Winner’s Bracket ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Match 1: A ──┐ ├─── W1 ──┐ Match 2: B ──┘ │ ├─── W3 (Winner’s Final) ──┐ Match 3: C ──┐ │ │ ├─── W2 ──┘ │ Match 4: D ──┘ │ │ │ Loser’s Bracket │ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────│───────── Match 5 (L1 vs L2): L1 (loser of M1) ──┐ │ L2 (loser of M2) ──┼─── W5 ──┐│ │ ││ Match 6 (L3 vs L4): L3 (loser of M3) ──┐│ ││ L4 (loser of M4) ──┼┘ ││ │ ││ └─── W6 ───┼┘ │ (Loser’s Final) │ Match 7: W3 (Winner’s Bracket champ) vs. W6 (Loser’s Bracket champ) │ If W3 wins → tournament over If W6 wins → force Match 8 │ Match 8 (if needed): Same teams play again │ │ Winner = Champion
While longer than single elimination, this format is incredibly efficient. 4 team double elimination tournament bracket
Proper seeding balances the bracket so the highest-ranked teams do not eliminate each other too early. Match 1: Seed #1 vs. Seed #4 Match 2: Seed #2 vs. Seed #3 Match 1: Seed #1 vs
Result: The loser of Game 4 finishes in 4th place and is eliminated. Game 5: Winner of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 3 Result: The loser of Game 5 finishes in 3rd place. Grand Finals Game 6: Winner of Game 3 (Undefeated) vs. Winner of Game 5 Game 5: Winner of Game 4 vs
Requires up to 7 matches compared to just 3 matches in a single-elimination setup.