diff --git a/app/services/playoff_stage_service.rb b/app/services/playoff_stage_service.rb
index fedcd07..340a9a2 100644
--- a/app/services/playoff_stage_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/playoff_stage_service.rb
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ class PlayoffStageService
   # @param number_of_teams [Integer] the teams number of teams to calculate amount of stages
   # @return [Integer] amount of required stages
   def self.calculate_required_stage_count(number_of_teams)
-    if number_of_teams.zero? || number_of_teams == 1
-      0
+    if number_of_teams == 1
+      1
     else
       # black voodoo magic
       stage_count = Math.log(Utils.next_power_of_two(number_of_teams)) / Math.log(2)