Organizing a tournament with 13 or 17 teams is often a challenge. These team numbers usually lead to an uneven schedule, where some teams play more matches than others. That’s unfair and makes it difficult to maintain a clear structure.

Fortunately, MyTournament.info offers the perfect solution with a smart and balanced tournament schedule for 13 and 17 teams. In this setup, only one team plays one more match than the others – a minimal difference that ensures maximum fairness.

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Smart Structure with Two Groups

Teams are divided into two groups:

• Group A contains one more team than Group B.
• This format keeps the number of matches per team nearly equal while maintaining a clear and manageable tournament structure.

Custom Knockout Stage: 13 or 17 Teams

After the group phase, teams from Group B move on to a customized knockout stage. The number of quarter-finals depends on the total number of teams.
With 13 teams, there are three quarter-finals:

• No. 1 vs No. 2
• No. 3 vs No. 4
• No. 5 vs No. 6

With 17 teams, there are four quarter-finals:

• No. 1 vs No. 2
• No. 3 vs No. 4
• No. 5 vs No. 6
• No. 7 vs No. 8

The loser of the final quarter-final plays a semi-final against the second-to-last team from Group A.
One of these teams will play one more match than the others.

Final Matches

The final round is based on the results of the quarter-finals:

• The winner of the first quarter-final plays against the winner of Group A for the tournament title.
• The loser of that match plays for 3rd place against the second-place team from Group A.
• Other teams play placement matches based on their results.
• The match for 11th/12th place (for 13 teams) or 15th/16th place (for 17 teams) is played between the last team in Group A and the winner of the semi-final.

Below is the schedule for 13 teams:

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