How to Make a Schedule Grid for Eight Teams

Creating a league or tournament schedule can be an arduous task. However, good organization and adequate planning simplifies this task. In an eight-team league or tournament, if it is intended for every team to play all of the others once, it will be a seven-game schedule. The schedule can be adjusted for more or fewer games as desired. The best way to create an easily readable and distributable schedule is using a computer's spreadsheet software.

Things You'll Need

  • Computer
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Game dates
  • Game times
  • Game locations
  • Team names
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Instructions

  1. Setup

    • 1

      Open spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice.org or Calc. OpenOffice.org offers a free alternative to purchasing spreadsheet software (see Resources for a link).

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      Make five columns and title them "Date," "Time," "Location," "Away Team" and "Home Team," from left to right.

    • 3

      Format the column titles in bold-faced text to enhance readability.

    Schedule Information

    • 4

      Identify the number of games each team will play. This will determine the number of game slots needed.

    • 5

      List ascending game dates in the "Date" column.

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      List game times in the "Time" column.

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      List game locations in the "Location" column.

    • 8

      List each game's opponents in the "Away Team" and "Home Team" columns.