Understanding Double Elimination Brackets: Bye Rounds & Play-Ins

Question
how many bye are in this bracket and who gets them

Answer
Hi Nancy,

Actually there are 2 play-in games w/ 4 teams playing to get 2 into the next round of the winners bracket.  Then you have 8 teams playing in 4 brackets.  So you could say 6 teams get byes as they do not have to play the 1st round.

teams 1 and 2 and teams 3 and 4 in games 1 and 2 (the play-in games) are selected by blind draw as are the rest of the spots.

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