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Create a tournament with 16 teams and series per matchup – ideal for fair duels over multiple games.
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In Best of N, two teams do not play just a single match but a whole series. With 16 teams, this creates a knockout tournament over 4 rounds with 15 series matchups. In a Best of 3, that means between 30 and 45 games – over several matches, a single bad game carries less weight.
Names and results in the diagram are made-up examples.
With 16 teams the tournament runs as a knockout over 4 rounds. Each of the 15 matchups is played as a Best of 3 series – whoever wins 2 games first advances. Depending on how the series go, that's between 30 and 45 games in total.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Rounds | 4 |
| Series matchups | 15 |
| Games per series (Best of 3) | 2–3 |
| Games total | 30–45 |
| Round | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 8 | 16–24 |
| Quarterfinal | 4 | 8–12 |
| Semifinal | 2 | 4–6 |
| Final | 1 | 2–3 |
Because every matchup is a series, the duration depends heavily on how the series play out. How long a best-of tournament with 16 teams takes is mostly determined by the number of fields. The values show the pure playing time for an average series length – plan extra time for breaks. The average assumes a medium series length: a clear result (e.g. 2:0 in a best of 3) is shorter, a deciding game makes the series longest.
| Fields | 10 min/match | 15 min/match | 20 min/match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 fields | 3 h 20 min | 5 h | 6 h 40 min |
| 3 fields | 2 h 55 min | 4 h 23 min | 5 h 50 min |
| 4 fields | 2 h 5 min | 3 h 8 min | 4 h 10 min |
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Choose monthly planBest of N is ideal whenever a single game would leave too much to chance: with 16 teams, a series per matchup reduces variance and crowns a deserving winner – for example in esports, tennis or table tennis. A bad day no longer means instant elimination; you can still turn the series around.
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Best of N means two players play a series of up to N games. Whoever wins the majority first (e.g. 2 out of 3) wins the series. The series ends immediately when the required wins are reached – not all N games are necessarily played.
The most common are Best of 3 (2 wins needed), Best of 5 (3 wins needed) and Best of 7 (4 wins needed). Generally: for odd N, (N+1)/2 wins are needed. The series ends as soon as a player reaches that number.
Best of N is ideal for table tennis, darts, badminton, esports and many other sports with short individual games. Important: Turniermeister evaluates generic series (game 1, game 2, …) – sport-specific sets, legs or maps are not automatically mapped.
Yes! Once a player has reached the required majority (e.g. 2:0 in Best of 3), the series is automatically ended and the next opponent in the bracket is assigned. No further games of that series are shown.
With 16 teams there are 15 series over 4 rounds. A series ends as soon as a team has won 2 games. That is at least 30 games (every series decided by the shortest winning run) and at most 45 games (every series played to its full length). If the number of teams is not a power of two, some teams get a bye in the first round.
A Best of 3 series lasts between 2 and 3 games: whoever wins 2 games first takes the series. Across all 15 matchups that adds up to 30 to 45 games in the whole tournament.
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