Peetabix@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat comes before a quarter final?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up125file-text
arrow-up125message-squareWhat comes before a quarter final?Peetabix@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePeetabix@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThat just sounds wrong though and doesn’t follow the naming convention of what comes after.
minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-211 months agoBut that is what it’s called. E.g., the FIFA World Cup 2023 brackets. ‘Round of 8’, which others have suggested, doesn’t follow the convention, either, because that would be ‘eighth final’.
minus-squareneumast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoI 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. Also the number of matches is reduced by a half every round.
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’, which others have suggested, 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. Also the number of matches is reduced by a half every round.