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33 team knockout fixture

33 teams: 31 byes, 2 teams play Round I, 32 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture, 33 teams — upper half31 byes. 17 teams in the upper half, 16 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6BYETeam 7BYETeam 8BYETeam 9Team 10Team 11BYETeam 12BYETeam 13BYETeam 14BYETeam 15BYETeam 16BYETeam 17BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 7Team 8Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 1712345678918192021262730Final: Match 32
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 33 teams — lower half31 byes. 17 teams in the upper half, 16 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27BYETeam 28BYETeam 29BYETeam 30BYETeam 31BYETeam 32BYETeam 33BYETeam 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33101112131415161722232425282931Final: Match 32
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
33 teams: 31 byes, 32 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
31
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 15Lower 16
Teams in each half
Upper 17Lower 16
Total matches
32
not including a third-place match
Total rounds
6
worked out from the textbook illustrations
Byes go to teams
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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Knockout fixture, 33 teams31 byes. 17 teams in the upper half, 16 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFLOWER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6BYETeam 7BYETeam 8BYETeam 9Team 10Team 11BYETeam 12BYETeam 13BYETeam 14BYETeam 15BYETeam 16BYETeam 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27BYETeam 28BYETeam 29BYETeam 30BYETeam 31BYETeam 32BYETeam 33BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 7Team 8Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Winner1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Match list (text)

Round I

  1. Team 1 gets a bye
  2. Team 2 gets a bye
  3. Team 3 gets a bye
  4. Team 4 gets a bye
  5. Team 5 gets a bye
  6. Team 6 gets a bye
  7. Team 7 gets a bye
  8. Team 8 gets a bye
  9. Match 1: Team 9 vs Team 10
  10. Team 11 gets a bye
  11. Team 12 gets a bye
  12. Team 13 gets a bye
  13. Team 14 gets a bye
  14. Team 15 gets a bye
  15. Team 16 gets a bye
  16. Team 17 gets a bye
  17. Team 18 gets a bye
  18. Team 19 gets a bye
  19. Team 20 gets a bye
  20. Team 21 gets a bye
  21. Team 22 gets a bye
  22. Team 23 gets a bye
  23. Team 24 gets a bye
  24. Team 25 gets a bye
  25. Team 26 gets a bye
  26. Team 27 gets a bye
  27. Team 28 gets a bye
  28. Team 29 gets a bye
  29. Team 30 gets a bye
  30. Team 31 gets a bye
  31. Team 32 gets a bye
  32. Team 33 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 2: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 3: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 4: Team 5 vs Team 6
  4. Match 5: Team 7 vs Team 8
  5. Match 6: Winner of Match 1 vs Team 11
  6. Match 7: Team 12 vs Team 13
  7. Match 8: Team 14 vs Team 15
  8. Match 9: Team 16 vs Team 17
  9. Match 10: Team 18 vs Team 19
  10. Match 11: Team 20 vs Team 21
  11. Match 12: Team 22 vs Team 23
  12. Match 13: Team 24 vs Team 25
  13. Match 14: Team 26 vs Team 27
  14. Match 15: Team 28 vs Team 29
  15. Match 16: Team 30 vs Team 31
  16. Match 17: Team 32 vs Team 33

Round III

  1. Match 18: Winner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 3
  2. Match 19: Winner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 5
  3. Match 20: Winner of Match 6 vs Winner of Match 7
  4. Match 21: Winner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 9
  5. Match 22: Winner of Match 10 vs Winner of Match 11
  6. Match 23: Winner of Match 12 vs Winner of Match 13
  7. Match 24: Winner of Match 14 vs Winner of Match 15
  8. Match 25: Winner of Match 16 vs Winner of Match 17

Round IV

  1. Match 26: Winner of Match 18 vs Winner of Match 19
  2. Match 27: Winner of Match 20 vs Winner of Match 21
  3. Match 28: Winner of Match 22 vs Winner of Match 23
  4. Match 29: Winner of Match 24 vs Winner of Match 25

Semi-final

  1. Match 30: Winner of Match 26 vs Winner of Match 27
  2. Match 31: Winner of Match 28 vs Winner of Match 29

Final

  1. Match 32: Winner of Match 30 vs Winner of Match 31

Match list

Knockout fixture — 33 teams
Match no.RoundMatchDateTimeVenue
1Round ITeam 9 vs Team 10
2Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
3Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
4Round IITeam 5 vs Team 6
5Round IITeam 7 vs Team 8
6Round IIWinner of Match 1 vs Team 11
7Round IITeam 12 vs Team 13
8Round IITeam 14 vs Team 15
9Round IITeam 16 vs Team 17
10Round IITeam 18 vs Team 19
11Round IITeam 20 vs Team 21
12Round IITeam 22 vs Team 23
13Round IITeam 24 vs Team 25
14Round IITeam 26 vs Team 27
15Round IITeam 28 vs Team 29
16Round IITeam 30 vs Team 31
17Round IITeam 32 vs Team 33
18Round IIIWinner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 3
19Round IIIWinner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 5
20Round IIIWinner of Match 6 vs Winner of Match 7
21Round IIIWinner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 9
22Round IIIWinner of Match 10 vs Winner of Match 11
23Round IIIWinner of Match 12 vs Winner of Match 13
24Round IIIWinner of Match 14 vs Winner of Match 15
25Round IIIWinner of Match 16 vs Winner of Match 17
26Round IVWinner of Match 18 vs Winner of Match 19
27Round IVWinner of Match 20 vs Winner of Match 21
28Round IVWinner of Match 22 vs Winner of Match 23
29Round IVWinner of Match 24 vs Winner of Match 25
30Semi-finalWinner of Match 26 vs Winner of Match 27
31Semi-finalWinner of Match 28 vs Winner of Match 29
32FinalWinner of Match 30 vs Winner of Match 31

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 6, Team 7, Team 8, Team 11, Team 12, Team 13, Team 14, Team 15, Team 16, Team 17, Team 18, Team 19, Team 20, Team 21, Team 22, Team 23, Team 24, Team 25, Team 26, Team 27, Team 28, Team 29, Team 30, Team 31, Team 32, Team 33. Total matches = 32.

