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40 team knockout fixture

40 teams: 24 byes, 16 teams play Round I, 39 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture — 40 teams · 24 byes · 39 matches · 6 rounds

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Knockout fixture, 40 teams — upper half24 byes. 20 teams in the upper half, 20 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6BYETeam 7Team 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15BYETeam 16BYETeam 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20123491011121314151625262728333437Final: Match 39
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 40 teams — lower half24 byes. 20 teams in the upper half, 20 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35BYETeam 36BYETeam 37BYETeam 38BYETeam 39BYETeam 40BYETeam 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 405678171819202122232429303132353638Final: Match 39
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
40 teams: 24 byes, 39 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
24
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 12Lower 12
Teams in each half
Upper 20Lower 20
Total matches
39
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, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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Knockout fixture, 40 teams24 byes. 20 teams in the upper half, 20 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFLOWER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6BYETeam 7Team 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15BYETeam 16BYETeam 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35BYETeam 36BYETeam 37BYETeam 38BYETeam 39BYETeam 40BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 40Winner123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839
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. Match 1: Team 7 vs Team 8
  8. Match 2: Team 9 vs Team 10
  9. Match 3: Team 11 vs Team 12
  10. Match 4: Team 13 vs Team 14
  11. Team 15 gets a bye
  12. Team 16 gets a bye
  13. Team 17 gets a bye
  14. Team 18 gets a bye
  15. Team 19 gets a bye
  16. Team 20 gets a bye
  17. Team 21 gets a bye
  18. Team 22 gets a bye
  19. Team 23 gets a bye
  20. Team 24 gets a bye
  21. Team 25 gets a bye
  22. Team 26 gets a bye
  23. Match 5: Team 27 vs Team 28
  24. Match 6: Team 29 vs Team 30
  25. Match 7: Team 31 vs Team 32
  26. Match 8: Team 33 vs Team 34
  27. Team 35 gets a bye
  28. Team 36 gets a bye
  29. Team 37 gets a bye
  30. Team 38 gets a bye
  31. Team 39 gets a bye
  32. Team 40 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 9: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 10: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 11: Team 5 vs Team 6
  4. Match 12: Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
  5. Match 13: Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
  6. Match 14: Team 15 vs Team 16
  7. Match 15: Team 17 vs Team 18
  8. Match 16: Team 19 vs Team 20
  9. Match 17: Team 21 vs Team 22
  10. Match 18: Team 23 vs Team 24
  11. Match 19: Team 25 vs Team 26
  12. Match 20: Winner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
  13. Match 21: Winner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
  14. Match 22: Team 35 vs Team 36
  15. Match 23: Team 37 vs Team 38
  16. Match 24: Team 39 vs Team 40

Round III

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

Round IV

  1. Match 33: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
  2. Match 34: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
  3. Match 35: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
  4. Match 36: Winner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32

Semi-final

  1. Match 37: Winner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34
  2. Match 38: Winner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36

Final

  1. Match 39: Winner of Match 37 vs Winner of Match 38

Match list

Knockout fixture — 40 teams
Match no.RoundMatchDateTimeVenue
1Round ITeam 7 vs Team 8
2Round ITeam 9 vs Team 10
3Round ITeam 11 vs Team 12
4Round ITeam 13 vs Team 14
5Round ITeam 27 vs Team 28
6Round ITeam 29 vs Team 30
7Round ITeam 31 vs Team 32
8Round ITeam 33 vs Team 34
9Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
10Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
11Round IITeam 5 vs Team 6
12Round IIWinner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
13Round IIWinner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
14Round IITeam 15 vs Team 16
15Round IITeam 17 vs Team 18
16Round IITeam 19 vs Team 20
17Round IITeam 21 vs Team 22
18Round IITeam 23 vs Team 24
19Round IITeam 25 vs Team 26
20Round IIWinner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
21Round IIWinner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
22Round IITeam 35 vs Team 36
23Round IITeam 37 vs Team 38
24Round IITeam 39 vs Team 40
25Round IIIWinner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 10
26Round IIIWinner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
27Round IIIWinner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
28Round IIIWinner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
29Round IIIWinner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
30Round IIIWinner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
31Round IIIWinner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
32Round IIIWinner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
33Round IVWinner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
34Round IVWinner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
35Round IVWinner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
36Round IVWinner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
37Semi-finalWinner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34
38Semi-finalWinner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36
39FinalWinner of Match 37 vs Winner of Match 38

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 6, 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 35, Team 36, Team 37, Team 38, Team 39, Team 40. Total matches = 39.

How this was calculated

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

    Total Number of Matches = 40 − 1

    = 39

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

    40 ÷ 2

    = 20

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

    Byes = 64 − 40

    = 24

  4. Byes ÷ 2 in Upper Half and Lower Half

    24 ÷ 2

    = 12

  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 40, 1, 21, 20, 39, 2, 22, 19, 38, 3, 23, 18, 37, 4, 24, 17, 36, 5, 25, 16, 35, 6, 26, 15

    = 40, 1, 21, 20, 39, 2, 22, 19, 38, 3, 23, 18, 37, 4, 24, 17, 36, 5, 25, 16, 35, 6, 26, 15

  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 40 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

40 is even, so each half gets 40 ÷ 2 = 20 teams: Teams 1–20 in the upper half and Teams 21–40 in the lower half.

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 40 = 24. 24 is even, so each half gets 24 ÷ 2 = 12 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 40 teams:

  1. Team 40 — last team of the lower half
  2. Team 1 — first team of the upper half
  3. Team 21 — first team of the lower half
  4. Team 20 — last team of the upper half
  5. Team 39 — 2nd-last team of the lower half
  6. Team 2 — 2nd team of the upper half
  7. Team 22 — 2nd team of the lower half
  8. Team 19 — 2nd-last team of the upper half
  9. Team 38 — 3rd-last team of the lower half
  10. Team 3 — 3rd team of the upper half
  11. Team 23 — 3rd team of the lower half
  12. Team 18 — 3rd-last team of the upper half
  13. Team 37 — 4th-last team of the lower half
  14. Team 4 — 4th team of the upper half
  15. Team 24 — 4th team of the lower half
  16. Team 17 — 4th-last team of the upper half
  17. Team 36 — 5th-last team of the lower half
  18. Team 5 — 5th team of the upper half
  19. Team 25 — 5th team of the lower half
  20. Team 16 — 5th-last team of the upper half
  21. Team 35 — 6th-last team of the lower half
  22. Team 6 — 6th team of the upper half
  23. Team 26 — 6th team of the lower half
  24. Team 15 — 6th-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

40 − 24 = 16 teams play Round I in 8 matches:

  • Match 1: Team 7 vs Team 8
  • Match 2: Team 9 vs Team 10
  • Match 3: Team 11 vs Team 12
  • Match 4: Team 13 vs Team 14
  • Match 5: Team 27 vs Team 28
  • Match 6: Team 29 vs Team 30
  • Match 7: Team 31 vs Team 32
  • Match 8: Team 33 vs Team 34

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 40 − 1 = 39 (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 40 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 40 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 40 = 24. 24 is even, so each half gets 24 ÷ 2 = 12 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 40, 1, 21, 20, 39, 2, 22, 19, 38, 3, 23, 18, 37, 4, 24, 17, 36, 5, 25, 16, 35, 6, 26 and 15. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 40 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 40 − 1 = 39, 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 40 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

40 is even, so each half gets 40 ÷ 2 = 20 teams: Teams 1–20 in the upper half and Teams 21–40 in the lower half.

Can I print the 40 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 40 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.