IPL tournament with n teams, n = 4, each team play with other teams twice, top four teams qualify for the playoffs, top two teams play the first playoff, 3rd and 4th teams play the second playoff, winner of 2nd playoff plays with loser of first playoff. Write a function that takes n teams as input and returns the winner following all the above tournament rules.

Question

IPL tournament with n teams, n >= 4, each team play with other teams twice, top four teams qualify for the playoffs, top two teams play the first playoff, 3rd and 4th teams play the second playoff, winner of 2nd playoff plays with loser of first playoff. Write a function that takes n teams as input and returns the winner following all the above tournament rules.

Accepted Answer

Function to determine winner of IPL tournament with n teams following given rules.

Create a matrix to store the results of each match played between teams
Calculate the total points of each team based on the results of their matches
Sort the teams based on their total points and select the top four teams
Determine the winners of the playoffs based on the given rules
Return the winner of the tournament
Example: input n=6, output 'Team X'

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