A tournament is understood to be an event that involves a competition between different parties (individual or group). In a tournament, participants compete for a price based on the development of different types of activities: sports, intellectual, cultural, religious, entertainment, etc. Generally, the tournament takes place in several stages and involves progressing through different stages in which competitors are eliminated.
Throughout history, humans have resorted to various modes of entertainment and fun and the tournament has always been one of the most popular options. Already in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and in the Middle Ages such events existed as a way to bring communities together, compete for different objectives and demonstrate the individual or group strength of the participants. Depending on the historical moment and context, tournament rules could vary, becoming very brutal in some cases and refined tournaments in others.
There are different types of tournaments that can be classified around the way the activities are organized. While some tournaments are resolved in a few matches (or perhaps one), others are eliminatory by having numerous participants. You can also find individual or group tournaments in which the activities to be developed will vary in complexity, duration, effort and interest.
Normally, among the most popular and famous tournaments we find sports tournaments since these disciplines tend to have worldwide diffusion, as well as because the participants usually represent the country from which they come. Among the most popular sports tournaments we must mention the Soccer World Cups, the Olympic Games, the various tennis cups and tournaments, the basketball or volleyball championships, the Swimming tournaments and many others. At the same time, chess, entertainment, physical strength tests, music and culture tournaments are also important.
