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63 team knockout fixture

63 teams: 1 bye, 62 teams play Round I, 62 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture — 63 teams · 1 bye · 62 matches · 6 rounds

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Knockout fixture, 63 teams — upper half1 bye. 32 teams in the upper half, 31 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFTeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5Team 6Team 7Team 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23Team 24Team 25Team 26Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 30Team 31Team 3212345678910111213141516323334353637383948495051565760Final: Match 62
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 63 teams — lower half1 bye. 32 teams in the upper half, 31 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 40Team 41Team 42Team 43Team 44Team 45Team 46Team 47Team 48Team 49Team 50Team 51Team 52Team 53Team 54Team 55Team 56Team 57Team 58Team 59Team 60Team 61Team 62Team 63BYETeam 63171819202122232425262728293031404142434445464752535455585961Final: Match 62
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
63 teams: 1 bye, 62 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
1
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 0Lower 1
Teams in each half
Upper 32Lower 31
Total matches
62
not including a third-place match
Total rounds
6
worked out from the textbook illustrations
Byes go to teams
63
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. Match 1: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 2: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 3: Team 5 vs Team 6
  4. Match 4: Team 7 vs Team 8
  5. Match 5: Team 9 vs Team 10
  6. Match 6: Team 11 vs Team 12
  7. Match 7: Team 13 vs Team 14
  8. Match 8: Team 15 vs Team 16
  9. Match 9: Team 17 vs Team 18
  10. Match 10: Team 19 vs Team 20
  11. Match 11: Team 21 vs Team 22
  12. Match 12: Team 23 vs Team 24
  13. Match 13: Team 25 vs Team 26
  14. Match 14: Team 27 vs Team 28
  15. Match 15: Team 29 vs Team 30
  16. Match 16: Team 31 vs Team 32
  17. Match 17: Team 33 vs Team 34
  18. Match 18: Team 35 vs Team 36
  19. Match 19: Team 37 vs Team 38
  20. Match 20: Team 39 vs Team 40
  21. Match 21: Team 41 vs Team 42
  22. Match 22: Team 43 vs Team 44
  23. Match 23: Team 45 vs Team 46
  24. Match 24: Team 47 vs Team 48
  25. Match 25: Team 49 vs Team 50
  26. Match 26: Team 51 vs Team 52
  27. Match 27: Team 53 vs Team 54
  28. Match 28: Team 55 vs Team 56
  29. Match 29: Team 57 vs Team 58
  30. Match 30: Team 59 vs Team 60
  31. Match 31: Team 61 vs Team 62
  32. Team 63 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 32: Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
  2. Match 33: Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
  3. Match 34: Winner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
  4. Match 35: Winner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
  5. Match 36: Winner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 10
  6. Match 37: Winner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
  7. Match 38: Winner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
  8. Match 39: Winner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
  9. Match 40: Winner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
  10. Match 41: Winner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
  11. Match 42: Winner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
  12. Match 43: Winner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
  13. Match 44: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
  14. Match 45: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
  15. Match 46: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
  16. Match 47: Winner of Match 31 vs Team 63

Round III

  1. Match 48: Winner of Match 32 vs Winner of Match 33
  2. Match 49: Winner of Match 34 vs Winner of Match 35
  3. Match 50: Winner of Match 36 vs Winner of Match 37
  4. Match 51: Winner of Match 38 vs Winner of Match 39
  5. Match 52: Winner of Match 40 vs Winner of Match 41
  6. Match 53: Winner of Match 42 vs Winner of Match 43
  7. Match 54: Winner of Match 44 vs Winner of Match 45
  8. Match 55: Winner of Match 46 vs Winner of Match 47

Round IV

  1. Match 56: Winner of Match 48 vs Winner of Match 49
  2. Match 57: Winner of Match 50 vs Winner of Match 51
  3. Match 58: Winner of Match 52 vs Winner of Match 53
  4. Match 59: Winner of Match 54 vs Winner of Match 55

