
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

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In a qualification group with  $15$  volleyball teams, each team plays with all the other teams exactly once. Since there is no tie in volleyball, there is a winner in every match. After all matches played, a team would be qualified if its total number of losses is not exceeding  $N$ . If there are at least  $7$  teams qualified, find the possible least value of  $N$ .

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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