Poule
Poule is a French term for group and is used in various sports.
Four-poule
In pétanque , for example, at German championships and in the final round of the CEP-EuroCup , but also at other events in the first round, a four-poule is played according to the following rules. Intermediate rounds were also held in Poules at Pétanque World Championships until 2007 .
- "A" against "B" and "C" against "D" play.
- Then the winners play against the winners and the losers against the losers of the first game.
- The team that has now won two games is the first place in the pool and the team that has lost two games is eliminated.
- The two teams that have won a game each play a play-off game (" Barrage ").
- The winner of the "Barrage" is the runner-up des Poules and the loser is also eliminated.
- If the number of participants in the tournament cannot be divided by 4, one or more groups of three will be formed. One of the three teams receives a bye in the first round and faces the winner of the first round. The loser of the other game is automatically in the barrage.
Example:
| First round | winner | Barrage | final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | A. | 9 | G1 | B. | 7th | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | B. | 13 | G2 | C. | 13 | GG | C. | 8th | |||||||||||
| GV | B. | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| BG | A. | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| VG | A. | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | C. | 13 | V1 | A. | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| 4th | D. | 6th | V2 | D. | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| loser | |||||||||||||||||||
In the example, B and C win the first game and play in the winning game, C wins and goes straight to the final. B has to go to the barrage.
Like D, A loses the first game. A wins the losing game and plays in the barrage. D is fourth.
The barrage here is the repetition of the first preliminary round game, this time A. B wins, making it third. A wins the final.