Eight teams participated in a single knockout 8- 1=7 games.
The single elimination tournament is to divide eight basketball teams into four groups, each group plays a round of competition, and the loser is kicked out. One basketball team in each group will lose. After repeated rounds, the remaining two basketball teams will enter the finals and finally decide the champion. There will be seven games.
Extended data
Generally, the arrangement of single-cycle competition sequence adopts rotation method. No matter whether the number of teams is even or odd, they should be arranged in even numbers. If it is an odd number, you can add a "0", and the team that meets a "0" will have a bye. This rotation method is suitable for teams that don't know each other's strength, so it is very likely that the strong teams will meet in advance by drawing lots and positioning.
After the round-table meeting is arranged, each team draws lots, fills in the round-table meeting according to the number drawn by each team (or determines the number according to the ranking order of the last game), and then prepares the competition schedule.
When compiling the competition schedule, we should first implement the principle of equal opportunity and fair competition, and of course, we should also take care of the needs of the competition (audience) appropriately. We can adjust the time (morning, afternoon, evening), venue (large or small pavilion), region (local or foreign) and other aspects to achieve a general balance between teams.