| 1 | Winners round 1 | Seed 8 vs Seed 9 | Game 8 | Game 15 | The only opener whose winner walks into Seed 1, who has the one bye on this sheet and waits in Game 8. The loser drops to Game 15 and waits there for the loser of Game 11, a quarterfinal. |
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| 2 | Winners round 1 | Seed 5 vs Seed 12 | Game 9 | Game 12 | Top half. Its winner plays the Game 3 winner in Game 9, and its loser plays the Game 3 loser in Game 12, the first game that puts a team out. |
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| 3 | Winners round 1 | Seed 4 vs Seed 13 | Game 9 | Game 12 | Paired with Game 2 both ways: the two winners meet in Game 9 and the two losers in Game 12. On seeding that sets up Seed 4 against Seed 5 in the quarterfinal. |
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| 4 | Winners round 1 | Seed 3 vs Seed 14 | Game 10 | Game 13 | First game of the bottom half. The winner goes on to Game 10 against the Game 5 winner; the loser has an elimination game next, Game 13, against the Game 5 loser. |
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| 5 | Winners round 1 | Seed 6 vs Seed 11 | Game 10 | Game 13 | Shares its two next games with Game 4: winners to Game 10, losers to Game 13. If the better seeds win, Game 10 is Seed 3 against Seed 6. |
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| 6 | Winners round 1 | Seed 7 vs Seed 10 | Game 11 | Game 14 | The winner gets the Game 7 winner in Game 11, which on seeding means Seed 2. The loser drops to Game 14 to face the Game 7 loser. |
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| 7 | Winners round 1 | Seed 2 vs Seed 15 | Game 11 | Game 14 | Last game of round 1 and the one Seed 2 plays, on the bottom line of the bracket. Winner to Game 11, loser to Game 14, each against a team from Game 6. |
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| 8 | Winners quarterfinal | Seed 1 vs Winner of Game 1 | Game 19 | Game 18 | Seed 1's first game; its opponent, Seed 8 or Seed 9, has already played once. The winner is in the semifinal, Game 19. A loser here crosses to Game 18 and meets the Game 14 winner from the bottom half. |
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| 9 | Winners quarterfinal | Winner of Game 2 vs Winner of Game 3 | Game 19 | Game 17 | Quarterfinal for the four teams of Games 2 and 3. The winner takes on the Game 8 winner in Game 19. The loser drops across the sheet to Game 17, where the Game 13 winner started in the bottom half. |
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| 10 | Winners quarterfinal | Winner of Game 4 vs Winner of Game 5 | Game 20 | Game 16 | Bottom-half quarterfinal. Its loser crosses up to Game 16 against the Game 12 winner, a team from Games 2 and 3 that it cannot have met. Its winner plays the semifinal, Game 20. |
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| 11 | Winners quarterfinal | Winner of Game 6 vs Winner of Game 7 | Game 20 | Game 15 | The loser drops to Game 15, where the Game 1 loser has been waiting since round 1 without a second game. The winner meets the Game 10 winner in Game 20 for a place in the winners final. |
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| 12 | Losers round 1 | Loser of Game 2 vs Loser of Game 3 | Game 16 | Out (13th to 15th) | First elimination game: the losers of Games 2 and 3, both from the top half. The loser is out after two games and ties for 13th with the losers of Games 13 and 14. The winner meets the Game 10 loser in Game 16. |
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| 13 | Losers round 1 | Loser of Game 4 vs Loser of Game 5 | Game 17 | Out (13th to 15th) | The Game 4 loser (Seed 3 or 14) against the Game 5 loser (Seed 6 or 11). The loser shares 13th place; the winner moves to Game 17, where the Game 9 loser comes over from the top half. |
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| 14 | Losers round 1 | Loser of Game 6 vs Loser of Game 7 | Game 18 | Out (13th to 15th) | The last game of losers round 1, and where a beaten Seed 2 would land. The loser joins the tie for 13th; the winner plays the Game 8 loser in Game 18, which could be Seed 1. |
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| 15 | Losers round 2 | Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 11 | Game 21 | Out (9th to 12th) | The Game 1 loser has played once; the Game 11 loser has played twice and won one of them. They cannot have met. The loser ties for ninth with three others, and the winner goes to Game 21. |
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| 16 | Losers round 2 | Winner of Game 12 vs Loser of Game 10 | Game 21 | Out (9th to 12th) | The Game 12 winner stays alive against the quarterfinal loser from Game 10, who started in the other half. Both have one win and one loss. The loser shares ninth; the winner plays the Game 15 winner in Game 21. |
