Can someone help work this out

[Matthew-1985]

I'm trying to work something out for my step dad. There are 10 teams and each team needs to play each other once. But I can't work out a table for who plays who.

Anyone know how to do it? The first match would be something like.

1 plays 2
3 plays 4
5 plays 6
7 plays 8
9 plays 10

Then they need to play all the others without playing each other again.

 

[JIM_BOB7813]

1 plays: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
2 plays: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
3 plays: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10
4 plays: 5,6,7,8,9,10
... etc

 

[ste_bla]

But bigger? Or have I got the wrong end of the question?

 

[Matthew-1985]

That doesn't work. There need to be 5 games each time.

What I have.

Match 1

1-2
3-4
5-6
7-8
9-10

Match 2

4-5
6-7
8-9
1-10
2-3

I just can't get it all to work out. Is it even possible?

 

[ste_bla]

ignore

 

[ic1male]

I think you can do it by counting from opposite ends?

Match 1

1-10
2-9
3-8
4-7
5-6

Then Match 2:

1-9
2-8
3-7
4-6
5-10

Match 3:

1-8
2-7
3-6
4-5
9-10

Match 4

1-7
2-6
3-5
4-10
5-9

 

[ste_bla]

wait..

 

[Bales1983]

www.bluebones.net/fixtures.php

 

[Ben M]

poor 2, never plays 10 =(

oh wait yes it does, just one box isn't filled in

 

[ste_bla]

Red = mAtch number
Black = Team number

 

[Ben M]

each team plays eachother once, so just forget about all of the numbers above 9 from that table i guess?

 

[ste_bla]

each team plays eachother once, so just forget about all of the numbers above 9 from that table i guess?

Yeah didn't read the OP properly

 

[Ben M]

Yeah didn't read the OP properly

Still, you were the only one who actually helped

 

[ste_bla]

Still, you were the only one who actually helped

Except it wont work if you ignore half the numbers this is bugging me now

 

[Shicky]

Definately possible, just do the long way and write it all out to be sure.

 

[Coran]

Definately possible, just do the long way and write it all out to be sure.

Thank god for that. We'd have to stop all forms of professional football otherwise!

 

[singist]

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Free trial.

There must be others around; try Google "Fixture generator".