DOUBLE-ELIMINATION

TOURNAMENT
 DOUBLE-ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT

a type of elimination tournament competition in

which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the
tournament’s championship upon having lost two
games or matches.

It stands in contrast to a single-elimination

tournament, in which only one defeat results in
elimination.
Purpose: All contestants remain in
championship contention until they lose two
games
Advantages:
• A player or team must be beaten twice to be
eliminated
• It selects a more adequate winner
• It maintains player motivation right up until
the end

Disadvantages
• It takes longer to run
• It emphasizes elimination
Instructions
•Formula – min # of games: (N-1) 2
Max # of games: 2(N-1) + 1
• Construct a single elimination tournament with
appropriate # of slots
• Close the blocks of first round
• Complete the “losers side”
Note – every odd # round should have the same
# of slots as the previous round
• Criss cross losers so they don’t play the same
team again.
• One method of arranging a double-
elimination tournament is to break the
competitors into two sets of brackets,
the Winners Bracket and Losers Bracket
EVALUATION: ½ sheet
Create a Game Schedule for 5
teams in Double Elimination
Tournament Format. 10 pts
Assignment:
Advance reading on Round
Robin type of tournament
format.