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8-player double elimination bracket

An 8-player double elimination bracket has 14 matches, or 15 if the grand final goes to a bracket reset. A player is out after two losses. The same bracket works for 8 teams.

Players
8
Places in the bracket
8
Byes
0
Matches
14, or 15 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 1
    Seed 8

    Winner to M5 · Loser to M7

    M2
    Seed 4
    Seed 5

    Winner to M5 · Loser to M7

    M3
    Seed 2
    Seed 7

    Winner to M6 · Loser to M8

    M4
    Seed 3
    Seed 6

    Winner to M6 · Loser to M8

  2. Winners’ round 2

    M5
    Winner of M1
    Winner of M2

    Winner to M11 · Loser to M10

    M6
    Winner of M3
    Winner of M4

    Winner to M11 · Loser to M9

  3. Winners’ final

    M11
    Winner of M5
    Winner of M6

    Winner to M14 · Loser to M13

Losers’ bracket

  1. Losers’ round 1

    M7
    Loser of M1
    Loser of M2

    Winner to M9 · Loser is out

    M8
    Loser of M3
    Loser of M4

    Winner to M10 · Loser is out

  2. Losers’ round 2

    M9
    Winner of M7
    Loser of M6

    Winner to M12 · Loser is out

    M10
    Winner of M8
    Loser of M5

    Winner to M12 · Loser is out

  3. Losers’ round 3

    M12
    Winner of M9
    Winner of M10

    Winner to M13 · Loser is out

  4. Losers’ final

    M13
    Winner of M12
    Loser of M11

    Winner to M14 · Loser is out

Finals

  1. Grand final

    M14Grand final
    Winner of M11
    Winner of M13

    Winner takes the title, unless M15 is needed

  2. Bracket reset

    M15Bracket reset
    Winner of M14
    Loser of M14

    Winner takes the title

    Played only if the player from the losers’ side wins M14.

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

8 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 8 players means 2 × 7 = 14 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: 15 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 →