Inter School Competitions. Procedure of giving byes Ist Bye — Bottom of the lower half IInd Bye — Top of the upper half IIIrd Bye — Top of the bottom half IVth Bye — Bottom of the upper half This process continues in case the number of byes are more than four. A knock-out fixture is usually drawn by lots and if it is drawn purely on the basis of lots without considering the standards of the teams, strong teams may meet each other in the earlier rounds, hence allowing the weaker teams reaching upto semifinals resulting in unfair and uninteresting competition. To avoid this, seeding is done.
Seeding is sorting of strong teams and fitting them into the fixtures so that these teams do not meet in the earlier rounds. If there is no marked difference in the standard of the seeded teams, then these teams are distributed in the fixture by lots among them. Table : Number of Teams in each Quarter Dividend and Divisor Remainder No. of teams in each quarter I II III IV N ÷ Q Q Q Q N ÷ Q + Q Q Q N ÷ Q + Q Q + Q N ÷ Q + Q + Q + Q (N = No.
of Teams, Q = Quotient) No. of Teams/entries to = × × = = Rounds No. of Teams/entries to = × × × = = Rounds No. of Teams/entries to = × × × × = = Rounds No.
of Teams/entries to = × × × × × = = Rounds No. of Teams/entries to = × × × × × × = = Rounds Merits and Demerits of Single Knock out or Elimination Tournament Merits (i) Tournament finishes in a short time. (ii) There will be economy of expenditure. (iii) The competition will be keen and intense due to the fear of elimination of a team from the tournament, when defeated.
Demerits (i) A team may