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Football league

Source: Finnish Mathematics Competition 2010, Final Round, Problem 4

November 15, 2011
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Problem Statement

In a football season, even number nn of teams plays a simple series, i.e. each team plays once against each other team. Show that ona can group the series into nāˆ’1n-1 rounds such that in every round every team plays exactly one match.