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16-player double elimination bracket

A 16-player double elimination bracket has 30 matches, or 31 if the grand final goes to a bracket reset. A player is out after two losses. The same bracket works for 16 teams.

Players
16
Places in the bracket
16
Byes
0
Matches
30, or 31 with a reset
Winners’ bracket rounds
4
Losers’ bracket rounds
6
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 1
    Seed 16

    Winner to M9 · Loser to M13

    M2
    Seed 8
    Seed 9

    Winner to M9 · Loser to M13

    M3
    Seed 4
    Seed 13

    Winner to M10 · Loser to M14

    M4
    Seed 5
    Seed 12

    Winner to M10 · Loser to M14

    M5
    Seed 2
    Seed 15

    Winner to M11 · Loser to M15

    M6
    Seed 7
    Seed 10

    Winner to M11 · Loser to M15

    M7
    Seed 3
    Seed 14

    Winner to M12 · Loser to M16

    M8
    Seed 6
    Seed 11

    Winner to M12 · Loser to M16

  2. Winners’ round 2

    M9
    Winner of M1
    Winner of M2

    Winner to M21 · Loser to M20

    M10
    Winner of M3
    Winner of M4

    Winner to M21 · Loser to M19

    M11
    Winner of M5
    Winner of M6

    Winner to M22 · Loser to M18

    M12
    Winner of M7
    Winner of M8

    Winner to M22 · Loser to M17

  3. Winners’ round 3

    M21
    Winner of M9
    Winner of M10

    Winner to M27 · Loser to M25

    M22
    Winner of M11
    Winner of M12

    Winner to M27 · Loser to M26

  4. Winners’ final

    M27
    Winner of M21
    Winner of M22

    Winner to M30 · Loser to M29

Losers’ bracket

  1. Losers’ round 1

    M13
    Loser of M1
    Loser of M2

    Winner to M17 · Loser is out

    M14
    Loser of M3
    Loser of M4

    Winner to M18 · Loser is out

    M15
    Loser of M5
    Loser of M6

    Winner to M19 · Loser is out

    M16
    Loser of M7
    Loser of M8

    Winner to M20 · Loser is out

  2. Losers’ round 2

    M17
    Winner of M13
    Loser of M12

    Winner to M23 · Loser is out

    M18
    Winner of M14
    Loser of M11

    Winner to M23 · Loser is out

    M19
    Winner of M15
    Loser of M10

    Winner to M24 · Loser is out

    M20
    Winner of M16
    Loser of M9

    Winner to M24 · Loser is out

  3. Losers’ round 3

    M23
    Winner of M17
    Winner of M18

    Winner to M25 · Loser is out

    M24
    Winner of M19
    Winner of M20

    Winner to M26 · Loser is out

  4. Losers’ round 4

    M25
    Winner of M23
    Loser of M21

    Winner to M28 · Loser is out

    M26
    Winner of M24
    Loser of M22

    Winner to M28 · Loser is out

  5. Losers’ round 5

    M28
    Winner of M25
    Winner of M26

    Winner to M29 · Loser is out

  6. Losers’ final

    M29
    Winner of M28
    Loser of M27

    Winner to M30 · Loser is out

Finals

  1. Grand final

    M30Grand final
    Winner of M27
    Winner of M29

    Winner takes the title, unless M31 is needed

  2. Bracket reset

    M31Bracket reset
    Winner of M30
    Loser of M30

    Winner takes the title

    Played only if the player from the losers’ side wins M30.

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

16 players fill the bracket exactly, so there are no byes and every player plays in round 1.

How many matches

Every player except the champion loses twice, so 16 players means 2 × 15 = 30 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: 31 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 →