Yes, the first two teams drawn out play each other, the next two play each other, etc, until eventually there are only two teams left in the hat and so they play each other. Thus there are 20 matches and the 20 winners go through to the next round. I am only interested in this round. I hope that...
I am not a statistician, just a regular person needing some help, but since you ask the question, I'm happy to show you my feeble efforts :
The chances of team 1 meeting a team lower than 14th are 13/26, team 2 13/25, team 3 13/24 and so on, but this only applies if the teams are drawn in...
40 teams are taking place in a knock-out competition in which there is no seeding. They all have rankings determined by previous performance. The pairings are decided by a completely random draw, e.g. all the team names are put in a hat and drawn by a neutral party. What are the chances of the...