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42 team knockout fixture

42 teams: 22 byes, 20 teams play Round I, 41 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture, 42 teams — upper half22 byes. 21 teams in the upper half, 21 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 15Team 16Team 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 2112345111213141516171827282930353639Final: Match 41
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 42 teams — lower half22 byes. 21 teams in the upper half, 21 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37BYETeam 38BYETeam 39BYETeam 40BYETeam 41BYETeam 42BYETeam 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 40Team 41Team 42678910192021222324252631323334373840Final: Match 41
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
42 teams: 22 byes, 41 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
22
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 11Lower 11
Teams in each half
Upper 21Lower 21
Total matches
41
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, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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Knockout fixture, 42 teams22 byes. 21 teams in the upper half, 21 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 15Team 16Team 17BYETeam 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37BYETeam 38BYETeam 39BYETeam 40BYETeam 41BYETeam 42BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 40Team 41Team 42Winner1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041
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. Match 5: Team 15 vs Team 16
  12. Team 17 gets a bye
  13. Team 18 gets a bye
  14. Team 19 gets a bye
  15. Team 20 gets a bye
  16. Team 21 gets a bye
  17. Team 22 gets a bye
  18. Team 23 gets a bye
  19. Team 24 gets a bye
  20. Team 25 gets a bye
  21. Team 26 gets a bye
  22. Match 6: Team 27 vs Team 28
  23. Match 7: Team 29 vs Team 30
  24. Match 8: Team 31 vs Team 32
  25. Match 9: Team 33 vs Team 34
  26. Match 10: Team 35 vs Team 36
  27. Team 37 gets a bye
  28. Team 38 gets a bye
  29. Team 39 gets a bye
  30. Team 40 gets a bye
  31. Team 41 gets a bye
  32. Team 42 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 11: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 12: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 13: Team 5 vs Team 6
  4. Match 14: Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
  5. Match 15: Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
  6. Match 16: Winner of Match 5 vs Team 17
  7. Match 17: Team 18 vs Team 19
  8. Match 18: Team 20 vs Team 21
  9. Match 19: Team 22 vs Team 23
  10. Match 20: Team 24 vs Team 25
  11. Match 21: Team 26 vs Winner of Match 6
  12. Match 22: Winner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
  13. Match 23: Winner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 10
  14. Match 24: Team 37 vs Team 38
  15. Match 25: Team 39 vs Team 40
  16. Match 26: Team 41 vs Team 42

Round III

  1. Match 27: Winner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
  2. Match 28: Winner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
  3. Match 29: Winner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
  4. Match 30: Winner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
  5. Match 31: Winner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
  6. Match 32: Winner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
  7. Match 33: Winner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
  8. Match 34: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26

Round IV

  1. Match 35: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
  2. Match 36: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
  3. Match 37: Winner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
  4. Match 38: Winner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34

Semi-final

  1. Match 39: Winner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36
  2. Match 40: Winner of Match 37 vs Winner of Match 38

Final

  1. Match 41: Winner of Match 39 vs Winner of Match 40

Match list

Knockout fixture — 42 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 15 vs Team 16
6Round ITeam 27 vs Team 28
7Round ITeam 29 vs Team 30
8Round ITeam 31 vs Team 32
9Round ITeam 33 vs Team 34
10Round ITeam 35 vs Team 36
11Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
12Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
13Round IITeam 5 vs Team 6
14Round IIWinner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
15Round IIWinner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
16Round IIWinner of Match 5 vs Team 17
17Round IITeam 18 vs Team 19
18Round IITeam 20 vs Team 21
19Round IITeam 22 vs Team 23
20Round IITeam 24 vs Team 25
21Round IITeam 26 vs Winner of Match 6
22Round IIWinner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
23Round IIWinner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 10
24Round IITeam 37 vs Team 38
25Round IITeam 39 vs Team 40
26Round IITeam 41 vs Team 42
27Round IIIWinner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
28Round IIIWinner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
29Round IIIWinner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
30Round IIIWinner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
31Round IIIWinner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
32Round IIIWinner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
33Round IIIWinner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
34Round IIIWinner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
35Round IVWinner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
36Round IVWinner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
37Round IVWinner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
38Round IVWinner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34
39Semi-finalWinner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36
40Semi-finalWinner of Match 37 vs Winner of Match 38
41FinalWinner of Match 39 vs Winner of Match 40

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 6, Team 17, Team 18, Team 19, Team 20, Team 21, Team 22, Team 23, Team 24, Team 25, Team 26, Team 37, Team 38, Team 39, Team 40, Team 41, Team 42. Total matches = 41.

How this was calculated

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

    Total Number of Matches = 42 − 1

    = 41

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

    42 ÷ 2

    = 21

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

    Byes = 64 − 42

    = 22

  4. Byes ÷ 2 in Upper Half and Lower Half

    22 ÷ 2

    = 11

  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 42, 1, 22, 21, 41, 2, 23, 20, 40, 3, 24, 19, 39, 4, 25, 18, 38, 5, 26, 17, 37, 6

    = 42, 1, 22, 21, 41, 2, 23, 20, 40, 3, 24, 19, 39, 4, 25, 18, 38, 5, 26, 17, 37, 6

  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 42 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

42 is even, so each half gets 42 ÷ 2 = 21 teams: Teams 1–21 in the upper half and Teams 22–42 in the lower half.

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 42 = 22. 22 is even, so each half gets 22 ÷ 2 = 11 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 42 teams:

  1. Team 42 — last team of the lower half
  2. Team 1 — first team of the upper half
  3. Team 22 — first team of the lower half
  4. Team 21 — last team of the upper half
  5. Team 41 — 2nd-last team of the lower half
  6. Team 2 — 2nd team of the upper half
  7. Team 23 — 2nd team of the lower half
  8. Team 20 — 2nd-last team of the upper half
  9. Team 40 — 3rd-last team of the lower half
  10. Team 3 — 3rd team of the upper half
  11. Team 24 — 3rd team of the lower half
  12. Team 19 — 3rd-last team of the upper half
  13. Team 39 — 4th-last team of the lower half
  14. Team 4 — 4th team of the upper half
  15. Team 25 — 4th team of the lower half
  16. Team 18 — 4th-last team of the upper half
  17. Team 38 — 5th-last team of the lower half
  18. Team 5 — 5th team of the upper half
  19. Team 26 — 5th team of the lower half
  20. Team 17 — 5th-last team of the upper half
  21. Team 37 — 6th-last team of the lower half
  22. Team 6 — 6th 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

42 − 22 = 20 teams play Round I in 10 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 15 vs Team 16
  • Match 6: Team 27 vs Team 28
  • Match 7: Team 29 vs Team 30
  • Match 8: Team 31 vs Team 32
  • Match 9: Team 33 vs Team 34
  • Match 10: Team 35 vs Team 36

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 42 − 1 = 41 (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 42 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 42 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 42 = 22. 22 is even, so each half gets 22 ÷ 2 = 11 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 42, 1, 22, 21, 41, 2, 23, 20, 40, 3, 24, 19, 39, 4, 25, 18, 38, 5, 26, 17, 37 and 6. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 42 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 42 − 1 = 41, 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 42 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

42 is even, so each half gets 42 ÷ 2 = 21 teams: Teams 1–21 in the upper half and Teams 22–42 in the lower half.

Can I print the 42 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 42 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.