Question

Draw a fixture of 5 teams for Single League Tournament using Tabular Method.

Answer 1

In a single league tournament, every team plays once with every other team.

\[ \text{Number of matches}=\frac{N(N-1)}{2} =\frac{5(5-1)}{2}=10 \]

Round I	Round II	Round III	Round IV	Round V
A – B	A – C	A – D	A – E	B – C
C – D	B – E	C – E	B – D	D – E
E – Bye	D – Bye	B – Bye	C – Bye	A – Bye

Thus, 10 matches are played in 5 rounds. The chapter specifies that for an odd number of teams, the tabular method uses N + 2 columns.