Question

Draw a fixture of nine teams for a Single Knock-out tourament and show it to your teacher.

Answer 1

There are nine teams, so seven teams receive a bye in the first round. Teams 8 and 9 play the only first-round match. The winner joins the seven teams with byes in Round II.

ROUND I                 ROUND II              SEMI-FINALS          FINAL

Team 1 ── Bye ───────┐
                     ├─ Match 1 ──────────┐
Team 8 ──┐           │                    │
         ├─ Match 1 ─┘                    ├─ Semi-final 1 ──┐
Team 9 ──┘                                │                │
Team 2 ── Bye ───────┐                    │                │
                     ├─ Match 2 ─────────┘                │
Team 3 ── Bye ───────┘                                     ├─ FINAL ── Winner
                                                            │
Team 4 ── Bye ───────┐                                     │
                     ├─ Match 3 ──────────┐                │
Team 5 ── Bye ───────┘                    ├─ Semi-final 2 ─┘
                                          │
Team 6 ── Bye ───────┐                    │
                     ├─ Match 4 ──────────┘
Team 7 ── Bye ───────┘

Match count: 8 matches in total. In a single knock-out tournament, the total number of matches is one fewer than the number of teams.