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| 17 | Losers round 2 | Winner of Game 13 vs Loser of Game 9 | Game 22 | Out (9th to 12th) | Mirror of Game 16: a bottom-half survivor from Game 13 against the top-half quarterfinal loser from Game 9. No rematch is possible. The loser is one of four teams tied for ninth, and the winner heads to Game 22. |
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| 18 | Losers round 2 | Winner of Game 14 vs Loser of Game 8 | Game 22 | Out (9th to 12th) | The only losers round 2 game Seed 1 can be in, and only by losing its first game, Game 8. The Game 14 winner is the opponent. The loser shares ninth place; the winner meets the Game 17 winner in Game 22. |
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| 19 | Winners semifinal | Winner of Game 8 vs Winner of Game 9 | Game 25 | Game 23 | Semifinal of the top half; Seed 1 against Seed 4 if seeds hold. The winner is in Game 25, the winners final. The loser drops to Game 23, and for the first time a drop can bring a rematch: of Game 1, 2 or 3. |
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| 20 | Winners semifinal | Winner of Game 10 vs Winner of Game 11 | Game 25 | Game 24 | Bottom-half semifinal between the winners of Games 10 and 11. Both teams are 2 and 0. The winner plays Game 25; the loser drops to Game 24 to meet the Game 22 winner. |
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| 21 | Losers round 3 | Winner of Game 15 vs Winner of Game 16 | Game 23 | Out (7th to 8th) | The survivors of Games 15 and 16 have not met: one side comes out of Games 1, 6 and 7, the other out of Games 2 to 5. The loser ties for seventh with the Game 22 loser. The winner plays the Game 19 loser in Game 23. |
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| 22 | Losers round 3 | Winner of Game 17 vs Winner of Game 18 | Game 24 | Out (7th to 8th) | Decides the other share of seventh place. The Game 17 winner is a team from Games 2 to 5, and the Game 18 winner is Seed 1 or a team from Games 1, 6 and 7, so it is a first meeting. Winner to Game 24. |
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| 23 | Losers round 4 | Winner of Game 21 vs Loser of Game 19 | Game 26 | Out (5th to 6th) | The first game on the sheet that can be a rematch: it can repeat Game 1, 2 or 3 when the semifinal loser from Game 19 meets a team it beat in round 1. The loser ties for fifth. The winner goes to Game 26. |
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| 24 | Losers round 4 | Winner of Game 22 vs Loser of Game 20 | Game 26 | Out (5th to 6th) | Can repeat Game 4, 5, 6 or 7, the four openers of the bottom half, if the Game 20 loser runs into the team it knocked down in round 1. The loser shares fifth place with the Game 23 loser; the winner plays Game 26. |
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| 25 | Winners final | Winner of Game 19 vs Winner of Game 20 | Game 28 | Game 27 | Winners final. Whoever wins is the only unbeaten team left and waits for Game 28. The loser is not out: it drops to Game 27, the losers final, one win from a second meeting with this same opponent. |
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| 26 | Losers round 5 | Winner of Game 23 vs Winner of Game 24 | Game 27 | Out (4th) | Any of the eleven winners bracket games before the semifinals, Games 1 to 11, can come round again here. The loser finishes fourth. The winner has one more game to win, Game 27, to reach the championship. |
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| 27 | Losers final | Winner of Game 26 vs Loser of Game 25 | Game 28 | Out (3rd) | Losers final. The Game 25 loser has played three or four games; the Game 26 winner between four and six. The loser finishes third. The winner needs two wins over the unbeaten team, in Games 28 and 29. |
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| 28 | Championship | Winner of Game 25 vs Winner of Game 27 | Champion, or Game 29 if the losers bracket team wins | Runner-up | Championship. The Game 25 winner has not lost and needs one win. The Game 27 winner has lost once and needs two: if it takes this game, both sides have a single defeat and Game 29 is played. |
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| 29 | If necessary | Winner of Game 28 vs Loser of Game 28 | Champion | Runner-up | Played only when the losers bracket side won Game 28. The winner is champion with one defeat; the loser finishes second with two. It is also called the if game or the bracket reset, and Seeds 2 to 15 can be on a ninth game by now. |
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