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Originally Posted by minhnhatbui
And also, in most regionals I think, a team is more likely to play with or against every other team at least once - 9 to 12 matches with 35 to 60 teams
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In each match, a team plays with 2 other teams and against 3 other teams. So in 12 matches, any given team could play against at most 36 other teams, and with at most 24 other teams.
But this ideal is rarely realized.
Here's an analysis of the qual match scheduling in the 2013 season:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2822