sits out: St Anne's Swifts

### Round 7

1. Riverside Rovers v Harbour Hawks
2. Parkside Lions v Hilltop Herons
3. Canal Street Kites v St Anne's Swifts

Sits out: Old Mill Comets

## How the schedule is made

This is the circle method. The teams are numbered; in round one the first plays the last, the second plays the second-to-last, and so on. Then team one stays put, everyone else moves one place round the circle, and the pairs are read off again. After n − 1 rounds every team has met every other team exactly once. With an odd number, a blank slot is added and whoever draws it sits out that round, once each.

## Home and away, courts and times

Home and away games alternate so that each team's totals differ by at most one. Choose “twice” for a double round robin with the venues swapped in the second half. Add courts or pitches to spread each round across them; a round with more games than courts is played in waves, and the courts rotate so nobody is always on court 1. Give a start time and a game length to print a timetable.

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## Sources

- Wikipedia, [Round-robin tournament](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-robin_tournament), section “Circle method” (rotation, the dummy competitor for byes, alternating home and away).

## Questions

**How many games is that?**

n × (n − 1) ÷ 2 for a single round robin: 15 games for 6 teams, 45 for 10. A double round robin doubles it.

**Can rounds be played in a different order?**

Yes. Each round is a complete set of pairings on its own, so you can swap whole rounds around, for example to fit a team's away weekend.

**Is the schedule saved?**

The teams and options are kept in this browser's local storage. Download the CSV for a spreadsheet, or print it for the noticeboard.