Question

in a soccer tournament there are 22 entries the tournament is single match elimination that is two soccer teams compete at the same time and though these are eliminated, how many games will be played to determine the champion

Answer 1

In a single-elimination tournament, each match results in one team being eliminated. Therefore, to determine a champion from 22 teams, you need to eliminate 21 teams (since only 1 team remains as the champion).

Since each match eliminates exactly one team, the total number of matches played will be equal to the number of teams eliminated. Thus, in this case, you would have:

\[ \text{Total games} = \text{Number of teams} - 1 = 22 - 1 = 21 \]

So, a total of **21 games** will be played to determine the champion.