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46 team knockout fixture

46 teams: 18 byes, 28 teams play Round I, 45 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture — 46 teams · 18 byes · 45 matches · 6 rounds

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Knockout fixture, 46 teams — upper half18 byes. 23 teams in the upper half, 23 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 18Team 19Team 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 231234567151617181920212231323334394043Final: Match 45
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 46 teams — lower half18 byes. 23 teams in the upper half, 23 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27BYETeam 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 40Team 41Team 42BYETeam 43BYETeam 44BYETeam 45BYETeam 46BYETeam 24Team 25Team 26Team 27Team 42Team 43Team 44Team 45Team 46891011121314232425262728293035363738414244Final: Match 45
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
46 teams: 18 byes, 45 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
18
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 9Lower 9
Teams in each half
Upper 23Lower 23
Total matches
45
not including a third-place match
Total rounds
6
worked out from the textbook illustrations
Byes go to teams
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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Knockout fixture, 46 teams18 byes. 23 teams in the upper half, 23 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFLOWER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5BYETeam 6Team 7Team 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20BYETeam 21BYETeam 22BYETeam 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 26BYETeam 27BYETeam 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 40Team 41Team 42BYETeam 43BYETeam 44BYETeam 45BYETeam 46BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 27Team 42Team 43Team 44Team 45Team 46Winner123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445
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. Match 7: Team 18 vs Team 19
  13. Team 20 gets a bye
  14. Team 21 gets a bye
  15. Team 22 gets a bye
  16. Team 23 gets a bye
  17. Team 24 gets a bye
  18. Team 25 gets a bye
  19. Team 26 gets a bye
  20. Team 27 gets a bye
  21. Match 8: Team 28 vs Team 29
  22. Match 9: Team 30 vs Team 31
  23. Match 10: Team 32 vs Team 33
  24. Match 11: Team 34 vs Team 35
  25. Match 12: Team 36 vs Team 37
  26. Match 13: Team 38 vs Team 39
  27. Match 14: Team 40 vs Team 41
  28. Team 42 gets a bye
  29. Team 43 gets a bye
  30. Team 44 gets a bye
  31. Team 45 gets a bye
  32. Team 46 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 15: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 16: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 17: Team 5 vs Winner of Match 1
  4. Match 18: Winner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 3
  5. Match 19: Winner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 5
  6. Match 20: Winner of Match 6 vs Winner of Match 7
  7. Match 21: Team 20 vs Team 21
  8. Match 22: Team 22 vs Team 23
  9. Match 23: Team 24 vs Team 25
  10. Match 24: Team 26 vs Team 27
  11. Match 25: Winner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 9
  12. Match 26: Winner of Match 10 vs Winner of Match 11
  13. Match 27: Winner of Match 12 vs Winner of Match 13
  14. Match 28: Winner of Match 14 vs Team 42
  15. Match 29: Team 43 vs Team 44
  16. Match 30: Team 45 vs Team 46

Round III

  1. Match 31: Winner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
  2. Match 32: Winner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
  3. Match 33: Winner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
  4. Match 34: Winner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
  5. Match 35: Winner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
  6. Match 36: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
  7. Match 37: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
  8. Match 38: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30

Round IV

  1. Match 39: Winner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
  2. Match 40: Winner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34
  3. Match 41: Winner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36
  4. Match 42: Winner of Match 37 vs Winner of Match 38

