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44 team knockout fixture

44 teams: 20 byes, 24 teams play Round I, 43 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture, 44 teams — upper half20 byes. 22 teams in the upper half, 22 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6Team 7Team 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18BYETeam 19BYETeam 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22123456131415161718192029303132373841Final: Match 43
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 44 teams — lower half20 byes. 22 teams in the upper half, 22 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27BYETeam 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 40BYETeam 41BYETeam 42BYETeam 43BYETeam 44BYETeam 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 27Team 40Team 41Team 42Team 43Team 44789101112212223242526272833343536394042Final: Match 43
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
44 teams: 20 byes, 43 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
20
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 10Lower 10
Teams in each half
Upper 22Lower 22
Total matches
43
not including a third-place match
Total rounds
6
worked out from the textbook illustrations
Byes go to teams
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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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. Match 1: Team 6 vs Team 7
  7. Match 2: Team 8 vs Team 9
  8. Match 3: Team 10 vs Team 11
  9. Match 4: Team 12 vs Team 13
  10. Match 5: Team 14 vs Team 15
  11. Match 6: Team 16 vs Team 17
  12. Team 18 gets a bye
  13. Team 19 gets a bye
  14. Team 20 gets a bye
  15. Team 21 gets a bye
  16. Team 22 gets a bye
  17. Team 23 gets a bye
  18. Team 24 gets a bye
  19. Team 25 gets a bye
  20. Team 26 gets a bye
  21. Team 27 gets a bye
  22. Match 7: Team 28 vs Team 29
  23. Match 8: Team 30 vs Team 31
  24. Match 9: Team 32 vs Team 33
  25. Match 10: Team 34 vs Team 35
  26. Match 11: Team 36 vs Team 37
  27. Match 12: Team 38 vs Team 39
  28. Team 40 gets a bye
  29. Team 41 gets a bye
  30. Team 42 gets a bye
  31. Team 43 gets a bye
  32. Team 44 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 13: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 14: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 15: Team 5 vs Winner of Match 1
  4. Match 16: Winner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 3
  5. Match 17: Winner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 5
  6. Match 18: Winner of Match 6 vs Team 18
  7. Match 19: Team 19 vs Team 20
  8. Match 20: Team 21 vs Team 22
  9. Match 21: Team 23 vs Team 24
  10. Match 22: Team 25 vs Team 26
  11. Match 23: Team 27 vs Winner of Match 7
  12. Match 24: Winner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 9
  13. Match 25: Winner of Match 10 vs Winner of Match 11
  14. Match 26: Winner of Match 12 vs Team 40
  15. Match 27: Team 41 vs Team 42
  16. Match 28: Team 43 vs Team 44

Round III

  1. Match 29: Winner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
  2. Match 30: Winner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
  3. Match 31: Winner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
  4. Match 32: Winner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
  5. Match 33: Winner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
  6. Match 34: Winner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
  7. Match 35: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
  8. Match 36: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28

Round IV

  1. Match 37: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
  2. Match 38: Winner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
  3. Match 39: Winner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34
  4. Match 40: Winner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36

