5 Team Double Elimination Bracket

5 teams leave 3 empty slots in the first round. Seeds 1 to 3 get the byes and start in round 2.

First-round games: 4 v 5, 2 v 3.

The winners bracket has 3 rounds and the losers bracket 3. Play the games in number order and no team is ever waiting on a result that has not happened yet.

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 8 games. If it loses, both have one loss and game 9 decides it. To finish after one grand final whatever happens, switch the second final off.

At 30 minutes a game, 8 games take about 4 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 5-team single elimination bracket takes 4 games.

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