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34 team knockout fixture

34 teams: 30 byes, 4 teams play Round I, 33 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture — 34 teams · 30 byes · 33 matches · 6 rounds

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Knockout fixture, 34 teams — upper half30 byes. 17 teams in the upper half, 17 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 17134567891019202122272831Final: Match 33
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 34 teams — lower half30 byes. 17 teams in the upper half, 17 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25Team 26Team 27BYETeam 28BYETeam 29BYETeam 30BYETeam 31BYETeam 32BYETeam 33BYETeam 34BYETeam 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 342111213141516171823242526293032Final: Match 33
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
34 teams: 30 byes, 33 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
30
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 15Lower 15
Teams in each half
Upper 17Lower 17
Total matches
33
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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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Knockout fixture, 34 teams30 byes. 17 teams in the upper half, 17 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 25Team 26Team 27BYETeam 28BYETeam 29BYETeam 30BYETeam 31BYETeam 32BYETeam 33BYETeam 34BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 7Team 8Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Winner123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
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. Match 2: Team 25 vs Team 26
  25. Team 27 gets a bye
  26. Team 28 gets a bye
  27. Team 29 gets a bye
  28. Team 30 gets a bye
  29. Team 31 gets a bye
  30. Team 32 gets a bye
  31. Team 33 gets a bye
  32. Team 34 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 3: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 4: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 5: Team 5 vs Team 6
  4. Match 6: Team 7 vs Team 8
  5. Match 7: Winner of Match 1 vs Team 11
  6. Match 8: Team 12 vs Team 13
  7. Match 9: Team 14 vs Team 15
  8. Match 10: Team 16 vs Team 17
  9. Match 11: Team 18 vs Team 19
  10. Match 12: Team 20 vs Team 21
  11. Match 13: Team 22 vs Team 23
  12. Match 14: Team 24 vs Winner of Match 2
  13. Match 15: Team 27 vs Team 28
  14. Match 16: Team 29 vs Team 30
  15. Match 17: Team 31 vs Team 32
  16. Match 18: Team 33 vs Team 34

Round III

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

Round IV

  1. Match 27: Winner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
  2. Match 28: Winner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
  3. Match 29: Winner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
  4. Match 30: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26

Semi-final

  1. Match 31: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
  2. Match 32: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30

Final

  1. Match 33: Winner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32

Match list

Knockout fixture — 34 teams
Match no.RoundMatchDateTimeVenue
1Round ITeam 9 vs Team 10
2Round ITeam 25 vs Team 26
3Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
4Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
5Round IITeam 5 vs Team 6
6Round IITeam 7 vs Team 8
7Round IIWinner of Match 1 vs Team 11
8Round IITeam 12 vs Team 13
9Round IITeam 14 vs Team 15
10Round IITeam 16 vs Team 17
11Round IITeam 18 vs Team 19
12Round IITeam 20 vs Team 21
13Round IITeam 22 vs Team 23
14Round IITeam 24 vs Winner of Match 2
15Round IITeam 27 vs Team 28
16Round IITeam 29 vs Team 30
17Round IITeam 31 vs Team 32
18Round IITeam 33 vs Team 34
19Round IIIWinner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
20Round IIIWinner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
21Round IIIWinner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
22Round IIIWinner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 10
23Round IIIWinner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
24Round IIIWinner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
25Round IIIWinner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
26Round IIIWinner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
27Round IVWinner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
28Round IVWinner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
29Round IVWinner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
30Round IVWinner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
31Semi-finalWinner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
32Semi-finalWinner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
33FinalWinner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32

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 27, Team 28, Team 29, Team 30, Team 31, Team 32, Team 33, Team 34. Total matches = 33.

How this was calculated

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

    Total Number of Matches = 34 − 1

    = 33

  2. Number of teams ÷ 2 = Teams in Upper Half or Lower Half

    34 ÷ 2

    = 17

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

    Byes = 64 − 34

    = 30

  4. Byes ÷ 2 in Upper Half and Lower Half

    30 ÷ 2

    = 15

  5. 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 34, 1, 18, 17, 33, 2, 19, 16, 32, 3, 20, 15, 31, 4, 21, 14, 30, 5, 22, 13, 29, 6, 23, 12, 28, 7, 24, 11, 27, 8

    = 34, 1, 18, 17, 33, 2, 19, 16, 32, 3, 20, 15, 31, 4, 21, 14, 30, 5, 22, 13, 29, 6, 23, 12, 28, 7, 24, 11, 27, 8

  6. 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 34 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

34 is even, so each half gets 34 ÷ 2 = 17 teams: Teams 1–17 in the upper half and Teams 18–34 in the lower half.

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 34 = 30. 30 is even, so each half gets 30 ÷ 2 = 15 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 34 teams:

  1. Team 34 — 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 33 — 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 32 — 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 31 — 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 30 — 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 29 — 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 28 — 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 27 — 8th-last team of the lower half
  30. Team 8 — 8th team of the upper half

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

Round I and total matches

34 − 30 = 4 teams play Round I in 2 matches:

  • Match 1: Team 9 vs Team 10
  • Match 2: Team 25 vs Team 26

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 34 − 1 = 33 (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 34 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 34 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 34 = 30. 30 is even, so each half gets 30 ÷ 2 = 15 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 34, 1, 18, 17, 33, 2, 19, 16, 32, 3, 20, 15, 31, 4, 21, 14, 30, 5, 22, 13, 29, 6, 23, 12, 28, 7, 24, 11, 27 and 8. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 34 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 34 − 1 = 33, 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 34 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

34 is even, so each half gets 34 ÷ 2 = 17 teams: Teams 1–17 in the upper half and Teams 18–34 in the lower half.

Can I print the 34 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 34 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.