Semi-final

  1. Match 41: Winner of Match 37 vs Winner of Match 38
  2. Match 42: Winner of Match 39 vs Winner of Match 40

Final

  1. Match 43: Winner of Match 41 vs Winner of Match 42

Match list

Knockout fixture — 44 teams
Match no.RoundMatchDateTimeVenue
1Round ITeam 6 vs Team 7
2Round ITeam 8 vs Team 9
3Round ITeam 10 vs Team 11
4Round ITeam 12 vs Team 13
5Round ITeam 14 vs Team 15
6Round ITeam 16 vs Team 17
7Round ITeam 28 vs Team 29
8Round ITeam 30 vs Team 31
9Round ITeam 32 vs Team 33
10Round ITeam 34 vs Team 35
11Round ITeam 36 vs Team 37
12Round ITeam 38 vs Team 39
13Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
14Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
15Round IITeam 5 vs Winner of Match 1
16Round IIWinner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 3
17Round IIWinner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 5
18Round IIWinner of Match 6 vs Team 18
19Round IITeam 19 vs Team 20
20Round IITeam 21 vs Team 22
21Round IITeam 23 vs Team 24
22Round IITeam 25 vs Team 26
23Round IITeam 27 vs Winner of Match 7
24Round IIWinner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 9
25Round IIWinner of Match 10 vs Winner of Match 11
26Round IIWinner of Match 12 vs Team 40
27Round IITeam 41 vs Team 42
28Round IITeam 43 vs Team 44
29Round IIIWinner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
30Round IIIWinner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
31Round IIIWinner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
32Round IIIWinner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
33Round IIIWinner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
34Round IIIWinner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
35Round IIIWinner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
36Round IIIWinner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
37Round IVWinner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
38Round IVWinner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
39Round IVWinner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34
40Round IVWinner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36
41Semi-finalWinner of Match 37 vs Winner of Match 38
42Semi-finalWinner of Match 39 vs Winner of Match 40
43FinalWinner of Match 41 vs Winner of Match 42

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 18, Team 19, Team 20, Team 21, Team 22, Team 23, Team 24, Team 25, Team 26, Team 27, Team 40, Team 41, Team 42, Team 43, Team 44. Total matches = 43.

How this was calculated

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

    Total Number of Matches = 44 − 1

    = 43

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

    44 ÷ 2

    = 22

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

    Byes = 64 − 44

    = 20

  4. Byes ÷ 2 in Upper Half and Lower Half

    20 ÷ 2

    = 10

  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 44, 1, 23, 22, 43, 2, 24, 21, 42, 3, 25, 20, 41, 4, 26, 19, 40, 5, 27, 18

    = 44, 1, 23, 22, 43, 2, 24, 21, 42, 3, 25, 20, 41, 4, 26, 19, 40, 5, 27, 18

  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 44 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

44 is even, so each half gets 44 ÷ 2 = 22 teams: Teams 1–22 in the upper half and Teams 23–44 in the lower half.

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 44 = 20. 20 is even, so each half gets 20 ÷ 2 = 10 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 44 teams:

  1. Team 44 — last team of the lower half
  2. Team 1 — first team of the upper half
  3. Team 23 — first team of the lower half
  4. Team 22 — last team of the upper half
  5. Team 43 — 2nd-last team of the lower half
  6. Team 2 — 2nd team of the upper half
  7. Team 24 — 2nd team of the lower half
  8. Team 21 — 2nd-last team of the upper half
  9. Team 42 — 3rd-last team of the lower half
  10. Team 3 — 3rd team of the upper half
  11. Team 25 — 3rd team of the lower half
  12. Team 20 — 3rd-last team of the upper half
  13. Team 41 — 4th-last team of the lower half
  14. Team 4 — 4th team of the upper half
  15. Team 26 — 4th team of the lower half
  16. Team 19 — 4th-last team of the upper half
  17. Team 40 — 5th-last team of the lower half
  18. Team 5 — 5th team of the upper half
  19. Team 27 — 5th team of the lower half
  20. Team 18 — 5th-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

44 − 20 = 24 teams play Round I in 12 matches:

  • Match 1: Team 6 vs Team 7
  • Match 2: Team 8 vs Team 9
  • Match 3: Team 10 vs Team 11
  • Match 4: Team 12 vs Team 13
  • Match 5: Team 14 vs Team 15
  • Match 6: Team 16 vs Team 17
  • Match 7: Team 28 vs Team 29
  • Match 8: Team 30 vs Team 31
  • Match 9: Team 32 vs Team 33
  • Match 10: Team 34 vs Team 35
  • Match 11: Team 36 vs Team 37
  • Match 12: Team 38 vs Team 39

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 44 − 1 = 43 (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 44 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 44 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 44 = 20. 20 is even, so each half gets 20 ÷ 2 = 10 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 44, 1, 23, 22, 43, 2, 24, 21, 42, 3, 25, 20, 41, 4, 26, 19, 40, 5, 27 and 18. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 44 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 44 − 1 = 43, 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 44 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

44 is even, so each half gets 44 ÷ 2 = 22 teams: Teams 1–22 in the upper half and Teams 23–44 in the lower half.

Can I print the 44 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 44 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.