If 20 players playing in a knock-out basis, and four players are to be kept in special seeding, how many total number of matches will be played

If 20 players playing in a knock-out basis, and four players are to be

1.	If 20 players playing in a knock-out basis, and four players are to be kept in special seeding, how many total number of matches will be played
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