diff --git a/app/models/__tests__/team-projected-score.test.ts b/app/models/__tests__/team-projected-score.test.ts
index 7e1df07..5148b04 100644
--- a/app/models/__tests__/team-projected-score.test.ts
+++ b/app/models/__tests__/team-projected-score.test.ts
@@ -269,6 +269,20 @@ describe("calculateTeamScore", () => {
     expect(result.placementCounts[5]).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  it("eliminated in non-scoring round (finalPosition=0) counts as completed", async () => {
+    // Round of 16 loser: 0 pts, fully eliminated (isPartialScore=false)
+    const db = makeDb([
+      makePick("p1", "ss1", "playoff_bracket", { finalPosition: 0, isPartialScore: false }),
+    ]);
+
+    const result = await calculateTeamScore("team1", "season1", db);
+
+    expect(result.totalPoints).toBe(0); // no points for pre-bracket elimination
+    expect(result.participantsCompleted).toBe(1); // done — should not count as remaining
+    expect(result.participantsTotal).toBe(1);
+    expect(result.placementCounts[1]).toBe(0); // no placement badge
+  });
+
   it("mixed team: partial counts in totalPoints only; finalized counts everywhere", async () => {
     // p1: finalized 1st → totalPoints +100, placementCounts[1]++, completed++
     // p2: partial pos 5 (floor 20) → totalPoints +20, no placement, not completed
diff --git a/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts b/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
index 0dcaba8..f09e1af 100644
--- a/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
+++ b/app/models/scoring-calculator.ts
@@ -890,6 +890,9 @@ export async function calculateTeamScore(
           placementCounts[result.finalPosition]++;
         }
       }
+    } else if (result && !result.isPartialScore) {
+      // Finalized with no scoring position (e.g. eliminated in a non-scoring round) — still counts as done
+      participantsCompleted++;
     }
   }