Semi-final

  1. Match 43: Winner of Match 39 vs Winner of Match 40
  2. Match 44: Winner of Match 41 vs Winner of Match 42

Final

  1. Match 45: Winner of Match 43 vs Winner of Match 44

Match list

Knockout fixture — 46 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 18 vs Team 19
8Round ITeam 28 vs Team 29
9Round ITeam 30 vs Team 31
10Round ITeam 32 vs Team 33
11Round ITeam 34 vs Team 35
12Round ITeam 36 vs Team 37
13Round ITeam 38 vs Team 39
14Round ITeam 40 vs Team 41
15Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
16Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
17Round IITeam 5 vs Winner of Match 1
18Round IIWinner of Match 2 vs Winner of Match 3
19Round IIWinner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 5
20Round IIWinner of Match 6 vs Winner of Match 7
21Round IITeam 20 vs Team 21
22Round IITeam 22 vs Team 23
23Round IITeam 24 vs Team 25
24Round IITeam 26 vs Team 27
25Round IIWinner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 9
26Round IIWinner of Match 10 vs Winner of Match 11
27Round IIWinner of Match 12 vs Winner of Match 13
28Round IIWinner of Match 14 vs Team 42
29Round IITeam 43 vs Team 44
30Round IITeam 45 vs Team 46
31Round IIIWinner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
32Round IIIWinner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
33Round IIIWinner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
34Round IIIWinner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
35Round IIIWinner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
36Round IIIWinner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
37Round IIIWinner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
38Round IIIWinner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
39Round IVWinner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 32
40Round IVWinner of Match 33 vs Winner of Match 34
41Round IVWinner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 36
42Round IVWinner of Match 37 vs Winner of Match 38
43Semi-finalWinner of Match 39 vs Winner of Match 40
44Semi-finalWinner of Match 41 vs Winner of Match 42
45FinalWinner of Match 43 vs Winner of Match 44

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 20, Team 21, Team 22, Team 23, Team 24, Team 25, Team 26, Team 27, Team 42, Team 43, Team 44, Team 45, Team 46. Total matches = 45.

How this was calculated

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

    Total Number of Matches = 46 − 1

    = 45

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

    46 ÷ 2

    = 23

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

    Byes = 64 − 46

    = 18

  4. Byes ÷ 2 in Upper Half and Lower Half

    18 ÷ 2

    = 9

  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 46, 1, 24, 23, 45, 2, 25, 22, 44, 3, 26, 21, 43, 4, 27, 20, 42, 5

    = 46, 1, 24, 23, 45, 2, 25, 22, 44, 3, 26, 21, 43, 4, 27, 20, 42, 5

  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 46 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

46 is even, so each half gets 46 ÷ 2 = 23 teams: Teams 1–23 in the upper half and Teams 24–46 in the lower half.

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 46 = 18. 18 is even, so each half gets 18 ÷ 2 = 9 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 46 teams:

  1. Team 46 — last team of the lower half
  2. Team 1 — first team of the upper half
  3. Team 24 — first team of the lower half
  4. Team 23 — last team of the upper half
  5. Team 45 — 2nd-last team of the lower half
  6. Team 2 — 2nd team of the upper half
  7. Team 25 — 2nd team of the lower half
  8. Team 22 — 2nd-last team of the upper half
  9. Team 44 — 3rd-last team of the lower half
  10. Team 3 — 3rd team of the upper half
  11. Team 26 — 3rd team of the lower half
  12. Team 21 — 3rd-last team of the upper half
  13. Team 43 — 4th-last team of the lower half
  14. Team 4 — 4th team of the upper half
  15. Team 27 — 4th team of the lower half
  16. Team 20 — 4th-last team of the upper half
  17. Team 42 — 5th-last team of the lower half
  18. Team 5 — 5th 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

46 − 18 = 28 teams play Round I in 14 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 18 vs Team 19
  • Match 8: Team 28 vs Team 29
  • Match 9: Team 30 vs Team 31
  • Match 10: Team 32 vs Team 33
  • Match 11: Team 34 vs Team 35
  • Match 12: Team 36 vs Team 37
  • Match 13: Team 38 vs Team 39
  • Match 14: Team 40 vs Team 41

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 46 − 1 = 45 (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 46 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 46 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 46 = 18. 18 is even, so each half gets 18 ÷ 2 = 9 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 46, 1, 24, 23, 45, 2, 25, 22, 44, 3, 26, 21, 43, 4, 27, 20, 42 and 5. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 46 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 46 − 1 = 45, 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 46 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

46 is even, so each half gets 46 ÷ 2 = 23 teams: Teams 1–23 in the upper half and Teams 24–46 in the lower half.

Can I print the 46 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 46 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.