DISTRICT 22 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT MATCHES

The following schedule will apply.  There will be no carryovers from one round to another.  The final round is 64 boards; other rounds are 32 boards.

Round robins are 32 boards, using Round-Robin Movements for small team games. .  For three team round robins, the scoring is by standard ACBL quotient.  For five team round robins, the scoring is by Victory Points.

Whenever a round consists of six teams playing in two round robin brackets, the top remaining seed in one bracket plays the lower remaining seed in the other bracket in the semi-finals.

Whenever the second round consists of four head-to head matches, the winner of match 1 plays the winner of match 4. The match 2 and match 3 winners play.

BX-1 refers to the top remaining seed in Bracket X; BX-2 refers to the lower remaining seed in Bracket X.

The top eight teams are seeded.  Teams 9 and higher are assigned randomly.  Winners of head-to-head matches take over the higher seed in the match.   Surviving teams in round robin matches are considered winners, so a team cannot take over the seed of a surviving team unless that team has taken over the highest seed.

THREE TEAMS
There will be a round robin movement for three teams, consisting of two 32-board sessions, with breaks after each 16 boards played.

The top two teams, using standard ACBL quotient, will play the final round of 64 boards.

FOUR TEAMS
There will be a 64-board semi-final followed by a 64-board final.

FIVE TEAMS
A one-session round robin, with each team playing eight board matches against each other team.   The lowest scoring team, using victory points, will be eliminated.   The session will be divided into 2 sixteen-board rounds, with 4 boards played against each team.

The second session will be the 32-board semi-finals.    The top remaining seed will play against the lowest remaining seed.

SIX TEAMS
The teams will be divided into two round robins, with seeds 1, 3, and 6 in one bracket and 2, 4, and 5 in the other.   Each team will play 16 boards against the other teams in the bracket, divided into two halves.   The top two teams in each bracket will continue to the semi-finals, with the top remaining seed in each bracket playing the lower remaining seed in the other bracket.

SEVEN TEAMS
FIRST ROUND
Match 1   1 vs. 7
Match 2   2 vs. 6

Bracket 1:  3 vs. 4 vs. 5
 
SEMI-FINALS:  Winner Match 1 plays B1-2  Winner Match 2 plays B1-1.

EIGHT TEAMS
Standard Knockout.

NINE TEAMS
FIRST ROUND: The teams are divided into three round robin brackets:
Bracket 1: 1 vs. 5 vs. 9
Bracket 2: 2 vs. 6 vs. 7
Bracket 3: 3 vs. 4 vs. 8.    Two teams survive from each round robin.
SECOND ROUND:  Two round robins:
B1  B1-1 vs B2-2  vs. B3-1
B2  B1-2 vs. B2-1 vs  B3-2
SEMI-FINAL   The top seeded team in the first bracket plays the lower seeded team in the second bracket.   Teams may play teams they previously played.

TEN TEAMS
FIRST ROUND:  Team 1 plays 8; team 2 plays 7.   Round robins B1:3,5,10  B2: 4, 6, 9.
SECOND ROUND:  Two round robins:
Bracket 1: Winner of the first match becomes #1 seed and plays B1-1 and B2-2
Bracket 2: Winner of the second match becomes #2 seed and plays the remaining teams.

ELEVEN TEAMS:
FIRST ROUND: 1 vs. 11; 2 vs. 10; 3 vs. 9; 4 vs. 8
Round Robin 5 vs. 6 vs. 7
SECOND ROUND:
Two Round Robins:
Bracket 1: Winner of first match vs. winner of third match vs. lower seed in round robin.
Bracket 2: Winner of second match vs. winner of fourth match vs. higher seed in round robin.

TWELVE TEAMS
FIRST ROUND
Bracket 1: 1 vs. 7 vs. 12
Bracket 2: 2 vs. 8 vs. 11
Bracket 3: 3 vs. 5 vs. 10
Bracket 4: 4 vs. 6 vs. 9

SECOND ROUND:
Match 1: Top remaining seed in B1 vs. lower remaining seed in B2
Match 2: Top remaining seed in B2 vs. lower remaining seed in B1
Match 3: Top remaining seed in B3 vs. lower remaining seed in B4
Match 4: Top remaining seed in B4 vs. lower remaining seed in B3

THIRTEEN TEAMS
FIRST ROUND
1 vs. 13; 2 vs. 12
Round robins: Bracket 1: 3 vs. 8 vs. 11; Bracket 2: 4 vs. 7 vs. 10; Bracket 3: 5 vs. 6 vs. 9
SECOND ROUND
M1 Winner Match 1 vs. B1-2
M2 Winner Match 2 vs. B2-2
M3 B1-1 vs. B3-2
M4 B2-1 vs. B3-1

FOURTEEN TEAMS
ROUND 1
M1 1 vs. 14
M2 2 vs. 13
M3 3 vs. 12
M4 4 vs. 11
B1   5 vs. 8 vs. 10       B2 6 vs. 7 vs. 9
ROUND 2
M1 Winner Match 1 vs. B1-2
M2 Winner Match 2 vs. B2-2
M3 Winner Match 3 vs. B2-1
M4 Winner Match 4 vs. B1-1

FIFTEEN TEAMS
ROUND 1
M1 1 vs. 15
M2 2 vs. 14
M3 3 vs. 13
M4 4 vs. 12
M5 5 vs. 11
M6 6 vs. 10
B1   7 vs. 8 vs. 9
ROUND 2
M1  Winner Match 1 vs. B1-2
M2  Winner Match 2 vs. B2-2
M3  Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 6
M4  Winner Match 4 vs. Winner Match 5

SIXTEEN TEAMS
Standard 16 team seeded knockout.

SEVENTEEN TEAMS
FIRST ROUND:
Teams 8, 9, and 17 play round robin with one survivor.
All other matches it as for 16 teams

IF MORE THAN 16 teams, there will be three-way matches with one survivor in the first round.   Team 18 will play with 7 and 10; team 19 will play with 6 and 11; etc