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5-player double elimination bracket

A 5-player double elimination bracket has 8 matches, or 9 if the grand final goes to a bracket reset. A player is out after two losses. The same bracket works for 5 teams.

Players
5
Places in the bracket
8
Byes
3
Matches
8, or 9 with a reset
Winners’ bracket rounds
3
Losers’ bracket rounds
3
Most matches one player can play
6
The sheet prints on its own, without the rest of this page.

Winners’ bracket

  1. Winners’ round 1

    M1
    Seed 4
    Seed 5

    Winner to M2 · Loser to M4

  2. Winners’ round 2

    M2
    Seed 1
    Winner of M1

    Winner to M5 · Loser to M6

    M3
    Seed 2
    Seed 3

    Winner to M5 · Loser to M4

  3. Winners’ final

    M5
    Winner of M2
    Winner of M3

    Winner to M8 · Loser to M7

Losers’ bracket

  1. Losers’ round 1

    M4
    Loser of M1
    Loser of M3

    Winner to M6 · Loser is out

  2. Losers’ round 2

    M6
    Winner of M4
    Loser of M2

    Winner to M7 · Loser is out

  3. Losers’ final

    M7
    Winner of M6
    Loser of M5

    Winner to M8 · Loser is out

Finals

  1. Grand final

    M8Grand final
    Winner of M5
    Winner of M7

    Winner takes the title, unless M9 is needed

  2. Bracket reset

    M9Bracket reset
    Winner of M8
    Loser of M8

    Winner takes the title

    Played only if the player from the losers’ side wins M8.

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

5 players fill a bracket of 8 places, so 3 places are byes. Byes go to the top seeds: seeds 1 to 3 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 5 players means 2 × 4 = 8 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: 9 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 →