Roulette Rivals events are hosted in several different formats. Below is an overview of all formats that may be used for tournaments. Each section contains a short description, with further details available on the full format page.
Double Elimination (also Double Elim or DE) is a single-stage tournament format. A partially seeded knockout bracket is drawn at the start of the event. Players remain in the tournament until they lose two matches, with their first loss dropping them from the Winners Bracket into the Losers Bracket. The Grand Final is played between the winners of each bracket.
Double Elimination tournaments typically last 4.5 weeks.
For more details, see the Double Elimination format page.
Swiss is a two-stage tournament format with a Swiss Stage and a Knockout Stage. The Swiss Stage consists of 6 rounds, guaranteeing every player that many matches regardless of result. In each round, players are paired with others on the same score, resulting in increasingly even matches. Players are ranked by their number of wins, followed by the strength of their opponents. After the Swiss Stage, the Top 16 players advance to the Knockout Stage, which is semi-seeded based on Swiss results, to determine the winner.
Swiss tournaments typically last 6.5 or 7.5 weeks: 4.5 weeks for the Swiss Stage, followed by 2 or 3 weeks for the Knockout Stage.
For more details, see the Swiss format page.
Elimination Swiss (also Elim Swiss) is a two-stage tournament format with an Elimination Swiss Stage and a Knockout Stage. The Elimination Swiss Stage consists of 6 rounds, with players paired with others on the same score. Players are eliminated after 3 losses but advance to the Knockout Stage after 4 wins. The Knockout Stage is semi-seeded based on Elimination Swiss results to determine the winner.
Elimination Swiss tournaments typically last 6.5 or 7.5 weeks: 4.5 weeks for the Elimination Swiss Stage, followed by 2 or 3 weeks for the Knockout Stage.
For more details, see the Elimination Swiss format page.
The Roulette Rivals World Championship (also RRWC) is a two-stage tournament format with a Group Stage and a Knockout Stage. At the start of the event, players are seeded and divided into 8 groups of up to 8 players. In the Group Stage, each player faces every other player in their group in a round-robin system. The top four players from each group, 32 in total, move on to the Knockout Stage to determine the winner.
As the final and most prestigious event of the year, RRWCs typically feature longer matches and bigger prizes, including a physical trophy for the world champion.
RRWCs typically last 7.5 weeks: 3.5 weeks for the Group Stage, followed by 4 weeks for the Knockout Stage.
For more details, see the RRWC format page.