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12-player double elimination bracket

A 12-player double elimination bracket has 22 matches, or 23 if the grand final goes to a bracket reset. A player is out after two losses. The same bracket works for 12 teams.

Players
12
Places in the bracket
16
Byes
4
Matches
22, or 23 with a reset
Winners’ bracket rounds
4
Losers’ bracket rounds
5
Most matches one player can play
9
The sheet prints on its own, without the rest of this page.

Winners’ bracket

  1. Winners’ round 1

    M1
    Seed 8
    Seed 9

    Winner to M5 · Loser to M9

    M2
    Seed 5
    Seed 12

    Winner to M6 · Loser to M10

    M3
    Seed 7
    Seed 10

    Winner to M7 · Loser to M11

    M4
    Seed 6
    Seed 11

    Winner to M8 · Loser to M12

  2. Winners’ round 2

    M5
    Seed 1
    Winner of M1

    Winner to M13 · Loser to M12

    M6
    Seed 4
    Winner of M2

    Winner to M13 · Loser to M11

    M7
    Seed 2
    Winner of M3

    Winner to M14 · Loser to M10

    M8
    Seed 3
    Winner of M4

    Winner to M14 · Loser to M9

  3. Winners’ round 3

    M13
    Winner of M5
    Winner of M6

    Winner to M19 · Loser to M17

    M14
    Winner of M7
    Winner of M8

    Winner to M19 · Loser to M18

  4. Winners’ final

    M19
    Winner of M13
    Winner of M14

    Winner to M22 · Loser to M21

Losers’ bracket

  1. Losers’ round 1

    M9
    Loser of M1
    Loser of M8

    Winner to M15 · Loser is out

    M10
    Loser of M2
    Loser of M7

    Winner to M15 · Loser is out

    M11
    Loser of M3
    Loser of M6

    Winner to M16 · Loser is out

    M12
    Loser of M4
    Loser of M5

    Winner to M16 · Loser is out

  2. Losers’ round 2

    M15
    Winner of M9
    Winner of M10

    Winner to M17 · Loser is out

    M16
    Winner of M11
    Winner of M12

    Winner to M18 · Loser is out

  3. Losers’ round 3

    M17
    Winner of M15
    Loser of M13

    Winner to M20 · Loser is out

    M18
    Winner of M16
    Loser of M14

    Winner to M20 · Loser is out

  4. Losers’ round 4

    M20
    Winner of M17
    Winner of M18

    Winner to M21 · Loser is out

  5. Losers’ final

    M21
    Winner of M20
    Loser of M19

    Winner to M22 · Loser is out

Finals

  1. Grand final

    M22Grand final
    Winner of M19
    Winner of M21

    Winner takes the title, unless M23 is needed

  2. Bracket reset

    M23Bracket reset
    Winner of M22
    Loser of M22

    Winner takes the title

    Played only if the player from the losers’ side wins M22.

How to read the sheet

Matches are numbered in a playing order. Each slot says who plays there: a seed, or the winner or loser of an earlier match. Under each match, the sheet says where its winner and its loser go next. Write the names beside the seeds and the scores in the boxes.

Byes

12 players fill a bracket of 16 places, so 4 places are byes. Byes go to the top seeds: seeds 1 to 4 start in round 2 of the winners’ bracket. A bye is not a match and not a loss, so nobody drops into the losers’ bracket from one.

How many matches

Every player except the champion loses twice, so 12 players means 2 × 11 = 22 losses, one in each match. If the player from the losers’ side wins the grand final, the other finalist has a first loss too, and one more match decides the title: 23 matches.

Run this bracket live

The Bida Nào organizer console draws this same bracket, and any field from 2 to 128 players, with byes to the top seeds. Players score their matches from the table in the app, and the bracket updates itself. Running a tournament is free at any size. You can also choose a single deciding final instead of a reset.

Run it free in the organizer console →