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Compass Draw

Overview​

A Compass draw guarantees every participant a minimum of three matchUps. It consists of up to eight linked structures, named after compass directions: East, West, North, South, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest.

In the factory, this draw type is represented by the constant COMPASS.

Structure​

The draw operates as a cascading series of consolation structures:

StructureAbbreviationReceives losers from
EastEMain draw (starting structure)
WestWEast Round 1 losers
NorthNEast Round 2 losers
SouthSWest Round 1 losers
NortheastNEEast Round 3 losers
NorthwestNWNorth Round 1 losers
SouthwestSWSouth Round 1 losers
SoutheastSEWest Round 2 losers
East (Main)
  R1 losers --> West
  R2 losers --> North
  R3 losers --> Northeast

West
  R1 losers --> South
  R2 losers --> Southeast

North
  R1 losers --> Northwest

South
  R1 losers --> Southwest

The number of structures generated depends on the draw size. Smaller draws may produce fewer than eight structures because some directions would have too few participants to form a meaningful bracket.

Compass Attributes​

The factory defines compass structure attributes in the COMPASS_ATTRIBUTES constant, which maps link paths to structure names and abbreviations:

COMPASS_ATTRIBUTES = {
  0: { name: 'East', abbreviation: 'E' },
  '0-1': { name: 'West', abbreviation: 'W' },
  '0-2': { name: 'North', abbreviation: 'N' },
  '0-3': { name: 'Northeast', abbreviation: 'NE' },
  '0-1-1': { name: 'South', abbreviation: 'S' },
  '0-1-2': { name: 'Southwest', abbreviation: 'SW' },
  '0-2-1': { name: 'Northwest', abbreviation: 'NW' },
  '0-1-1-1': { name: 'Southeast', abbreviation: 'SE' },
};

Use Cases​

  • Junior and development tournaments where guaranteeing playing time is important.
  • Social and club tournaments where participants expect multiple matches regardless of results.
  • Any format where a minimum of three matchUps per participant is desired.

Generation​

const { drawDefinition } = engine.generateDrawDefinition({
  drawSize: 16,
  drawType: 'COMPASS',
});