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Possible 24 team tournament formats

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  2. http://www.strawpoll.me/3046181
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  4. Note 1: I'm not considering formats where less than one-third of the participating teams advance to the next round (in this case, 8 teams)
  5. Note 2: The only definitely relevant group matches are matches for determining who qualifies to advance to the next round. Group matches between already eliminated teams and/or already qualified teams whose seeds in the next round have been decided are irrelevant. Depending on the situation, group matches for determining seeding may or may not be irrelevant.
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  7. Some possible knockout formats for the second round:
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  9. 8 team knockouts: Quarter-finals
  10. Pros: Power of 2 so no byes, lowest number of knockout matches
  11. Cons: A lot of meaningless matches between eliminated teams, fewer teams get to advance
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  13. 12 team knockouts: 4 teams receive byes to quarter-finals, the rest have to go through one extra knockout match
  14. Pros: Balance between relevant matches for qualifying and for seeding, and number of teams who advance
  15. Cons: Needs to use byes
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  17. 16 team knockouts: Octo-finals (round of 16)
  18. Pros: Power of 2 so no byes, more teams get to advance
  19. Cons: Later group matches which only determine seeding may or may not be considered irrelevant, highest number of knockout matches
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  23. List of options
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  26. Options 1-3: 4 groups of 6
  27. Pros: 5 guaranteed games per team
  28. Cons: A lot of games for streamers, high chance of irrelevant games later on
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  30. -Option 1 (68 matches): Top 2 advance to 8 team knockouts
  31. -Option 2 (72 matches): Top 3 advance to 12 team knockouts; group winners receive byes
  32. -Option 3 (76 matches): Top 4 advance to 16 team knockouts
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  35. Options 4-6: 8 groups of 3 (each team plays the others twice)
  36. Pros: 4 guaranteed matches (5 for option 6), possibility of hype rematches of close games, ease of determining knockout participants
  37. Cons: Still a lot of matchs to stream, possibility of boring double blowouts, even higher chance of irrelevant games later on
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  39. -Option 4 (56 matches): Winners advance to 8 team knockouts (CONCACAF Champions League format)
  40. -Option 5 (64 matches): Top 2 advance to 16 team knockouts
  41. -Option 6 (72 matches): All advance to 24 team knockouts; group winners receive byes
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  44. Options 7-9: 8 groups of 3 (each team plays the others once)
  45. Pros: Fewer matches to stream, ease of determining knockout participants
  46. Cons: Only 2 guaranteed matches (except for option 9 which has 3), last match may be irrelevant for options 7 and 9
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  48. -Option 7 (32 matches): Winners advance to 8 team knockouts
  49. -Option 8 (40 matches): Top 2 advance to 16 team knockouts
  50. -Option 9 (48 matches): All advance to 24 team knockouts; group winners receive byes
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  53. Options 10-18: 6 groups of 4
  54. Pros: Most familiar option (especially option 18), quite balanced between match count and match relevance
  55. Cons: Hardest to fairly seed into knockouts unless byes or an extra round with groups of 3 is used. Option 10's groups may have only 1 team advancing
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  57. -Option 10 (44+ matches): Group winners + 2 best second-placed teams advance to 8 team knockouts. May take more matches if playoffs are used to determine (eg. 2 groups of 3 with winners advancing will take 6 more matches)
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  59. -Options 11-16: Top 2 in each group advance to 2nd round (12 teams advance)
  60. --Option 11 (48 matches): 12 team knockout, best 4 group winners receive byes
  61. --Option 12 (52 matches): 4 groups of 3, group winners advance to 4 team knockouts (1982 FIFA World Cup format)
  62. --Option 13 (56 matches): 4 groups of 3, top 2 advance to 8 team knockouts
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  64. --Options 14-17: 12 team playoff, winners advance (6 teams advance)
  65. ---Option 14 (50 matches): 2 groups of 3, winners advance to final, runners-up advance to 3rd place playoff (1974/1978 FIFA World Cup format had 2 groups of 4 doing this)
  66. ---Option 15 (51 matches): One more knockout round, winners advance to final round of group of 3, losers advance to 4th place playoff
  67. ---Option 16 (52 matches): 2 groups of 3, top 2 advance to 4 team knockouts
  68. ---Option 17 (57 matches): Group of 6 round-robin
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  70. -Option 18 (52 matches): Top 2 in each group + 4 best third-placed teams advance to 16 team knockouts (1986-1994 FIFA World Cup format)
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  73. Options 19-23: Knockout rounds
  74. Pros: Least matches to stream
  75. Cons: Only 1 guaranteed match per team
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  77. -Option 19 (24 matches): 24 team knockout; random teams or (if applicable) top 8 teams from past performance receive byes
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  79. -Options 20-23: 24-12-6 knockouts (6 teams advance)
  80. --Option 20 (26 matches): 2 groups of 3, winners advance to final, runners-up advance to 3rd place playoff (1974/1978 FIFA World Cup format had 2 groups of 4 doing this)
  81. --Option 21 (27 matches): One more knockout round, winners advance to final round of group of 3, losers advance to 4th place playoff
  82. --Option 22 (28 matches): 2 groups of 3, top 2 advance to 4 team knockouts
  83. --Option 23 (33 matches): Group of 6 round-robin
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