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20-player double elimination bracket

A 20-player double elimination bracket has 38 matches, or 39 if the grand final goes to a bracket reset. A player is out after two losses. The same bracket works for 20 teams.

Players
20
Places in the bracket
32
Byes
12
Matches
38, or 39 with a reset
Winners’ bracket rounds
5
Losers’ bracket rounds
7
Most matches one player can play
10
The sheet prints on its own, without the rest of this page.

Winners’ bracket

  1. Winners’ round 1

    M1
    Seed 16
    Seed 17

    Winner to M5 · Loser to M13

    M2
    Seed 13
    Seed 20

    Winner to M7 · Loser to M14

    M3
    Seed 15
    Seed 18

    Winner to M9 · Loser to M15

    M4
    Seed 14
    Seed 19

    Winner to M11 · Loser to M16

  2. Winners’ round 2

    M5
    Seed 1
    Winner of M1

    Winner to M17 · Loser to M24

    M6
    Seed 8
    Seed 9

    Winner to M17 · Loser to M16

    M7
    Seed 4
    Winner of M2

    Winner to M18 · Loser to M23

    M8
    Seed 5
    Seed 12

    Winner to M18 · Loser to M15

    M9
    Seed 2
    Winner of M3

    Winner to M19 · Loser to M22

    M10
    Seed 7
    Seed 10

    Winner to M19 · Loser to M14

    M11
    Seed 3
    Winner of M4

    Winner to M20 · Loser to M21

    M12
    Seed 6
    Seed 11

    Winner to M20 · Loser to M13

  3. Winners’ round 3

    M17
    Winner of M5
    Winner of M6

    Winner to M29 · Loser to M26

    M18
    Winner of M7
    Winner of M8

    Winner to M29 · Loser to M25

    M19
    Winner of M9
    Winner of M10

    Winner to M30 · Loser to M28

    M20
    Winner of M11
    Winner of M12

    Winner to M30 · Loser to M27

  4. Winners’ round 4

    M29
    Winner of M17
    Winner of M18

    Winner to M35 · Loser to M34

    M30
    Winner of M19
    Winner of M20

    Winner to M35 · Loser to M33

  5. Winners’ final

    M35
    Winner of M29
    Winner of M30

    Winner to M38 · Loser to M37

Losers’ bracket

  1. Losers’ round 1

    M13
    Loser of M1
    Loser of M12

    Winner to M21 · Loser is out

    M14
    Loser of M2
    Loser of M10

    Winner to M22 · Loser is out

    M15
    Loser of M3
    Loser of M8

    Winner to M23 · Loser is out

    M16
    Loser of M4
    Loser of M6

    Winner to M24 · Loser is out

  2. Losers’ round 2

    M21
    Winner of M13
    Loser of M11

    Winner to M25 · Loser is out

    M22
    Winner of M14
    Loser of M9

    Winner to M26 · Loser is out

    M23
    Winner of M15
    Loser of M7

    Winner to M27 · Loser is out

    M24
    Winner of M16
    Loser of M5

    Winner to M28 · Loser is out

  3. Losers’ round 3

    M25
    Winner of M21
    Loser of M18

    Winner to M31 · Loser is out

    M26
    Winner of M22
    Loser of M17

    Winner to M31 · Loser is out

    M27
    Winner of M23
    Loser of M20

    Winner to M32 · Loser is out

    M28
    Winner of M24
    Loser of M19

    Winner to M32 · Loser is out

  4. Losers’ round 4

    M31
    Winner of M25
    Winner of M26

    Winner to M33 · Loser is out

    M32
    Winner of M27
    Winner of M28

    Winner to M34 · Loser is out

  5. Losers’ round 5

    M33
    Winner of M31
    Loser of M30

    Winner to M36 · Loser is out

    M34
    Winner of M32
    Loser of M29

    Winner to M36 · Loser is out

  6. Losers’ round 6

    M36
    Winner of M33
    Winner of M34

    Winner to M37 · Loser is out

  7. Losers’ final

    M37
    Winner of M36
    Loser of M35

    Winner to M38 · Loser is out

Finals

  1. Grand final

    M38Grand final
    Winner of M35
    Winner of M37

    Winner takes the title, unless M39 is needed

  2. Bracket reset

    M39Bracket reset
    Winner of M38
    Loser of M38

    Winner takes the title

    Played only if the player from the losers’ side wins M38.

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

20 players fill a bracket of 32 places, so 12 places are byes. Byes go to the top seeds: seeds 1 to 12 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 20 players means 2 × 19 = 38 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: 39 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 →