Peetabix@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat comes before a quarter final?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat comes before a quarter final?Peetabix@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePeetabix@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·1 year agoThat just sounds wrong though and doesn’t follow the naming convention of what comes after.
minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 year 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-21 year 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.
minus-squareXbSuper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s not really any kind of “final” at that point, which I think explains why.
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.
It’s not really any kind of “final” at that point, which I think explains why.