Florida Judo Ki no Fuda's Technical Official
Written by David J. Ellis
![[Double Repechage Score Sheet]](doublerepechage.jpg)
BackgroundCurrently, the Double Repechage System is most commonly used for national and international competitions when the number of players in the division is greater than 4. It is one of the more difficult systems to work on as a bracket keeper, if you are not used to using this system. This system is good if you have a large number of players to have the division to finish in a reasonable amount of time. The downside to using this system, a player may get only 1 match and then be done. Pairing CompetitorsIf you are pairing for the Double Repechage System and have the top 4 seeded players, make sure those players do not meet until the quarter finals, if they all win to that point. Running the MatchesIn the Double Repechage Sytem, a bracket keeper can't move players to the losers' pool until the quarter final matches have been reached. The reason for this is because only the losers of the quarter-finalist get moved to the losers' pool. The losers' pool in this system is called the repechage. In Double Repechage, the division is divided in half and each half is marked, Pool A or Pool B. Then each half is divided into half resulting in four quadrants. Each quadrant is given a designation such as A1, A2, B1, or B2. For the A1 quadrant, the first person (A1R1) who lost to A1s winner would then play the 2nd person (A1R2) who lost to the A1 winner. Then the winner of that match would play the 3rd person (A1R3) who lost to A1 winner, etc. The same occurs in each quadrant for A2, B1, and B2. Then the winner of the A1 repechage competes against the winner of the A2 repechage. And the winner of the B1 repechage competes against the winner of the B2 repechage. Then the winner of each repechage competes against the loser of the semi-final of the opposite pool, so the winner of repechage A competes against the loser of Pool B and the winner of repechage B competes against the loser of pool A. Both winners of those matches have won third place. It is best to call matches in match number order. After match 6, there are enough players in the losers' pool to begin playing there. Matches can be alternated among 2 to 4 classes to give players rest time between matches without slowing the tournament. An Example![[Example Double Repechage Score Sheet]](doublerepechageexample.jpg) The example above shows a 5-player class. Study it carefully. Notice that Bill beats George in the first round. George moves to the repechage because Bill is the A1 winner. Then when Tommy beats Bill in the semi-finals then Bill is moved down to the repechage to play the winner of B repechage, in this case is against a bye. Thus Bill wins a third place. Then when Ricardo beats Jim in the semi-finals then Jim is moved to the repechage to play the winner of A repechage, in this case George. Then when George beats Jim, George earns a third place and Jim earns fifth place. ConclusionKnowing the scoring system used at a tournament can make watching (or cheering a player on) much more enjoyable. In addition, parents, coaches, and even players who understand the scoring system can help make the tournament run smoothly by volunteering as a scorer. Sources: NOTES taken from meetings given by Tawni McBee and John R. Ellis. Some sentences were copied from the Modified Double Elimination Ki no Fuda Article (see Archive) written by John R. Ellis. |