8-Team Single Elimination Bracket
An 8-team single elimination bracket has 7 games over 3 rounds and no byes, so the field halves every round (8, 4 and 2 teams) until one champion is left.
8-Team Single Elimination Bracket
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8-team single elimination bracket questions
Does an 8-team bracket need byes?
No. 8 is a power of two, so every one of the 8 teams plays in round 1 and no one waits. Byes only appear when the field falls short of 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64.
How many games does a team play in an 8-team bracket?
1 to 3. The 4 round-1 losers are done after one game, leaving 4 teams; the champion plays 3.
Who plays whom in round 1 of an 8-team bracket?
1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5. Pairing the best against the weakest keeps seeds 1 and 2 apart until the final.