Problem

Source: Polish MO 2022 P6

Tags: combinatorics, graph theory



$n$ players took part in badminton tournament, where $n$ is positive and odd integer. Each two players played two matches with each other. There were no draws. Each player has won as many matches as he has lost. Prove that you can cancel half of the matches s.t. each player still has won as many matches as he has lost.