HOST CITY How can future tournaments remain sustainable? The solution is in the format Match-fixing and flexibility in the number of participants and matches are among the major problems facing tournament organisers; innovation in formats is the key to solve them, writes Itay Ingber, COO of MatchVision 未来的锦标赛如何 能保持可持续性？ 解决方案蕴含在比 赛形式中 打假球和参赛者数量以及比赛场数的灵活性 是锦标赛主办方面临的主要问题之一，形式 创新是解决这些问题的关键，MatchVision 首席运营官Itay Ingber写道 Since the original Olympics Games in Ancient Greece, tournament format has remained the same: Round-Robin Groups and Direct Elimination (play-offs). The usage of these formats has caused several issues that organisers have failed to solve. One major issue is flexibility in the number of participants and matches. Then there is the existence of low-value or “dead” matches, where teams have nothing to play for because they’ve already qualified for the next round or have been eliminated. 50 WINTER 2015 www.hostcity.com 自古希腊举办最初的奥运会以来，锦标赛的形式都是一样的：循环 小组和直接淘汰（决胜赛）。这些形式惯例已经引起了一些主办方无法 解决的问题。 一个主要问题是参赛者数量及比赛场数的灵活性。然后是低价值 或“无意义的”比赛，参赛队没什么可打，因为他们已经有资格进入下 一轮或已被淘汰。 打假球是另一个问题。例如，2012年伦敦奥运会期间，八名羽毛球 女运动员被取消资格。因为她们为了在下一轮比赛中获得一个“更容易 的”对手而试图故意输掉比赛。