How this was calculated

  1. Total Number of Matches = Number of teams − 1 (not including third place match)

    Total Number of Matches = 33 − 1

    = 32

  2. (Number of teams + 1) ÷ 2 = Teams in Upper Half

    (33 + 1) ÷ 2

    = 17

  3. (Number of teams − 1) ÷ 2 = Teams in Lower Half

    (33 − 1) ÷ 2

    = 16

  4. Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams participating

    Byes = 64 − 33

    = 31

  5. Upper Half = (Byes − 1) ÷ 2

    Upper Half = (31 − 1) ÷ 2

    = 15

  6. Lower Half = (Byes + 1) ÷ 2

    Lower Half = (31 + 1) ÷ 2

    = 16

  7. First bye to last team of Lower Half, second to first team of Upper Half, third to first team of Lower Half, fourth to last team of Upper Half; same pattern for remaining byes

    Byes in order go to teams 33, 1, 18, 17, 32, 2, 19, 16, 31, 3, 20, 15, 30, 4, 21, 14, 29, 5, 22, 13, 28, 6, 23, 12, 27, 7, 24, 11, 26, 8, 25

    = 33, 1, 18, 17, 32, 2, 19, 16, 31, 3, 20, 15, 30, 4, 21, 14, 29, 5, 22, 13, 28, 6, 23, 12, 27, 7, 24, 11, 26, 8, 25

  8. Rounds = number of times 2 is multiplied to get the next power of 2

    64 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2

    = 6

    Note: Not a textbook formula — worked out from the textbook illustrations (4 teams → 2 rounds, 8 → 3, 11 → 4)

SourceCBSE Physical Education Class XII, Unit 1 (PDF)

How the 33 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

33 is odd, so the upper half gets (33 + 1) ÷ 2 = 17 teams (Teams 1–17) and the lower half gets (33 − 1) ÷ 2 = 16 teams (Teams 18–33).

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 33 = 31. 31 is odd, so the upper half gets (31 − 1) ÷ 2 = 15 byes and the lower half gets (31 + 1) ÷ 2 = 16 byes.

Which teams get the byes, and why

The textbook places byes in this order: the 1st bye to the last team of the lower half, the 2nd to the first team of the upper half, the 3rd to the first team of the lower half and the 4th to the last team of the upper half. The remaining byes follow the same pattern, moving inward. For 33 teams:

  1. Team 33 — last team of the lower half
  2. Team 1 — first team of the upper half
  3. Team 18 — first team of the lower half
  4. Team 17 — last team of the upper half
  5. Team 32 — 2nd-last team of the lower half
  6. Team 2 — 2nd team of the upper half
  7. Team 19 — 2nd team of the lower half
  8. Team 16 — 2nd-last team of the upper half
  9. Team 31 — 3rd-last team of the lower half
  10. Team 3 — 3rd team of the upper half
  11. Team 20 — 3rd team of the lower half
  12. Team 15 — 3rd-last team of the upper half
  13. Team 30 — 4th-last team of the lower half
  14. Team 4 — 4th team of the upper half
  15. Team 21 — 4th team of the lower half
  16. Team 14 — 4th-last team of the upper half
  17. Team 29 — 5th-last team of the lower half
  18. Team 5 — 5th team of the upper half
  19. Team 22 — 5th team of the lower half
  20. Team 13 — 5th-last team of the upper half
  21. Team 28 — 6th-last team of the lower half
  22. Team 6 — 6th team of the upper half
  23. Team 23 — 6th team of the lower half
  24. Team 12 — 6th-last team of the upper half
  25. Team 27 — 7th-last team of the lower half
  26. Team 7 — 7th team of the upper half
  27. Team 24 — 7th team of the lower half
  28. Team 11 — 7th-last team of the upper half
  29. Team 26 — 8th-last team of the lower half
  30. Team 8 — 8th team of the upper half
  31. Team 25 — 8th team of the lower half

Teams with a bye do not play Round I. They go straight to Round II.

Round I and total matches

33 − 31 = 2 teams play Round I in 1 match:

  • Match 1: Team 9 vs Team 10

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 33 − 1 = 32 (not including a third-place match). There are 6 rounds, because 64 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 — worked out from the textbook illustrations, not a textbook formula.

Print or save as PDF

Tap “Print fixture (A4)” and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer to get a 33 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.

Questions

How many byes are there in a 33 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 33 = 31. 31 is odd, so the upper half gets (31 − 1) ÷ 2 = 15 byes and the lower half gets (31 + 1) ÷ 2 = 16 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 33, 1, 18, 17, 32, 2, 19, 16, 31, 3, 20, 15, 30, 4, 21, 14, 29, 5, 22, 13, 28, 6, 23, 12, 27, 7, 24, 11, 26, 8 and 25. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 33 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 33 − 1 = 32, not including a third-place match. There are 6 rounds, because 64 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 (worked out from the textbook illustrations, not a textbook formula).

How are 33 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

33 is odd, so the upper half gets (33 + 1) ÷ 2 = 17 teams (Teams 1–17) and the lower half gets (33 − 1) ÷ 2 = 16 teams (Teams 18–33).

Can I print the 33 team knockout fixture or save it as a PDF?

Yes. Tap “Print fixture (A4)” and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer to get a 33 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.