Tournament Senbatsu

Senbatsu tournament

Introduction

In Senbatsu, competitors are placed on a ranking ladder. The lowest eligible competitor challenges someone above within the configured challenge distance. A win replaces the challenged position; a loss eliminates the challenger.

Match example

The following example uses 8 teams in a single row, ordered from 8 to 1 (from lowest to highest rank):

Initial ladder (low -> high)
Team 8

For this scenario, assume Challenge distance = 3.

Step	Challenger	Opponent	Result	Eliminated team	Ladder after fight (low -> high)
1	Team 8	Team 6	Team 8 wins and takes Team 6 position	Team 6	Team 7, Team 8, Team 5, Team 4, Team 3, Team 2, Team 1
2	Team 7	Team 8	Team 7 wins and takes Team 8 position	Team 8	Team 7, Team 5, Team 4, Team 3, Team 2, Team 1
3	Team 7	Team 4	Team 7 wins and takes Team 4 position	Team 4	Team 5, Team 7, Team 3, Team 2, Team 1
4	Team 5	Team 3	Team 5 wins and takes Team 3 position	Team 3	Team 7, Team 5, Team 2, Team 1
5	Team 7	Team 2	Team 2 wins (challenger is eliminated)	Team 7	Team 5, Team 2, Team 1
6	Team 5	Team 1	Team 5 wins and takes Team 1 position	Team 1	Team 2, Team 5
7	Team 2	Team 5	Team 5 wins (challenger is eliminated)	Team 2	Team 5

Final winner: Team 5.

Options

The sole customizable feature available in this tournament is the "Challenge distance." This refers to the maximum distance from which a challenger can select an opponent. In other words, a challenger may only challenge a competitor who is within this specified distance on the ranking ladder.