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36 team knockout fixture

36 teams: 28 byes, 8 teams play Round I, 35 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture — 36 teams · 28 byes · 35 matches · 6 rounds

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Knockout fixture, 36 teams — upper half28 byes. 18 teams in the upper half, 18 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6BYETeam 7BYETeam 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12BYETeam 13BYETeam 14BYETeam 15BYETeam 16BYETeam 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 7Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18125678910111221222324293033Final: Match 35
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 36 teams — lower half28 byes. 18 teams in the upper half, 18 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30BYETeam 31BYETeam 32BYETeam 33BYETeam 34BYETeam 35BYETeam 36BYETeam 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 3634131415161718192025262728313234Final: Match 35
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
36 teams: 28 byes, 35 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
28
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 14Lower 14
Teams in each half
Upper 18Lower 18
Total matches
35
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, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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Knockout fixture, 36 teams28 byes. 18 teams in the upper half, 18 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFLOWER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6BYETeam 7BYETeam 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12BYETeam 13BYETeam 14BYETeam 15BYETeam 16BYETeam 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30BYETeam 31BYETeam 32BYETeam 33BYETeam 34BYETeam 35BYETeam 36BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 7Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Winner1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435
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. Match 1: Team 8 vs Team 9
  9. Match 2: Team 10 vs Team 11
  10. Team 12 gets a bye
  11. Team 13 gets a bye
  12. Team 14 gets a bye
  13. Team 15 gets a bye
  14. Team 16 gets a bye
  15. Team 17 gets a bye
  16. Team 18 gets a bye
  17. Team 19 gets a bye
  18. Team 20 gets a bye
  19. Team 21 gets a bye
  20. Team 22 gets a bye
  21. Team 23 gets a bye
  22. Team 24 gets a bye
  23. Team 25 gets a bye
  24. Match 3: Team 26 vs Team 27
  25. Match 4: Team 28 vs Team 29
  26. Team 30 gets a bye
  27. Team 31 gets a bye
  28. Team 32 gets a bye
  29. Team 33 gets a bye
  30. Team 34 gets a bye
  31. Team 35 gets a bye
  32. Team 36 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 5: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 6: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 7: Team 5 vs Team 6
  4. Match 8: Team 7 vs Winner of Match 1
  5. Match 9: Winner of Match 2 vs Team 12
  6. Match 10: Team 13 vs Team 14
  7. Match 11: Team 15 vs Team 16
  8. Match 12: Team 17 vs Team 18
  9. Match 13: Team 19 vs Team 20
  10. Match 14: Team 21 vs Team 22
  11. Match 15: Team 23 vs Team 24
  12. Match 16: Team 25 vs Winner of Match 3
  13. Match 17: Winner of Match 4 vs Team 30
  14. Match 18: Team 31 vs Team 32
  15. Match 19: Team 33 vs Team 34
  16. Match 20: Team 35 vs Team 36

Round III

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

Round IV

  1. Match 29: Winner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
  2. Match 30: Winner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
  3. Match 31: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
  4. Match 32: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28

Semi-final

  1. Match 33: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
  2. Match 34: Winner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32

Final

  1. Match 35: Winner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34

Match list

Knockout fixture — 36 teams
Match no.RoundMatchDateTimeVenue
1Round ITeam 8 vs Team 9
2Round ITeam 10 vs Team 11
3Round ITeam 26 vs Team 27
4Round ITeam 28 vs Team 29
5Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
6Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
7Round IITeam 5 vs Team 6
8Round IITeam 7 vs Winner of Match 1
9Round IIWinner of Match 2 vs Team 12
10Round IITeam 13 vs Team 14
11Round IITeam 15 vs Team 16
12Round IITeam 17 vs Team 18
13Round IITeam 19 vs Team 20
14Round IITeam 21 vs Team 22
15Round IITeam 23 vs Team 24
16Round IITeam 25 vs Winner of Match 3
17Round IIWinner of Match 4 vs Team 30
18Round IITeam 31 vs Team 32
19Round IITeam 33 vs Team 34
20Round IITeam 35 vs Team 36
21Round IIIWinner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
22Round IIIWinner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
23Round IIIWinner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 10
24Round IIIWinner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
25Round IIIWinner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
26Round IIIWinner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
27Round IIIWinner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
28Round IIIWinner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
29Round IVWinner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
30Round IVWinner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
31Round IVWinner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
32Round IVWinner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
33Semi-finalWinner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
34Semi-finalWinner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
35FinalWinner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 6, Team 7, 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 30, Team 31, Team 32, Team 33, Team 34, Team 35, Team 36. Total matches = 35.

