Proposes a four-section bracket (FSB) that divides 12 groups into four sections of three, advances winners and runners-up locally while transferring others by fixed symmetric rules, reducing bracket configurations from 495 to one per section and guaranteeing same-group separation until the semifinal
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A Four-Section Bracket for the 48-team World Cup
Proposes a four-section bracket (FSB) that divides 12 groups into four sections of three, advances winners and runners-up locally while transferring others by fixed symmetric rules, reducing bracket configurations from 495 to one per section and guaranteeing same-group separation until the semifinal