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24-player double elimination bracket

A 24-player double elimination bracket has 46 matches, or 47 if the grand final goes to a bracket reset. A player is out after two losses. The same bracket works for 24 teams.

Players
24
Places in the bracket
32
Byes
8
Matches
46, or 47 with a reset
Winners’ bracket rounds
5
Losers’ bracket rounds
7
Most matches one player can play
11
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 M9 · Loser to M17

    M2
    Seed 9
    Seed 24

    Winner to M10 · Loser to M18

    M3
    Seed 13
    Seed 20

    Winner to M11 · Loser to M19

    M4
    Seed 12
    Seed 21

    Winner to M12 · Loser to M20

    M5
    Seed 15
    Seed 18

    Winner to M13 · Loser to M21

    M6
    Seed 10
    Seed 23

    Winner to M14 · Loser to M22

    M7
    Seed 14
    Seed 19

    Winner to M15 · Loser to M23

    M8
    Seed 11
    Seed 22

    Winner to M16 · Loser to M24

  2. Winners’ round 2

    M9
    Seed 1
    Winner of M1

    Winner to M25 · Loser to M24

    M10
    Seed 8
    Winner of M2

    Winner to M25 · Loser to M23

    M11
    Seed 4
    Winner of M3

    Winner to M26 · Loser to M22

    M12
    Seed 5
    Winner of M4

    Winner to M26 · Loser to M21

    M13
    Seed 2
    Winner of M5

    Winner to M27 · Loser to M20

    M14
    Seed 7
    Winner of M6

    Winner to M27 · Loser to M19

    M15
    Seed 3
    Winner of M7

    Winner to M28 · Loser to M18

    M16
    Seed 6
    Winner of M8

    Winner to M28 · Loser to M17

  3. Winners’ round 3

    M25
    Winner of M9
    Winner of M10

    Winner to M37 · Loser to M34

    M26
    Winner of M11
    Winner of M12

    Winner to M37 · Loser to M33

    M27
    Winner of M13
    Winner of M14

    Winner to M38 · Loser to M36

    M28
    Winner of M15
    Winner of M16

    Winner to M38 · Loser to M35

  4. Winners’ round 4

    M37
    Winner of M25
    Winner of M26

    Winner to M43 · Loser to M42

    M38
    Winner of M27
    Winner of M28

    Winner to M43 · Loser to M41

  5. Winners’ final

    M43
    Winner of M37
    Winner of M38

    Winner to M46 · Loser to M45

Losers’ bracket

  1. Losers’ round 1

    M17
    Loser of M1
    Loser of M16

    Winner to M29 · Loser is out

    M18
    Loser of M2
    Loser of M15

    Winner to M29 · Loser is out

    M19
    Loser of M3
    Loser of M14

    Winner to M30 · Loser is out

    M20
    Loser of M4
    Loser of M13

    Winner to M30 · Loser is out

    M21
    Loser of M5
    Loser of M12

    Winner to M31 · Loser is out

    M22
    Loser of M6
    Loser of M11

    Winner to M31 · Loser is out

    M23
    Loser of M7
    Loser of M10

    Winner to M32 · Loser is out

    M24
    Loser of M8
    Loser of M9

    Winner to M32 · Loser is out

  2. Losers’ round 2

    M29
    Winner of M17
    Winner of M18

    Winner to M33 · Loser is out

    M30
    Winner of M19
    Winner of M20

    Winner to M34 · Loser is out

    M31
    Winner of M21
    Winner of M22

    Winner to M35 · Loser is out

    M32
    Winner of M23
    Winner of M24

    Winner to M36 · Loser is out

  3. Losers’ round 3

    M33
    Winner of M29
    Loser of M26

    Winner to M39 · Loser is out

    M34
    Winner of M30
    Loser of M25

    Winner to M39 · Loser is out

    M35
    Winner of M31
    Loser of M28

    Winner to M40 · Loser is out

    M36
    Winner of M32
    Loser of M27

    Winner to M40 · Loser is out

  4. Losers’ round 4

    M39
    Winner of M33
    Winner of M34

    Winner to M41 · Loser is out

    M40
    Winner of M35
    Winner of M36

    Winner to M42 · Loser is out

  5. Losers’ round 5

    M41
    Winner of M39
    Loser of M38

    Winner to M44 · Loser is out

    M42
    Winner of M40
    Loser of M37

    Winner to M44 · Loser is out

  6. Losers’ round 6

    M44
    Winner of M41
    Winner of M42

    Winner to M45 · Loser is out

  7. Losers’ final

    M45
    Winner of M44
    Loser of M43

    Winner to M46 · Loser is out

Finals

  1. Grand final

    M46Grand final
    Winner of M43
    Winner of M45

    Winner takes the title, unless M47 is needed

  2. Bracket reset

    M47Bracket reset
    Winner of M46
    Loser of M46

    Winner takes the title

    Played only if the player from the losers’ side wins M46.

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

24 players fill a bracket of 32 places, so 8 places are byes. Byes go to the top seeds: seeds 1 to 8 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 24 players means 2 × 23 = 46 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: 47 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 →