16 Team Double Elimination Bracket
30 games, or 31 if the grand final is replayed. Type the names and print.
Winners bracket
Losers bracket
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Grand final
Reset, if needed
Losers round 1
Losers round 2
Losers round 3
Losers round 4
Losers round 5
Losers round 6
Type a score, or tap a team to send it through.
- Teams
- 16
- Games
- 30–31
- Winners rounds
- 4
- Losers rounds
- 6
How the 16-team bracket is laid out
16 is a power of two, so the bracket is full: nobody gets a bye.
First-round games: 1 v 16, 8 v 9, 4 v 13, 5 v 12, 2 v 15, 7 v 10, 3 v 14, 6 v 11.
The winners bracket has 4 rounds and the losers bracket 6. Play the games in number order and no team is ever waiting on a result that has not happened yet.
The grand final
The winners-bracket champion has not lost; the losers-bracket champion has lost once. If the unbeaten team wins the grand final, the tournament ends after 30 games. If it loses, both have one loss and game 31 decides it. To finish after one grand final whatever happens, switch the second final off.
How long it takes
At 30 minutes a game, 30 games take about 15 hours on one court. The two brackets can be played side by side, so a second court cuts that roughly in half.
Short on time? The 16-team single elimination bracket takes 15 games.