E7. Scheduling Rules

When creating the schedule for WFDF World Events, officials will take into account the following criteria. Each section is considered more important than the one following.

E7.1. All teams in the tournament must have the same path to the championship based on overall schedule structure. Example – No team is given an automatic “bye” to a later round in the event unless all teams had a similar opportunity to achieve that bye.

E7.1.1 An exception can be made if an event has an uneven number of teams in the initial pools. In this case teams in pools with more teams may need to play an additional game in round robin play, and an additional team from a larger pool may be eliminated from the next round over a pool with fewer teams.

E7.2. Teams will have a minimum of sixty (60) minutes between games unless there are extenuating circumstances.

E7.3. Teams will not play more than two (2) games in the same day.

E7.3.1 This rule may be broken if significant scheduling constraints exist, or in the case that weather issues have created a need to fairly complete the tournament. Example – playing Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals on the last day of the event rather than cancel the Quarter Final round. In this case the schedule must adhere to the following:

E7.3.1.1 No team will play three (3) games in one (1) day more than once at a tournament.

E7.3.1.2 When possible, a team should only play a third game in a single day if that game is against another team that is also playing its third scheduled game of that day.

E7.3.1.3 When possible, teams involved in a third game should have followed the same schedule for the day, with games and byes having occurred at the same time.

E7.4. Schedule should minimize teams playing in the last timeslot of a day and the first timeslot the next day.

E7.5. Schedule should minimize the possibility of the same team playing in the first timeslot of a tournament for three (3) consecutive days.

E7.6. Schedule should minimize the possibility of the same team playing in the first timeslot and the last timeslot of the day.

E7.7. The Bronze Medal (3rd Place/4th Place) games may be excluded from the schedule of the event depending on the size of the event, available field space and benefits of scheduling to Semi-Final games. In such a case both teams will be awarded a Bronze Medal and 3rd place at the event, and will take place in the final medal ceremony. For the purpose of World Ultimate Rankings, each country will receive the average of the points awarded for 3rd and 4th place.