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5-team double elimination bracket
5 teams, out after two losses: 8 games, or 9 if the reset final is needed. Type your own names and it redraws.
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5-team double elimination
Grand finalto be played
Grand finalto be played
Winners’ quarter-finals
- Game 1 (5) Westfield Townv(4) Oak Park SC
Winners’ semi-finals
- Game 2 (1) Riverside FCvWinner of game 1
- Game 3 (3) Harbor Unitedv(2) Northgate Rovers
Losers’ round 2
- Game 4 Loser of game 3vLoser of game 1
Winners’ final
- Game 5 Winner of game 2vWinner of game 3
Losers’ round 3
- Game 6 Winner of game 4vLoser of game 2
Losers’ final
- Game 7 Loser of game 5vWinner of game 6
Grand final
- Game 8 Winner of game 5vWinner of game 7
Grand final reset
- Game 9 Winner of game 8vLoser of game 8
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- 5 entries in a winners’ draw of 8: 3 byes to seeds 1–3
- 8 games (2 × 5 − 2), plus a reset final only if the losers’ bracket winner takes the first final
- Every entry is out after its second loss; the winners’ bracket winner can lose once
Seeds, drop-ins, games
How a 5-team double elimination works
5 entries fill a winners’ draw of 8: 3 byes to seeds 1 to 3, so they go straight to the second round. Round 1 has 1 game:
- Game 1: seed 5 v seed 4
Each loser drops to the losers’ bracket, which runs 4 rounds (2 walk-overs where a bye left a gap). Its winner meets the winners’ bracket winner in the grand final. In all, 8 games, or 9 if the reset final is needed.
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Questions
How does double elimination work?
Every entry starts in the winners’ bracket. A first loss sends it down to the losers’ bracket; a second loss and it is out. The winners’ bracket winner meets the losers’ bracket winner in the grand final.
What is the reset final?
The winners’ bracket winner has not lost yet, so if the losers’ bracket winner takes the grand final, both have one loss and a second final decides it. That second game is played only if needed. Turn the reset off for a single final.
How many games is that?
Two for each entry, less two: 2 × entries − 2 (every entry but the winner loses twice, and the winner loses at most once). The reset final, when it is needed, adds one more.
Why do losers cross over?
Losers of the second winners’ round drop into the opposite half of the losers’ bracket, as the NCAA softball bracket does. So from 5 entries up, a team that drops then cannot meet a team it has already played in its first losers’ game. Later rematches can still happen, as in any double elimination.
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