International sporting events world championships Football 1930 Rugby

International sporting events world championships Football - 1930 Rugby – 1987 wwec Cricket - 1975 Athletics - 1991 Formula one - 1950

High profile events Wimbledon Super bowl Football leagues One off – such as boxing

Competitions • • • Most sport is competitive. This is why people like to play it. Competition has to be organised. It may take the form of: • • Knockout Ladders Round robin League

Competitions Some competitions use a mixture of the above, e. g. UEFA Champions League. It is up to the organisers to run the competition in the fairest way possible.

Competitions- Knockout Good when there is a large entry field. Quick and easy to organise. How many knockout competitions can you think of?

Competitions- Knockout Events are played in rounds. Each entrant plays another and the winner goes through to the next round. The number of entrants is halved each round. This is the major disadvantage of ‘knockout’ competitions as losing competitors get to only play once. The second best team could get knocked out in the first round! Is this a disadvantage or does it make the competition more exciting?

Competitions- Knockout To avoid better players or teams from getting ‘knocked out’ early, some competitions use seeding. Top entrants are spread out so that they could only meet in the final… if they get that far. Competition officials have to still decide on an accurate and fair way of seeding players.

Competitions- Knockout Wimbledon tennis tournament uses seeding. Computers help officials dictate seeds. Why would Wimbledon officials like to see the top 2 seeds only meet in the final?

Competitions- Knockout Preliminary rounds where less skilled entrants play against each other to meet the top teams/players are often used. e. g. The FA cup Euro/World cup qualifiers Tennis entry competitions

Competitions- Knockout Most international competitions in any sport start with a qualifying stage and end in a knockout tournament. Organisers would ideally like 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 or 128 entries. Why? Sometimes preliminary rounds with byes (no game played) are held to get correct numbers. The first round losers in some competitions get entered into a plate competition so that more games can be played.

Competitions- Knockout Organise a knockout competition for the people in your class. Are you going to seed, have prelim rounds or byes?

Competitions- Ladders Usually played in a more social setting. Names are listed on a ‘ladder’. You play someone higher than you on the ladder and if you beat them you take their place. Usually you can only play someone a certain number of places above you. This means the bottom player has to work their way up the ladder.

Competitions- Ladders A disadvantage is that players may not want to join the club as they would start at the bottom of the ladder. What activities would a ladder system work well for?

Competitions- Round Robin Everyone plays each other in a round robin. Often used for pairs or individual events or in the final stages of team competitions. Only works with small number of competitors or it would take too long.

Competitions - League A popular type of competition. Considered hardest to win as competition takes place over a period of time. Team games often have knockout and league competitions. Every team plays each other at least once, often twice, home and away. You usually get points for winning, drawing but none for a loss. The league winner is the team with the most points!

Competitions - League Several leagues may be in operation within a competition. At the end of the season teams finishing at the top of the league get promoted and the ones at the bottom relegated. There will be local and national leagues in most team sports. In most cases it is possible to work your way up from a local league to a national one.

Competitions - Leagues usually run all season so the winner has been the most consistent over a period of time. Most professional sport is league based because: • Fixtures can be arranged early and published. • Tickets can be sold in advance. • It is the most profitable system over time (finance). • A set number of games will be played.

Competitions List the advantages and disadvantages of the four mentioned types of competition. Advantages Knockout Ladder League Round robin Disadvantages