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38 team knockout fixture

38 teams: 26 byes, 12 teams play Round I, 37 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture — 38 teams · 26 byes · 37 matches · 6 rounds

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Knockout fixture, 38 teams — upper half26 byes. 19 teams in the upper half, 19 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6BYETeam 7BYETeam 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14BYETeam 15BYETeam 16BYETeam 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 7Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19123789101112131423242526313235Final: Match 37
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 38 teams — lower half26 byes. 19 teams in the upper half, 19 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32BYETeam 33BYETeam 34BYETeam 35BYETeam 36BYETeam 37BYETeam 38BYETeam 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38456151617181920212227282930333436Final: Match 37
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
38 teams: 26 byes, 37 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
26
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 13Lower 13
Teams in each half
Upper 19Lower 19
Total matches
37
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, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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Knockout fixture, 38 teams26 byes. 19 teams in the upper half, 19 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFLOWER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6BYETeam 7BYETeam 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14BYETeam 15BYETeam 16BYETeam 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32BYETeam 33BYETeam 34BYETeam 35BYETeam 36BYETeam 37BYETeam 38BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 7Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38Winner12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637
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. Match 3: Team 12 vs Team 13
  11. Team 14 gets a bye
  12. Team 15 gets a bye
  13. Team 16 gets a bye
  14. Team 17 gets a bye
  15. Team 18 gets a bye
  16. Team 19 gets a bye
  17. Team 20 gets a bye
  18. Team 21 gets a bye
  19. Team 22 gets a bye
  20. Team 23 gets a bye
  21. Team 24 gets a bye
  22. Team 25 gets a bye
  23. Match 4: Team 26 vs Team 27
  24. Match 5: Team 28 vs Team 29
  25. Match 6: Team 30 vs Team 31
  26. Team 32 gets a bye
  27. Team 33 gets a bye
  28. Team 34 gets a bye
  29. Team 35 gets a bye
  30. Team 36 gets a bye
  31. Team 37 gets a bye
  32. Team 38 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 7: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 8: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 9: Team 5 vs Team 6
  4. Match 10: Team 7 vs Winner of Match 1
  5. Match 11: Winner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 3
  6. Match 12: Team 14 vs Team 15
  7. Match 13: Team 16 vs Team 17
  8. Match 14: Team 18 vs Team 19
  9. Match 15: Team 20 vs Team 21
  10. Match 16: Team 22 vs Team 23
  11. Match 17: Team 24 vs Team 25
  12. Match 18: Winner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 5
  13. Match 19: Winner of Match 6 vs Team 32
  14. Match 20: Team 33 vs Team 34
  15. Match 21: Team 35 vs Team 36
  16. Match 22: Team 37 vs Team 38

Round III

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

Round IV

  1. Match 31: Winner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
  2. Match 32: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
  3. Match 33: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
  4. Match 34: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30

Semi-final

  1. Match 35: Winner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
  2. Match 36: Winner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34

Final

  1. Match 37: Winner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36

Match list

Knockout fixture — 38 teams
Match no.RoundMatchDateTimeVenue
1Round ITeam 8 vs Team 9
2Round ITeam 10 vs Team 11
3Round ITeam 12 vs Team 13
4Round ITeam 26 vs Team 27
5Round ITeam 28 vs Team 29
6Round ITeam 30 vs Team 31
7Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
8Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
9Round IITeam 5 vs Team 6
10Round IITeam 7 vs Winner of Match 1
11Round IIWinner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 3
12Round IITeam 14 vs Team 15
13Round IITeam 16 vs Team 17
14Round IITeam 18 vs Team 19
15Round IITeam 20 vs Team 21
16Round IITeam 22 vs Team 23
17Round IITeam 24 vs Team 25
18Round IIWinner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 5
19Round IIWinner of Match 6 vs Team 32
20Round IITeam 33 vs Team 34
21Round IITeam 35 vs Team 36
22Round IITeam 37 vs Team 38
23Round IIIWinner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
24Round IIIWinner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 10
25Round IIIWinner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
26Round IIIWinner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
27Round IIIWinner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
28Round IIIWinner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
29Round IIIWinner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
30Round IIIWinner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
31Round IVWinner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
32Round IVWinner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
33Round IVWinner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
34Round IVWinner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
35Semi-finalWinner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
36Semi-finalWinner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34
37FinalWinner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 6, Team 7, 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 32, Team 33, Team 34, Team 35, Team 36, Team 37, Team 38. Total matches = 37.

How this was calculated

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

    Total Number of Matches = 38 − 1

    = 37

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

    38 ÷ 2

    = 19

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

    Byes = 64 − 38

    = 26

  4. Byes ÷ 2 in Upper Half and Lower Half

    26 ÷ 2

    = 13

  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 38, 1, 20, 19, 37, 2, 21, 18, 36, 3, 22, 17, 35, 4, 23, 16, 34, 5, 24, 15, 33, 6, 25, 14, 32, 7

    = 38, 1, 20, 19, 37, 2, 21, 18, 36, 3, 22, 17, 35, 4, 23, 16, 34, 5, 24, 15, 33, 6, 25, 14, 32, 7

  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 38 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

38 is even, so each half gets 38 ÷ 2 = 19 teams: Teams 1–19 in the upper half and Teams 20–38 in the lower half.

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 38 = 26. 26 is even, so each half gets 26 ÷ 2 = 13 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 38 teams:

  1. Team 38 — last team of the lower half
  2. Team 1 — first team of the upper half
  3. Team 20 — first team of the lower half
  4. Team 19 — last team of the upper half
  5. Team 37 — 2nd-last team of the lower half
  6. Team 2 — 2nd team of the upper half
  7. Team 21 — 2nd team of the lower half
  8. Team 18 — 2nd-last team of the upper half
  9. Team 36 — 3rd-last team of the lower half
  10. Team 3 — 3rd team of the upper half
  11. Team 22 — 3rd team of the lower half
  12. Team 17 — 3rd-last team of the upper half
  13. Team 35 — 4th-last team of the lower half
  14. Team 4 — 4th team of the upper half
  15. Team 23 — 4th team of the lower half
  16. Team 16 — 4th-last team of the upper half
  17. Team 34 — 5th-last team of the lower half
  18. Team 5 — 5th team of the upper half
  19. Team 24 — 5th team of the lower half
  20. Team 15 — 5th-last team of the upper half
  21. Team 33 — 6th-last team of the lower half
  22. Team 6 — 6th team of the upper half
  23. Team 25 — 6th team of the lower half
  24. Team 14 — 6th-last team of the upper half
  25. Team 32 — 7th-last team of the lower half
  26. Team 7 — 7th 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

38 − 26 = 12 teams play Round I in 6 matches:

  • Match 1: Team 8 vs Team 9
  • Match 2: Team 10 vs Team 11
  • Match 3: Team 12 vs Team 13
  • Match 4: Team 26 vs Team 27
  • Match 5: Team 28 vs Team 29
  • Match 6: Team 30 vs Team 31

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 38 − 1 = 37 (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 38 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 38 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 38 = 26. 26 is even, so each half gets 26 ÷ 2 = 13 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 38, 1, 20, 19, 37, 2, 21, 18, 36, 3, 22, 17, 35, 4, 23, 16, 34, 5, 24, 15, 33, 6, 25, 14, 32 and 7. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 38 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 38 − 1 = 37, 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 38 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

38 is even, so each half gets 38 ÷ 2 = 19 teams: Teams 1–19 in the upper half and Teams 20–38 in the lower half.

Can I print the 38 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 38 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.