Semi-final

  1. Match 60: Winner of Match 56 vs Winner of Match 57
  2. Match 61: Winner of Match 58 vs Winner of Match 59

Final

  1. Match 62: Winner of Match 60 vs Winner of Match 61

Match list

Knockout fixture — 63 teams
Match no.RoundMatchDateTimeVenue
1Round ITeam 1 vs Team 2
2Round ITeam 3 vs Team 4
3Round ITeam 5 vs Team 6
4Round ITeam 7 vs Team 8
5Round ITeam 9 vs Team 10
6Round ITeam 11 vs Team 12
7Round ITeam 13 vs Team 14
8Round ITeam 15 vs Team 16
9Round ITeam 17 vs Team 18
10Round ITeam 19 vs Team 20
11Round ITeam 21 vs Team 22
12Round ITeam 23 vs Team 24
13Round ITeam 25 vs Team 26
14Round ITeam 27 vs Team 28
15Round ITeam 29 vs Team 30
16Round ITeam 31 vs Team 32
17Round ITeam 33 vs Team 34
18Round ITeam 35 vs Team 36
19Round ITeam 37 vs Team 38
20Round ITeam 39 vs Team 40
21Round ITeam 41 vs Team 42
22Round ITeam 43 vs Team 44
23Round ITeam 45 vs Team 46
24Round ITeam 47 vs Team 48
25Round ITeam 49 vs Team 50
26Round ITeam 51 vs Team 52
27Round ITeam 53 vs Team 54
28Round ITeam 55 vs Team 56
29Round ITeam 57 vs Team 58
30Round ITeam 59 vs Team 60
31Round ITeam 61 vs Team 62
32Round IIWinner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
33Round IIWinner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
34Round IIWinner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
35Round IIWinner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
36Round IIWinner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 10
37Round IIWinner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
38Round IIWinner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
39Round IIWinner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
40Round IIWinner of Match 17 vs Winner of Match 18
41Round IIWinner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 20
42Round IIWinner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 22
43Round IIWinner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 24
44Round IIWinner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26
45Round IIWinner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
46Round IIWinner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30
47Round IIWinner of Match 31 vs Team 63
48Round IIIWinner of Match 32 vs Winner of Match 33
49Round IIIWinner of Match 34 vs Winner of Match 35
50Round IIIWinner of Match 36 vs Winner of Match 37
51Round IIIWinner of Match 38 vs Winner of Match 39
52Round IIIWinner of Match 40 vs Winner of Match 41
53Round IIIWinner of Match 42 vs Winner of Match 43
54Round IIIWinner of Match 44 vs Winner of Match 45
55Round IIIWinner of Match 46 vs Winner of Match 47
56Round IVWinner of Match 48 vs Winner of Match 49
57Round IVWinner of Match 50 vs Winner of Match 51
58Round IVWinner of Match 52 vs Winner of Match 53
59Round IVWinner of Match 54 vs Winner of Match 55
60Semi-finalWinner of Match 56 vs Winner of Match 57
61Semi-finalWinner of Match 58 vs Winner of Match 59
62FinalWinner of Match 60 vs Winner of Match 61

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 63. Total matches = 62.

How this was calculated

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

    Total Number of Matches = 63 − 1

    = 62

  2. (Number of teams + 1) ÷ 2 = Teams in Upper Half

    (63 + 1) ÷ 2

    = 32

  3. (Number of teams − 1) ÷ 2 = Teams in Lower Half

    (63 − 1) ÷ 2

    = 31

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

    Byes = 64 − 63

    = 1

  5. Upper Half = (Byes − 1) ÷ 2

    Upper Half = (1 − 1) ÷ 2

    = 0

  6. Lower Half = (Byes + 1) ÷ 2

    Lower Half = (1 + 1) ÷ 2

    = 1

  7. 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 63

    = 63

  8. 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 63 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

63 is odd, so the upper half gets (63 + 1) ÷ 2 = 32 teams (Teams 1–32) and the lower half gets (63 − 1) ÷ 2 = 31 teams (Teams 33–63).

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 63 = 1. 1 is odd, so the upper half gets (1 − 1) ÷ 2 = 0 byes and the lower half gets (1 + 1) ÷ 2 = 1 bye.

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 63 teams:

  1. Team 63 — last team of the lower half

Teams with a bye do not play Round I. They go straight to Round II.

Round I and total matches

63 − 1 = 62 teams play Round I in 31 matches:

  • Match 1: Team 1 vs Team 2
  • Match 2: Team 3 vs Team 4
  • Match 3: Team 5 vs Team 6
  • Match 4: Team 7 vs Team 8
  • Match 5: Team 9 vs Team 10
  • Match 6: Team 11 vs Team 12
  • Match 7: Team 13 vs Team 14
  • Match 8: Team 15 vs Team 16
  • Match 9: Team 17 vs Team 18
  • Match 10: Team 19 vs Team 20
  • Match 11: Team 21 vs Team 22
  • Match 12: Team 23 vs Team 24
  • Match 13: Team 25 vs Team 26
  • Match 14: Team 27 vs Team 28
  • Match 15: Team 29 vs Team 30
  • Match 16: Team 31 vs Team 32
  • Match 17: Team 33 vs Team 34
  • Match 18: Team 35 vs Team 36
  • Match 19: Team 37 vs Team 38
  • Match 20: Team 39 vs Team 40
  • Match 21: Team 41 vs Team 42
  • Match 22: Team 43 vs Team 44
  • Match 23: Team 45 vs Team 46
  • Match 24: Team 47 vs Team 48
  • Match 25: Team 49 vs Team 50
  • Match 26: Team 51 vs Team 52
  • Match 27: Team 53 vs Team 54
  • Match 28: Team 55 vs Team 56
  • Match 29: Team 57 vs Team 58
  • Match 30: Team 59 vs Team 60
  • Match 31: Team 61 vs Team 62

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 63 − 1 = 62 (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 63 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 63 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 63 = 1. 1 is odd, so the upper half gets (1 − 1) ÷ 2 = 0 byes and the lower half gets (1 + 1) ÷ 2 = 1 bye. The byes go, in order, to team 63. This team does not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 63 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 63 − 1 = 62, 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 63 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

63 is odd, so the upper half gets (63 + 1) ÷ 2 = 32 teams (Teams 1–32) and the lower half gets (63 − 1) ÷ 2 = 31 teams (Teams 33–63).

Can I print the 63 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 63 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.