Bye (sports)

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In sport, a bye or bye week occurs when a player or team is not scheduled to play a match, at a time when other opponents are playing or when a match would otherwise be expected to occur. Many different scenarios are regionally described as byes, including: The preferential advancement of a player or team to the next round of a tournament without playing an opponent in an early round, usually as a reward for higher pre-tournament ranking; In round-robin tournaments, when one competitor gets a bye in each round due to an odd number of competitors, as it is impossible for all competitors to play in the same round. In league sports with weekly regular-season play, when a team is not scheduled to play on a given week or fixture in the regular competition period, either to balance an odd number of teams, or as a scheduled rest break. A scheduled full week's break in a regular league sport's competition in which no matches are played.

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