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16-Team Double Elimination Bracket

A 16-team double elimination bracket has 30 games, or 31 if the grand final goes to a second game, and no byes: 8 winners-bracket games open play, and a team is out after its second loss.

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16-Team Double Elimination Bracket

blank 16-team double elimination bracketWINNERS ROUND 18 gamesWINNERS ROUND 24 gamesWINNERS ROUND 32 gamesWINNERS FINAL1 gameLOSERS ROUND 14 gamesLOSERS ROUND 24 gamesLOSERS ROUND 32 gamesLOSERS ROUND 42 gamesLOSERS ROUND 51 gameLOSERS FINAL1 gameGRAND FINAL1 gameIF NECESSARYRematch if neededCHAMPION116G189G2512G3413G4611G5314G6710G7215G8G9G10G11G12G17G18G23Loser of G1Loser of G2G13Loser of G3Loser of G4G14Loser of G5Loser of G6G15Loser of G7Loser of G8G16Loser of G12G19Loser of G11G20Loser of G10G21Loser of G9G22G24G25Loser of G18G26Loser of G17G27G28Loser of G23G29G30Loser of G30G31CHAMPION

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Blank bracket: games G1 to G31, Letter landscape.

16-team double elimination bracket questions

How does the losers bracket fill up with 16 teams?

Every winners-bracket loser drops down: 8 teams after winners round 1, 4 after winners round 2, 2 after winners round 3 and 1 after the winners final. The 6 losers-bracket rounds whittle them to one team, which meets the unbeaten winners-bracket champion in the grand final.

How long does a 16-team double elimination tournament take?

With one-hour games on two fields, about 17 hours, or 18 hours if the if-necessary game is played. One field means 30 to 31 hours back to back; four fields cut it to 11 hours.

Double or single elimination for 16 teams?

Double elimination promises every team two games and takes 30 to 31. Single elimination is done in 15, but a first-round loser goes home after one game. A round robin would take 120 games, with 15 for every team.