Tournament

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A competition among armored combatants, rapier combatants or archers, usually designed along modern elimination lines, to select a single winner. A tournament or tournaments are a common feature of a weekend SCA event.

Types of armored combat tournaments include:

• Bear-pit
• Double-elimination
• Holmgang
• Novice
• Pool
• Pas d' Armes or Passage of Arms
• Ransom
• Rose Tourney
• Round-robin
• Single-elimination
• Speed
• Warlord
• William Marshall
• Tournament of Chivalry
• Crown Tournament

A tournament is also commonly called a Tourney. See also Tournament Societies, Tourney Season.