A 5-player single elimination bracket has 4 matches over 3 rounds. One loss and a player is out. The same bracket works for 5 teams.
Players
5
Places in the bracket
8
Byes
3
Matches
4
Rounds
3
Most matches one player can play
3
The sheet prints on its own, without the rest of this page.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
M1
Seed 4
Seed 5
Winner to M2 · Loser is out
Semi-finals
M2
Seed 1
Winner of M1
Winner to M4 · Loser is out
M3
Seed 2
Seed 3
Winner to M4 · Loser is out
Final
M4
Winner of M2
Winner of M3
Winner takes the title · Loser is out
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. A bye is not a match and not a loss.
How many matches
Every match puts one player out, and every player except the champion goes out, so 5 players need 5 − 1 = 4 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 add a match for third place.
