Tiebreaker rules can vary from each sport/game, so it is important to post clear tie-breaker rules before the start of the tournament.Ī blind draw bracket features teams that are randomly drawn and placed on the bracket in the order in which they are drawn. This format ensures that only one team from each match can advance to the next round. In the event of a tie in any game, there must be a tiebreaker put into place to determine a sole winner of each match. So an 11 team tournament would have 21 total possible games, but if the winners bracket team wins the first game in the championship there would only be 20 games. If the team from the losers bracket wins that game, there must be a second game to decide the champion, as neither team would have lost two games yet.Ī quick calculation to figure the total number of games possible in a double elimination tournament, would be to double the number of teams, then subtract 1. If the team from the winners bracket wins this game, they are the champions. In the championship, you will have one team from the winners bracket that has not lost yet, playing a team from the losers bracket that has already lost one game. When viewing the bracket, you will see some dashed lines coming off of the championship game. The loser of game 1 in the winners bracket will drop down to L1 in the losers bracket, the loser of game 2 will drop down to game L2 etc. In the losers bracket you will also see L1, L2 etc. This is the order in which the games will be played. The 11 team double elimination bracket has the games numbered from 1 through 21. The tournament continues until there is only 1 team that hasn't lost two times. Once in the loser's bracket, the winning team advances to the next round and the loser is eliminated. The winner of each game in the winners bracket moves on to the next round and the loser drops down to the losers bracket. In an 11 team double elimination tournament, the teams compete in a bracket where every team must lose two times to be eliminated. Sign up to get a printable PDF version of this bracket.How does an 11 Team Double Elimination Bracket work? If the loser suffers their first loss, a second-round is played between the same two teams until all of the losing teams have been double eliminated. The championship round is then played between the winner from game thirteen and the winner from game fifteen.For game fifteen, the winner from game fourteen will play the loser from game thirteen. Game fifteen will determine who makes it to the championship round between the two remaining teams with only one loss.In game fourteen, we see the two winners from games eleven and twelve play. Games fourteen and fifteen will both be played from the loser’s bracket.For game thirteen the winners from games nine and ten will play one another. That team will go on to play in the championship. Game thirteen will leave the tournament with just one undefeated team.For game twelve, we see the winner of game eight play the loser of game ten.Game eleven is a head-to-head battle between the winner of game seven and the loser of game nine.Game ten is played between the two winners from games four and five.
Game nine is played between the two winners from games two and three. The next two games will feature the currently undefeated teams from the winners’ bracket.For game eight, the winner of game six will play the loser from game three.The loser from game four and the loser from game five will play each other in game seven.Game six begins the first game of the losers’ bracket and is played between the losers of games one and two.
Team 3 and Team 4 play each other for game two.Team 1 and Team 2 play each other for game one.To help you navigate how each double-elimination bracket works we have broken down each one for better understanding.