Question

Show a league tournament fixture consisting of nine teams by using the Cyclic Method.

Answer 1

Cyclic fixture of nine teams

Number of Teams = 9

Number of Rounds = 9

Number of Matches = `(N(N - 1))/2`

= `(9(9 - 1))/2`

= 36

Round I	Round II	Round III	Round IV	Round V	Round VI	Round VII	Round VIII	Round IX
9 ↔ Bye	8 ↔ Bye	7 ↔ Bye	6 ↔ Bye	5 ↔ Bye	4 ↔ Bye	3 ↔ Bye	2 ↔ Bye	1 ↔ Bye
8 ↔ 1	7 ↔ 9	6 ↔ 8	5 ↔ 7	4 ↔ 6	3 ↔ 5	2 ↔ 4	1 ↔ 3	9 ↔ 2
7 ↔ 2	6 ↔ 1	5 ↔ 9	4 ↔ 8	3 ↔ 7	2 ↔ 6	1 ↔ 5	9 ↔ 4	8 ↔ 3
6 ↔ 3	5 ↔ 2	4 ↔ 1	3 ↔ 9	2 ↔ 8	1 ↔ 7	9 ↔ 6	8 ↔ 5	7 ↔ 4
5 ↔ 4	4 ↔ 3	3 ↔ 2	2 ↔ 1	1 ↔ 9	9 ↔ 8	8 ↔ 7	7 ↔ 6	6 ↔ 5