Difference between revisions of "Clear the field"

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-In a [[round robin]]-based [[schedule]] format, a team in is said to '''clear the field''' if, when considering games played against other teams in the topmost [[bracket]], it total number of wins is highest among all teams, and greater than the next-most-winning team(s) by 2 or greater.
+#REDIRECT [[Cleared the field]]
-The typical practice is for a team that clears the field of a tournament to be declared the winner of the tournament outright, without needing to play an [[advantaged final]]. (The justification for this is that the clearing team's advantage is large enough to make a fair finals series unfeasible in terms of length of time and number of available [[packets]] -- a team up by two wins would require the disadvantaged team to win three games in a row, e.g. -- and unlikely to alter the ultimate outcome).
-===Example===
-In the top bracket of Tournament T, a six-team round-robin, the win-loss records look like this after all teams have played all games:
-* Team A: 5-0
-* Team B: 3-2
-* Team C: 3-2
-* Team D: 2-3
-* Team E: 2-3
-* Team F: 0-5
-In this case, Team A has the most wins with 5, and Team B and C are tied for the second-highest with 3. Team A has cleared the field, because 5 - 3 >= 2.