A 7 team round robin runs 7 rounds with 3 matches per round and 21 matches in total — every team plays every other team exactly once. Because 7 is an odd number, one team sits out each round, so each team gets exactly one bye.
Round 1: Team 1 — bye, Team 2 vs Team 7, Team 3 vs Team 6, Team 4 vs Team 5
Round 2: Team 1 vs Team 7, Team 6 — bye, Team 2 vs Team 5, Team 3 vs Team 4
Round 3: Team 1 vs Team 6, Team 7 vs Team 5, Team 4 — bye, Team 2 vs Team 3
Round 4: Team 1 vs Team 5, Team 6 vs Team 4, Team 7 vs Team 3, Team 2 — bye
Round 5: Team 1 vs Team 4, Team 5 vs Team 3, Team 6 vs Team 2, Team 7 — bye
Round 6: Team 1 vs Team 3, Team 4 vs Team 2, Team 5 — bye, Team 6 vs Team 7
Round 7: Team 1 vs Team 2, Team 3 — bye, Team 4 vs Team 7, Team 5 vs Team 6
The circle method pairs the 7 entrants across two rows, then holds one fixed and rotates the rest one position per round. After 7 rotations every pairing has happened once, which is why the total is 21 matches (7 × 6 ÷ 2).
At about 15 minutes per game to 11 points, 7 rounds take roughly 105 minutes, provided all 3 matches of a round run at once. With half the courts, double the estimate.
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