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Kimberly, Number each team in a circular order (...13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2...) In the first two weeks, everybody plays the teams with adjacent numbers (16 is next to 1) 1,2; 3,4 ;5,6; 7,8; 9,10; 11,12; 13,14; 15,16 then 1,16; 3,2; 5,4; 7,6; 9,8; 11,10; 13,12; 15,14 In the next two weeks, everybody plays the teams two ahead and two behind. 1,3; 5,7; 9,11; 13,15; 2,4; 6,8; 10,12; 14,16 then 15,1; 3,5; 7,9; 11,13; 16,2; 4,6; 8,10; 12,14 In the next two weeks, everybody plays the teams with numbers off by three. And so on, till in the last week everybody plays the team with a number differing by 8: 1,9; 2,10; 3,11; 4,12; 5,13; 6,14; 7,15; 8,16 You will see this will work for any even number of teams. Good Hunting!
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