Assertion: trophy's team | /r/CapableOf | receive bye
Facets:
value: into the knockout stages
type: OTHER
value: due to the uneven number of teams
type: CAUSE
value: through the early rounds
type: TEMPORAL
value: to the second round
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: For a number of seasons in the early to mid-1990s, the competition ran with only seven three-team groups, two teams in each section receiving a bye into the knockout stages.
text: The group phase was abolished for the 1996–97 tournament; instead, 8 teams in each section received a bye to the second round, where they were joined by the 8 winners of the first-round ties.
text: Teams from the Football Conference received byes through the early rounds, in a similar manner to the way in which the leading clubs receive byes in the FA Cup.
text: Due to the uneven number of teams competing in the group stage, several teams received byes into the Quarter-final stage.