Comment on What comes before a quarter final?
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
The round of 16.
That just sounds wrong though and doesn’t follow the naming convention of what comes after.
But that is what it’s called. E.g., the FIFA World Cup 2023 brackets.
Round of 8 doesn’t follow the convention, either, because that would be ‘eighth final’.
I remember it like this:
Finals - 1 match - 2 participants
Semifinals - 2 matches - 4 participants
Quarterfinals - 4 matches - 8 participants
Round of 16 - 8 matches - 16 participants
Round of 32 - 16 matches - **32 participants **
In every round, half of the participants are eliminated and the other half moves on.
peetabix@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That just sounds wrong though and doesn’t follow the naming convention of what comes after.
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
But that is what it’s called. E.g., the FIFA World Cup 2023 brackets.
Round of 8 doesn’t follow the convention, either, because that would be ‘eighth final’.
neumast@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I remember it like this:
Finals - 1 match - 2 participants
Semifinals - 2 matches - 4 participants
Quarterfinals - 4 matches - 8 participants
Round of 16 - 8 matches - 16 participants
Round of 32 - 16 matches - **32 participants **
In every round, half of the participants are eliminated and the other half moves on.