Bergvall system

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The Bergvall system is a form of tournament based on the knockout system . The system developed by the Swedish water polo player Erik Bergvall was used at the Olympic Games in water polo in 1912 , 1920 and 1924 . At the 1920 Games in Antwerp, it was also used in ice hockey , football and tug-of-war .

Differences to the knockout system

The Bergvall system assumes that only the first place can be reliably determined by a pure knockout system. In order to determine other relevant places, further games are necessary. In addition, in the Bergvall system, all teams that were eliminated against the first-placed team play again in the knockout system for second place. All teams in the knockout system that were inferior to the runner-up play for third place, both in the main round and in the round for second place. Further placements can also be played according to this scheme.

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In the Bergvall system, in comparison to similar knockout systems such as the double knock-out system, fewer games are necessary to play out further placements, but a tournament is long for all participants because the competitions can only be played out one after the other and after an early failure in the first tournament they can be played again in a later placement tournament - but by no means certain. In addition, this tournament format contradicts the usual requirement of the mode of execution that the decision about the tournament victory - to ensure tension - should only be made at the end of a tournament.

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