2**n teams are not mandatory
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including permutations derived from this solution
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Most people who should know think that byes are required for robin schedules
that do not have the number of teams equal to a power of 2. However, there
are examples here for all even numbers of teams including twice an odd number.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C |
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| 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | 7 |
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| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | A | B | C | 7 | 8 |
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| 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | A | B | C | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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| 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | B | C | 7 | 8 | 9 | A |
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| 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | C | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B |
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| 7 | 8 | 9 | B | A | C | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
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| 8 | 7 | C | 9 | B | A | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
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| 9 | A | 7 | 8 | C | B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
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| A | 9 | B | C | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
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| B | C | A | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
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| C | B | 8 | A | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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...calculators...
...base
12...
...For 6 teams...
...For 10 teams...
...For 12 teams...
...For 14 teams...
...For 18 teams...
...For 20 teams...
...For 22 teams...
...For 24 teams...
...For 26 teams...
...For 28 teams...
The Schedule for multiples of 4 can easlily be constructed using
the schedule for a multiple of 2 twice with a systematic extension.
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