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29-team single elimination bracket

28 games over 5 rounds. Seed 1, seed 2 and seed 3 get a bye into round 2.

Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final G1 16 17 G2 8 25 G3 9 24 G4 4 29 G5 13 20 G6 5 28 G7 12 21 G8 15 18 G9 7 26 G10 10 23 G11 14 19 G12 6 27 G13 11 22 G14 1 bye Winner G1 G15 Winner G2 Winner G3 G16 Winner G4 Winner G5 G17 Winner G6 Winner G7 G18 2 bye Winner G8 G19 Winner G9 Winner G10 G20 3 bye Winner G11 G21 Winner G12 Winner G13 G22 Winner G14 Winner G15 G23 Winner G16 Winner G17 G24 Winner G18 Winner G19 G25 Winner G20 Winner G21 G26 Winner G22 Winner G23 G27 Winner G24 Winner G25 G28 Winner G26 Winner G27

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29teams
28games to a champion
5rounds
1 and 2 and 3seeds get a bye

The shape of a 29-team bracket

29 teams in a 32-slot bracket leave 3 byes, for seeds 1, 2 and 3. The other 26 teams play 13 round-1 games, from 16 v 17 down to 11 v 22. After round 1, 16 teams are left and the bracket is full from there.

If the favourites win

That puts seed 1 against seed 4 and seed 2 against seed 3 in the semifinals.

SeedOpponents if favourites win (game)
1bye, then 16 (G14), 8 (G22), 4 (G26), 2 (G28)
2bye, then 15 (G18), 7 (G24), 3 (G27), 1 (G28)
3bye, then 14 (G20), 6 (G25), 2 (G27)
429 (G4), 13 (G16), 5 (G23), 1 (G26)

How many games each team plays

The fewest is 1, for a team that loses its first game, which for a bye team is its round-2 game. The most is 5, and 4 for a champion that had a bye. In the favourites-win run, seed 1 plays 4 and seed 29 plays 1.

How long it takes

28 games at 30 minutes is 14 h of court time. No round has more than 13 games, so extra courts beyond that sit idle.

CourtsClock time
114 h
27 h 30 min
44 h 30 min

Every game in order

GameRoundTeam ATeam B
G1Round 1Seed 16Seed 17
G2Round 1Seed 8Seed 25
G3Round 1Seed 9Seed 24
G4Round 1Seed 4Seed 29
G5Round 1Seed 13Seed 20
G6Round 1Seed 5Seed 28
G7Round 1Seed 12Seed 21
G8Round 1Seed 15Seed 18
G9Round 1Seed 7Seed 26
G10Round 1Seed 10Seed 23
G11Round 1Seed 14Seed 19
G12Round 1Seed 6Seed 27
G13Round 1Seed 11Seed 22
G14Round 2Seed 1Winner of G1
G15Round 2Winner of G2Winner of G3
G16Round 2Winner of G4Winner of G5
G17Round 2Winner of G6Winner of G7
G18Round 2Seed 2Winner of G8
G19Round 2Winner of G9Winner of G10
G20Round 2Seed 3Winner of G11
G21Round 2Winner of G12Winner of G13
G22QuarterfinalsWinner of G14Winner of G15
G23QuarterfinalsWinner of G16Winner of G17
G24QuarterfinalsWinner of G18Winner of G19
G25QuarterfinalsWinner of G20Winner of G21
G26SemifinalsWinner of G22Winner of G23
G27SemifinalsWinner of G24Winner of G25
G28FinalWinner of G26Winner of G27

Questions

How many games are in a 29-team single elimination bracket?

28.

How many rounds does a 29-team single elimination bracket have?

5 rounds.

Who gets the byes with 29 teams?

Seed 1, Seed 2 and Seed 3. They start in round 2.

Can I add a third-place game to a 29-team bracket?

Yes. The two semifinal losers play once more, which makes 29 games.

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