To award 1st-3rd place, e.g., Olympic medals, consider a swiss tournament as an alternative to straight knockout or pool play then knockout.
To decrease the number of games, consider eliminating teams whenever they reach 3 losses. If all goes according to plan, 1st place will have 0 losses, 2nd place 1 loss, 3rd place 2 losses. However, I'm far from convinced things will go according to plan.
Accelerated swiss.
Inspired by badminton, and Spain throwing their pool play basketball game against Brazil to successfully reach the gold medal game. How much strategic losing, i.e., swiss gambit, occurs in swiss tournaments?
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