| 1 | Winners round 1 | Seed 8 vs Seed 9 | Game 6 | Game 11 | Seeds 8 and 9 play for the right to face Seed 1, who has a bye into Game 6. The loser drops to Game 11 and meets the Game 8 loser there, a team from the bottom half. |
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| 2 | Winners round 1 | Seed 5 vs Seed 12 | Game 9 | Game 10 | One of two openers that feed Game 9 instead of a bye seed. Its loser goes to Game 10, the only game in losers round 1, against the Game 3 loser. |
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| 3 | Winners round 1 | Seed 4 vs Seed 13 | Game 9 | Game 10 | Seed 4 just misses a bye: with 13 teams only Seeds 1 to 3 rest. Winner to Game 9 against the Game 2 winner; loser to Game 10, where one more defeat means 13th place. |
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| 4 | Winners round 1 | Seed 6 vs Seed 11 | Game 7 | Game 13 | Seed 6 against Seed 11 for a quarterfinal with Seed 3, who waits in Game 7. The loser skips losers round 1 and goes straight to Game 13 to play the Game 9 loser. |
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| 5 | Winners round 1 | Seed 7 vs Seed 10 | Game 8 | Game 14 | The winner meets Seed 2 in Game 8. The loser drops to Game 14, where the Game 6 loser is the opponent: Seed 1 if it has just been beaten, otherwise Seed 8 or 9. |
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| 6 | Winners quarterfinal | Seed 1 vs Winner of Game 1 | Game 15 | Game 14 | Seed 1 comes in fresh against a team with one win. Game 15, the semifinal, is next for the winner. The loser goes to Game 14 and meets the Game 5 loser, a team from the other half of the sheet. |
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| 7 | Winners quarterfinal | Seed 3 vs Winner of Game 4 | Game 16 | Game 12 | Seed 3's first game, against Seed 6 or Seed 11. The winner plays the semifinal, Game 16. The loser drops to Game 12 and faces the Game 10 winner, a team that has already survived one elimination game. |
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| 8 | Winners quarterfinal | Seed 2 vs Winner of Game 5 | Game 16 | Game 11 | Seed 2's first game; its opponent, Seed 7 or Seed 10, has a win already. Winner to Game 16 against the Game 7 winner. The loser falls to Game 11, where the Game 1 loser has waited since round 1. |
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| 9 | Winners quarterfinal | Winner of Game 2 vs Winner of Game 3 | Game 15 | Game 13 | The one quarterfinal with no bye seed in it: both teams won in round 1. The winner meets the Game 6 winner in Game 15. The loser drops to Game 13 against the Game 4 loser. |
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| 10 | Losers round 1 | Loser of Game 2 vs Loser of Game 3 | Game 12 | Out (13th) | The only game of losers round 1, between the losers of Games 2 and 3. Its loser is the first team out and finishes 13th alone, with no tie. Its winner goes to Game 12 to play the Game 7 loser. |
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| 11 | Losers round 2 | Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 8 | Game 17 | Out (9th to 12th) | The Game 1 loser against the Game 8 loser: one is Seed 8 or 9, the other Seed 2, 7 or 10. They started in opposite halves. The loser ties for ninth with three other teams, and the winner plays Game 17. |
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| 12 | Losers round 2 | Winner of Game 10 vs Loser of Game 7 | Game 17 | Out (9th to 12th) | The Game 10 winner has played twice already; the Game 7 loser may be Seed 3 with a single game behind it. The loser shares ninth place. The winner goes on to Game 17 against the Game 11 winner. |
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| 13 | Losers round 2 | Loser of Game 4 vs Loser of Game 9 | Game 18 | Out (9th to 12th) | The Game 4 loser gets the Game 9 loser, who won in round 1 and lost a quarterfinal. Whoever loses is out in a four-way tie for ninth. The winner meets the Game 14 winner in Game 18. |
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| 14 | Losers round 2 | Loser of Game 5 vs Loser of Game 6 | Game 18 | Out (9th to 12th) | If Seed 1 lost its first game, this is where it plays for survival, against Seed 7 or Seed 10. The loser takes a share of ninth place; the winner goes to Game 18. |
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| 15 | Winners semifinal | Winner of Game 6 vs Winner of Game 9 | Game 21 | Game 19 | Top-half semifinal: the Game 6 winner against the Game 9 winner, Seed 1 against Seed 4 if seeds hold. The winner reaches Game 21. The loser drops to Game 19, where it could meet a round 1 opponent again. |
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| 16 | Winners semifinal | Winner of Game 7 vs Winner of Game 8 | Game 21 | Game 20 | Bottom-half semifinal. With Seeds 2 and 3 both on byes, this can be the second game for each of them. The winner plays Game 21; the loser drops to Game 20 against the Game 18 winner. |
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| 17 | Losers round 3 | Winner of Game 11 vs Winner of Game 12 | Game 19 | Out (7th to 8th) | Losers round 3. The Game 11 winner and the Game 12 winner cannot have met before. The loser is out, tied for seventh with the Game 18 loser. The winner goes to Game 19 against the loser of the Game 15 semifinal. |
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| 18 | Losers round 3 | Winner of Game 13 vs Winner of Game 14 | Game 20 | Out (7th to 8th) | The other game for seventh place. Seed 1 can still be here after losing Game 6 and winning Game 14. The winner plays the Game 16 loser in Game 20; no rematch is possible in this game. |
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| 19 | Losers round 4 | Winner of Game 17 vs Loser of Game 15 | Game 22 | Out (5th to 6th) | Can repeat Game 1, 2 or 3: the Game 15 loser may meet a team it beat in round 1 that has stayed alive since. It is the earliest possible rematch with 13 teams. The loser ties for fifth; the winner plays Game 22. |
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| 20 | Losers round 4 | Winner of Game 18 vs Loser of Game 16 | Game 22 | Out (5th to 6th) | Can repeat Game 4 or Game 5, and only those: the Game 16 loser against a round 1 opponent that has won Game 13 or 14 and then Game 18. The loser shares fifth place. The winner meets the Game 19 winner in Game 22. |
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| 21 | Winners final | Winner of Game 15 vs Winner of Game 16 | Game 24 | Game 23 | Winners final. If seeds hold it is Seed 1 against Seed 2, each playing only its third game thanks to the byes. The winner goes to Game 24 unbeaten. The loser drops to Game 23. |
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| 22 | Losers round 5 | Winner of Game 19 vs Winner of Game 20 | Game 23 | Out (4th) | Any of Games 1 to 9 can be repeated here. The loser finishes fourth. The winner goes to Game 23, the losers final, to face the team that has just lost Game 21. |
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| 23 | Losers final | Winner of Game 22 vs Loser of Game 21 | Game 24 | Out (3rd) | Losers final. The Game 22 winner has played at least four games and as many as six; the Game 21 loser three or four. The loser finishes third. The winner goes to Game 24 needing to beat the unbeaten team twice. |
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| 24 | Championship | Winner of Game 21 vs Winner of Game 23 | Champion, or Game 25 if the losers bracket team wins | Runner-up | Championship. The Game 21 winner has no losses, so one win ends the tournament at 24 games. If the Game 23 winner takes it, each side has lost once and Game 25 follows. |
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| 25 | If necessary | Winner of Game 24 vs Loser of Game 24 | Champion | Runner-up | The if game, also called the bracket reset. It is played only if the losers bracket team won Game 24, and its winner is champion. For Seeds 4 to 13 it can be a ninth game; a bye seed can play eight at most. |
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