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The Masters Knockout

PRACTICE
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Data / Set

Directions: Study the tournament rules and the conditions below to reconstruct the full bracket before attempting the questions.

The Setup:
Sixteen players, seeded
11 (strongest) to 1616 (weakest), enter the Masters Knockout, a single-elimination tournament played over four rounds: Round 1, the Quarter-Finals (QF), the Semi-Finals (SF) and the Final. Every match produces a winner, and the loser is knocked out.

Round 1 pairings: 11 vs 1616, 88 vs 99, 44 vs 1313, 55 vs 1212, 22 vs 1515, 77 vs 1010, 33 vs 1414, 66 vs 1111.

The Bracket:
* QF1: Winner of (
11 vs 1616) plays Winner of (88 vs 99)
* QF2: Winner of (
44 vs 1313) plays Winner of (55 vs 1212)
* QF3: Winner of (
22 vs 1515) plays Winner of (77 vs 1010)
* QF4: Winner of (
33 vs 1414) plays Winner of (66 vs 1111)
* SF1: Winner of QF1 plays Winner of QF2

* SF2: Winner of QF3 plays Winner of QF4

* Final: Winner of SF1 plays Winner of SF2

An upset occurs when a player with a higher seed number defeats a player with a lower seed number.

Conditions:
1. Exactly
44 upsets occurred in the entire tournament.
2. Exactly
22 upsets occurred in Round 1.
3. No player seeded
1111, 1212, 1313, 1414, 1515, or 1616 won their Round 1 match.
4. The player seeded
11 reached the Final but lost the championship match.
5. The player seeded
66 reached the Semi-Finals, where he was defeated by the eventual tournament champion.

Based on the tournament data, which seed number is the eventual tournament champion?
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