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8 matches .. as from 9 teams only 1 will win , rest 8 teams must lose , in knockout tournament 1 team goes out in 1 match .
In a knockout tournament, each match eliminates one player. Therefore, if a total of thirty matches are played, that means thirty players have been eliminated. To find the total number of players who participated, you need to add one more player to the number of eliminated players, resulting in 31 players in the tournament.
522 matches in a minimum of 10 rounds. *The number of rounds required for from 512 to 1023 players is 10 rounds (512 = 29)
kenya
i think it is 132 matches but im not sure.
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142 legue matches
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