Bae sul eh aia teal t Seeding : Seeding means placing the good teams (previous position holder) at beneficiary places. Knock-out fixture. In simple words, Seeding is placing the good teams at privileged Places in fixture so that they should not compete at initial Rounds according to tournament rules, i.e., up to quarter final (dey ‘pending upon organizers). Seeding improves the Knock-out fixture as it prevents g00d teams from clashing at earlier Rounds whereas weak teams get eliminated. a] Seeding Method * To avoid strong team competing with each other in the initial rounds + Strong teams based on their previous performance are selected to keep at appropriate places in the * Generally the seeded teams are in the power of 2 le 4,8, 16 etc. First seed is kept on the top of Upper half Second seed is kept on the bottom of Lower half + Third seed Is kept on the bottom of Upper half Fourth seed is kept on top of Lower Halt and 80 on + Remaining teams are kept in the fixture by lots Example : Placing the Seeded Teams + No. of Teams= 13 + Lower Halt= 13 -1/2=6 + No. of Matches = 13-1=12 + Number of Byos = 2‘ ~ 13 =3 + Upper half = 13+1/227 + Number of rounds = 4 + Seeded Teams = Example 6. Seeding Fixture of 25 teams : Let teams be represented as numbers “1 to 25” and lider the seeded teams as 1, 2, 3 and 4; they will directly qualify for quarter-final. Rest other = 2iteams) will play normal type Knock-out. Seeded team will play at quarter-final level. Top four tcam of each quarter will play with the four Seeded teams “1, 2, 3, 4”. The number of €$ in this case will be eleven (32-21=11 Byes). Top seed team in upper half at top ie., in I in II quarter ; third best seed team in lower {attop i.e, in II quarter and fourth best seed team in upper half at bottom ie., in Il quarter. —SS—n)(rst Seed) Match 22 Final ate...Time.. Semi-final No. t Match 19 Date....Time. Quater-final No.1 Match 20 Date....Time. ‘Quater-final No. It Match 16 Date....Time, Round. No, til Match 17, Date.....Time, . Round. No, tit @)-ae Match 13 “oui Nei Match 21 ‘Bye ———_] Date... Time, Quater No,