Can anyone help with a playing schedule??

Question

I require to make a playing schedule for 20 players. We play once a week, two games each. Schedule should allow for a player to be absent. At end of season (6month) each player should have had an equal number of matches with each other player.

Answer 1

If you're allowed to then move onto finals etc you could do a knockout schedule. 5 in a group top 1 or 2 go through in your group play each other twice.

But

as I think you just want a 20 person league and play once a week you could:

Play something similar to the Football Premiership (England).

So week 1 you have 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 etc and then  1-3, 2-4, 5-7, and something like that. The next week another ste of games.

Also play each other twice.

That would take 19 weeks which would about fit it into 6 months.

If someone is absent I'd recommend he tries and catches up the following week although playing 4 in 1 day could be difficult so maybe play 3 (his normal 2 and 1 of his last weeks games) then 3 the week after (his normal 2 and 1 of his absent week) so he's back up to date.

Hopefully this has been a help.

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