Swiss-systemA Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format which features a set number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than in a round-robin tournament. In a Swiss tournament, each competitor (team or individual) does not play every other. Competitors meet one-to-one in each round and are paired using a set of rules designed to ensure that each competitor plays opponents with a similar running score, but not the same opponent more than once. The winner is the competitor with the highest aggregate points earned in all rounds. All competitors play in each round unless there is an odd number of players.
Example (seed should be random)
Example:
Round 1:
team 1 vs team 8 = team 1 winner | team 8 loser
team 2 vs team 7 = team 2 winner | team 7 loser
team 3 vs team 6 = team 3 winner | team 6 loser
team 4 vs team 5 = team 4 winner | team 5 loser
team 9 vs team 10 = team 9 winner | team 10 loser
team 11 vs team 12 = team 11 winner | team 12 loser
team 14 vs team 13 = team 14 winner | team 13 loser
team 16 vs team 15 = team 16 winner | team 15 loser
Round 2:
1-0 teams playing each other
team 1 vs team 2 = team 1 winner | team 2 loser
team 3 vs team 4 = team 3 winner | team 4 loser
team 9 vs team 11 = team 9 winner | team 11 loser
team 14 vs team 16 = team 14 winner | team 16 loser
0-1 teams playing each other
team 8 vs team 7 = team 8 winner | team 7 loser
team 6 vs team 5 = team 6 winner | team 5 loser
team 10 vs team 12 = team 10 winner | team 12 loser
team 13 vs team 15 = team 13 winner | team 15 loser
Round 3:
2-0 teams playing each other (winners qualify in playoffs)
team 1 vs team 3 = team 1 winner (qualify) | team 3 loser
team 9 vs team 14 = team 9 winner (qualify) | team 14 loser
1-1 teams playing each other
team 2 vs team 8 = team 2 winner | team 8 loser
team 4 vs team 6 = team 4 winner | team 6 loser
team 11 vs team 10 = team 11 winner | team 10 loser
team 16 vs team 13 = team 16 winner | team 13 loser
0-2 teams playing each other (loser eliminated)
team 7 vs team 5 = team 7 winner | team 5 loser (eliminated)
team 12 vs team 15 = team 12 winner | team 15 loser (eliminated)
Round 4:
2-1 teams playing each other (winners qualify in playoffs)
team 3 vs team 14 = team 3 winner (qualify) | team 14 loser
team 2 vs team 4 = team 2 winner (qualify) | team 2 loser
team 11 vs team 16 = team 11 winner (qualify) | team 16 loser
1-2 teams playing each other (loser eliminated)
team 8 vs team 6 = team 8 winner | team 6 loser (eliminated)
team 10 vs team 13 = team 10 winner | team 13 loser (eliminated)
team 7 vs team 12 = team 7 winner | team 12 loser (eliminated)
Round 5:
2-2 teams playing each other (winners qualify in playoffs) (loser eliminated)
team 14 vs team 2 = team 14 winner (qualify) | team 2 loser (eliminated)
team 16 vs team 8 = team 16 winner (qualify) | team 8 loser (eliminated)
team 10 vs team 7 = team 10 winner (qualify) | team 7 loser (eliminated)
In total 33 matches per 8 teams group and much more chances for everyone to get in playoffs and show something.
Round-RobinIn a single round-robin schedule, each participant plays every other participant once.
Example
Example:
Team 1 vs Team 2
Team 1 vs Team 3
Team 1 vs Team 4
Team 1 vs Team 5
Team 1 vs Team 6
Team 1 vs Team 7
Team 1 vs Team 8
Team 2 vs Team 1
Team 2 vs Team 3
Team 2 vs Team 4
Team 2 vs Team 5
Team 2 vs Team 6
Team 2 vs Team 7
Team 2 vs Team 8
Team 3 vs Team 1
Team 3 vs Team 2
Team 3 vs Team 4
Team 3 vs Team 5
Team 3 vs Team 6
Team 3 vs Team 7
Team 3 vs Team 8
Team 4 vs Team 1
Team 4 vs Team 2
Team 4 vs Team 3
Team 4 vs Team 5
Team 4 vs Team 6
Team 4 vs Team 7
Team 4 vs Team 8
Team 5 vs Team 1
Team 5 vs Team 2
Team 5 vs Team 3
Team 5 vs Team 4
Team 5 vs Team 6
Team 5 vs Team 7
Team 5 vs Team 8
Team 6 vs Team 1
Team 6 vs Team 2
Team 6 vs Team 3
Team 6 vs Team 4
Team 6 vs Team 5
Team 6 vs Team 7
Team 6 vs Team 8
Team 7 vs Team 1
Team 7 vs Team 2
Team 7 vs Team 3
Team 7 vs Team 4
Team 7 vs Team 5
Team 7 vs Team 6
Team 7 vs Team 8
Team 8 vs Team 1
Team 8 vs Team 2
Team 8 vs Team 3
Team 8 vs Team 4
Team 8 vs Team 5
Team 8 vs Team 6
Team 8 vs Team 7
In total 28 matches for 8 teams group. Still much more better than silly annoying groupstage.
Just choose one of them and the tourney should be cool. Make it league with playoff stage