Game systems

All the building blocks. A competition = one or more stages · each stage = one system = a pipeline of phases. The system can express any combination.

Hierarchy

Competition ▸ Stage (qualifiers / final, different day/venue) ▸ Phase (poule → Swiss → KO …)

Team formation

Select — Fixed registered teams
Mêlée — Random teams that stay together for the whole competition
Panaché / doublette-mêlée — New partner every round, individual scoring
Vauclusienne — Variable squad, 6 boules

Qualification phases

Poule à 4 — A–C / B–D → winner plays winner, barrage at 1–1, top 2 advance
Group stage — Round-robin in a group, the table decides
Swiss / Monrad — N rounds, winner plays winner on points diff, never the same pair twice
Round-robin / league — Everyone plays everyone
Snake — Partial round-robin (snake draw)

Playoff phases

Single KO — Out after 1 loss

Double KO — Out after 2 losses (winner/loser bracket)

Triple KO — Out after 3 losses

A/B/C/D/E tiers — Distributed by placement — each tier its own cup, everyone keeps playing

Consolante — Parallel B playoff for eliminated teams

Semi / pool — Pool play instead of straight KO

Barrage — Tie-break play at a draw/qualification cutoff

Named templates (presets) — fill in the stepper automatically

Manage presets → Federation customisation

Monrad → A/B/C/D

Nordic standard: 4–5 Swiss rounds, then tiered playoffs

SE, NO, FI

Group stage → A/AB/ABC/ABCD

Groups first, selectable number of tiered playoffs

SE, DK

Poule à 4 → cup + consolante

French classic: poules, main cup + consolation

FR, BE, CH

Straight cup + consolante

Direct knockout with a consolation tournament

FR, widespread

Swiss → final KO

Qualification ranking via Swiss → the top into KO

UK, NL

Swiss → poules → KO

Swiss seeding → poules → playoffs

large competitions

Series / league (league play)

Divisions, rounds, promotion/relegation

all league countries

Mêlée / Panaché → playoffs

Random/rotating teams → KO

social + recruitment

Multi-stage: qualifying weekend → final

Qualifiers one weekend (one system) → final another weekend (another)

FR CNC, championships + Compose your own — build any chain of stages and phases in the stepper

Shooting competitions (tir) — its own discipline, standalone or embedded in a Combiné

Tir formats

Tir de précision — 5 stations × 5 shots at marked targets, 0–5 pts/shot (max 25), court layout per FIPJP rules
Tir rapide — shooting against the clock, countdown timer per attempt
Tir progressif — increasing difficulty: distance, angle, obstacles — level progression in the scoring
Relais de tir — team relay, each player shoots in sequence

Tiebreak: more 5s → more 4s → … · video analysis of technique can be attached per attempt · hit statistics per player (career/season/competition)

Tir leaderboard (separate from match ranking)

1. Eva Roos 5-5-4-5-4 · 23 pts

2. Mia Öberg 4-5-4-4-4 · 21 pts

3. Hugo Sandell 4-4-4-3-4 · 19 pts

Stations 1–5 · shooting hit% counts toward the player's statistics, never in the boule matches' standings (strict separation tir ↔ boules).

Examples of complex setups that are supported:

· 5 rounds of Swiss/Monrad → A/B/C/D playoffs
· Classic group stage → A/AB/ABC/ABCD playoffs
· Triple/double/single knockout in combination, or semi/pool instead of single knockout
· Qualifying weekend (one system) → final another weekend/venue (another system) — multi-day
· Poule à 4 → main cup + consolante in parallel