How this was calculated

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

    Total Number of Matches = 36 − 1

    = 35

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

    36 ÷ 2

    = 18

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

    Byes = 64 − 36

    = 28

  4. Byes ÷ 2 in Upper Half and Lower Half

    28 ÷ 2

    = 14

  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 36, 1, 19, 18, 35, 2, 20, 17, 34, 3, 21, 16, 33, 4, 22, 15, 32, 5, 23, 14, 31, 6, 24, 13, 30, 7, 25, 12

    = 36, 1, 19, 18, 35, 2, 20, 17, 34, 3, 21, 16, 33, 4, 22, 15, 32, 5, 23, 14, 31, 6, 24, 13, 30, 7, 25, 12

  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 36 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

36 is even, so each half gets 36 ÷ 2 = 18 teams: Teams 1–18 in the upper half and Teams 19–36 in the lower half.

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 36 = 28. 28 is even, so each half gets 28 ÷ 2 = 14 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 36 teams:

  1. Team 36 — last team of the lower half
  2. Team 1 — first team of the upper half
  3. Team 19 — first team of the lower half
  4. Team 18 — last team of the upper half
  5. Team 35 — 2nd-last team of the lower half
  6. Team 2 — 2nd team of the upper half
  7. Team 20 — 2nd team of the lower half
  8. Team 17 — 2nd-last team of the upper half
  9. Team 34 — 3rd-last team of the lower half
  10. Team 3 — 3rd team of the upper half
  11. Team 21 — 3rd team of the lower half
  12. Team 16 — 3rd-last team of the upper half
  13. Team 33 — 4th-last team of the lower half
  14. Team 4 — 4th team of the upper half
  15. Team 22 — 4th team of the lower half
  16. Team 15 — 4th-last team of the upper half
  17. Team 32 — 5th-last team of the lower half
  18. Team 5 — 5th team of the upper half
  19. Team 23 — 5th team of the lower half
  20. Team 14 — 5th-last team of the upper half
  21. Team 31 — 6th-last team of the lower half
  22. Team 6 — 6th team of the upper half
  23. Team 24 — 6th team of the lower half
  24. Team 13 — 6th-last team of the upper half
  25. Team 30 — 7th-last team of the lower half
  26. Team 7 — 7th team of the upper half
  27. Team 25 — 7th team of the lower half
  28. Team 12 — 7th-last 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

36 − 28 = 8 teams play Round I in 4 matches:

  • Match 1: Team 8 vs Team 9
  • Match 2: Team 10 vs Team 11
  • Match 3: Team 26 vs Team 27
  • Match 4: Team 28 vs Team 29

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 36 − 1 = 35 (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 36 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 36 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 36 = 28. 28 is even, so each half gets 28 ÷ 2 = 14 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 36, 1, 19, 18, 35, 2, 20, 17, 34, 3, 21, 16, 33, 4, 22, 15, 32, 5, 23, 14, 31, 6, 24, 13, 30, 7, 25 and 12. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 36 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 36 − 1 = 35, 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 36 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

36 is even, so each half gets 36 ÷ 2 = 18 teams: Teams 1–18 in the upper half and Teams 19–36 in the lower half.

Can I print the 36 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 36 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.