— — — D Winner of Zone D — — — — — — Inter Zonal or Inter Group Knock out Winner of A Winner of B Winner of C Winner of D Champion Challenge Tournaments •• Challenge tournaments are usually conducted for games like Badminton, Table Tennis, Squash, etc. •• Challenge tournaments can be carried out during any specified period of time without any fixed schedule. •• This tournament helps in selecting the best players in individual or dual games. Two common types of challenge tournaments are: (a) Ladder Tournament (b) Pyramid Tournament Ladder Tournament Before starting the ladder tournament, the players shall be arranged in a ladder arbitrarily.
Certain rules are followed in the conduct of the tournaments. . The period within which the tournament is to be finished is specified. .
A player can challenge only the player immediately above him. For example, N can challenge any one of the two or three players above him. . Challenge must be accepted and played only in the order they are made.
. The time to play the accepted challenge should be specified. . After the challenge match, if the challenger has defeated the player he challenged, the challenger is placed above the loser in the ladder.
If not, their original position remains in the ladder. . The players who have already played a challenge shall not be allowed to play or challenge again. .
No excuse after the challenge for a failure is accepted. . At the end of the specified period of the tournament, the player remaining on the top of the ladder is declared the winner or the best. X Z C B A M N R S Pyramid Tournament .
Pyramid tournament is a modified form of ladder tournament. . Players are arranged in the form of a pyramid arbitrarily. .
Players of a particular rank can challenge any one of the players in the rank immediately above him provided he has challenged the