Imagine that there are only two teams. In this case, they will play only one game.
When you add a third team, the number of games will increase by two - a new team will play with each of the two existing ones.
When you add a fourth team, the number of games will increase by three - a new team will play with each of the three existing ones.
Etc.
When adding the m-th team, the number of games will increase by (m-1) - a new team will play with each of the (m-1) existing ones.
If teams play only one game with each other then the total number of games between m teams:
If teams play only one game with each other then the total number of games between 8 teams:
In case of 8 games for each pair the total number of games will be
8 * 28 = 224
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