The Masters Knockout
PRACTICEDirections: Study the tournament rules and the conditions below to reconstruct the full bracket before attempting the questions.
The Setup:
Sixteen players, seeded (strongest) to (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: vs , vs , vs , vs , vs , vs , vs , vs .
The Bracket:
* QF1: Winner of ( vs ) plays Winner of ( vs )
* QF2: Winner of ( vs ) plays Winner of ( vs )
* QF3: Winner of ( vs ) plays Winner of ( vs )
* QF4: Winner of ( vs ) plays Winner of ( vs )
* 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 upsets occurred in the entire tournament.
2. Exactly upsets occurred in Round 1.
3. No player seeded , , , , , or won their Round 1 match.
4. The player seeded reached the Final but lost the championship match.
5. The player seeded reached the Semi-Finals, where he was defeated by the eventual tournament champion.