diff --git a/app/core/tournament/bracket.test.ts b/app/core/tournament/bracket.test.ts
index 0c6c84e62..3b9ec52b7 100644
--- a/app/core/tournament/bracket.test.ts
+++ b/app/core/tournament/bracket.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ CountBracketRounds("Counts bracket (DE - 16)", () => {
   assert.equal(count, { winners: 6, losers: 6 });
 });
 
+CountBracketRounds("Counts bracket (SE - 16)", () => {
+  const bracket = eliminationBracket(16, "SE");
+  const count = countRounds(bracket);
+
+  assert.equal(count, { winners: 5, losers: 0 });
+});
+
 RoundNames("No bracket reset round for SE", () => {
   const bracketSE = getRoundNames(eliminationBracket(16, "SE"));
   const bracketDE = getRoundNames(eliminationBracket(16, "DE"));
diff --git a/app/core/tournament/bracket.ts b/app/core/tournament/bracket.ts
index a1814c0f2..70363bf16 100644
--- a/app/core/tournament/bracket.ts
+++ b/app/core/tournament/bracket.ts
@@ -109,12 +109,15 @@ export function getRoundNames(bracket: Bracket): EliminationBracket<string[]> {
 }
 
 export function countRounds(bracket: Bracket): EliminationBracket<number> {
-  let winners = 2;
+  const isDE = bracket.losers.length > 0;
+  let winners = 1 + Number(isDE);
 
   for (let i = bracket.participantsWithByesCount; i > 1; i /= 2) {
     winners++;
   }
 
+  if (!isDE) return { winners, losers: 0 };
+
   const losersMatchIds = new Set(bracket.losers.map((match) => match.id));
   let losers = 0;
   let losersMatch = bracket.losers[bracket.losers.length - 1];