Re: Three or four-way playoff?

"mr.sumo snr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "David Hungerford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > What happens if there are three or more rikishi tied for the best
> > record after the last day?  Do they do a round-robin against each
> > other?  Something else?  Is it done the same day or is there a point
> > where it carries over to the next day?
> >
> > Dav2.718
> 
> November 1996 I seem to remember a four or five man play-off which
> Musashimaru (oozeki at the time) eventually won.  So he won the yusho with a
> ...let me check....11-4 record...so pretty useless AFA yokuzuna promotion
> was concerned but still helped keep him in beer for the Christmas holidays.

Basically if there are more than two men finish with the same highest
record, they go into something "Yusho Kettei Sen" or Yusho Deciding
Round. The rikishis draw for the order of their appearence prior to
the round. As "mr.sumo" stated the winner will be declared if any one
of them wins two straight bouts.

If there are more than three rikishis, the first pair go and then the
second pair follow. The winner from each will meet in the third. That
type of things.