Bye: Bye is a privilege given to a team by drawing lots, exempting it from playing a match in the first round. While drawing the fixture for teams competing if the number of teams is power of two i.e.,22,23,24,25, or 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, in that case Bye shall not be given.
Another case: When number of teams competing is not the power of two i.e., 5, 6,7, 9,10, 11, 12, 13,17,33 etc., Byes have to be given to a specific number of teams or players. A team which is given a bye will not play in the first round.
Method of fixing byes:
(a) On a plain sheet, write total number of teams participating.
(b) Then lots are drawn.
(c) First Bye shall be awarded to last team of the lower half.
(d) IInd bye to the Is team of upper half.
(e) IIIrd bye to the upper most team of lower half.
(f) IVth bye to the lower most team of upper half.
(g) The rest are awarded in the same order.
