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7-player double elimination bracket

A 7-player double elimination bracket has 12 matches, or 13 if the grand final goes to a bracket reset. A player is out after two losses. The same bracket works for 7 teams.

Players
7
Places in the bracket
8
Byes
1
Matches
12, or 13 with a reset
Winners’ bracket rounds
3
Losers’ bracket rounds
4
Most matches one player can play
7
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 M4 · Loser to M7

    M2
    Seed 2
    Seed 7

    Winner to M5 · Loser to M6

    M3
    Seed 3
    Seed 6

    Winner to M5 · Loser to M6

  2. Winners’ round 2

    M4
    Seed 1
    Winner of M1

    Winner to M9 · Loser to M8

    M5
    Winner of M2
    Winner of M3

    Winner to M9 · Loser to M7

  3. Winners’ final

    M9
    Winner of M4
    Winner of M5

    Winner to M12 · Loser to M11

Losers’ bracket

  1. Losers’ round 1

    M6
    Loser of M2
    Loser of M3

    Winner to M8 · Loser is out

  2. Losers’ round 2

    M7
    Loser of M1
    Loser of M5

    Winner to M10 · Loser is out

    M8
    Winner of M6
    Loser of M4

    Winner to M10 · Loser is out

  3. Losers’ round 3

    M10
    Winner of M7
    Winner of M8

    Winner to M11 · Loser is out

  4. Losers’ final

    M11
    Winner of M10
    Loser of M9

    Winner to M12 · Loser is out

Finals

  1. Grand final

    M12Grand final
    Winner of M9
    Winner of M11

    Winner takes the title, unless M13 is needed

  2. Bracket reset

    M13Bracket reset
    Winner of M12
    Loser of M12

    Winner takes the title

    Played only if the player from the losers’ side wins M12.

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

7 players fill a bracket of 8 places, so 1 place is a bye. Byes go to the top seeds: seed 1 starts 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 7 players means 2 × 6 = 12 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: 13 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 →