Sport from the database
tournament
`Tournament` is not treated in the catalogue as one modern sport, but as a historical umbrella for medieval tournament and hastilude forms such as melee, joust, foot combat, ring tilting or later displays. Sources document the historical development and the later transfer of the word to modern competition formats; the entry therefore remains catalog-sourced, needs review and marked not-single-sport.
Classification
Weitere Angaben
Rules and format
Die Grundlagen
Ziel
Historically show knightly skill, combat/horsemanship, rank, honour or pageantry across several tournament forms; no single universal game objective.
Teilnehmer
Historically knights, teams or individual combatants depending on melee, joust or foot-combat form; modern use only as historical/organisational context.
Teamgröße
Historically knights, teams or individual combatants depending on melee, joust or foot-combat form; modern use only as historical/organisational context.
Spielfeld
Historical lists, tournament field or reenactment area with barriers, marshals, spectator separation and format-dependent equipment.
Dauer
Duration depends on set, timed, tournament or local rules.
Wertung
Not uniform: hits, capture, lance breakage, prizes, honour scoring or modern reenactment scripts depending on source.
Gewinnbedingung
Only the documented subformat has a win condition; the umbrella term itself does not.
Ausrüstung
Format-dependent: horses, lances, armour, blunted weapons, lists barriers, heraldry, marshals and safety/medical setup.
Wichtige Regelpunkte
- ball or implement out
- net/zone fault
- wrong contact sequence
- unsafe or local-rule violation
Regelquellen
Federations and sources
- Medieval Tournament World History Encyclopedia · reference · high
- Tournament Britannica · encyclopedia · high
- Tournaments Wikisource / Encyclopaedia Britannica Ninth Edition · encyclopedia · medium
- Tournament Encyclopedia.com · encyclopedia · medium