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16 team double elimination bracket
16 team double elimination bracket: winners and losers bracket with 30 matches (31 if the grand final resets). See the full layout, then customize it free.
Bracket layout
How the 16-team double elimination bracket works
Every team has to lose twice to be knocked out. Winners stay in the winners bracket (4 rounds); a first loss drops you into the losers bracket (6 rounds), where a second loss ends your run. The winners-bracket champion meets the losers-bracket survivor in the grand final - and if the losers-bracket team wins that match, a reset final decides it, since both teams then have one loss.
For 16 teams that adds up to 30 matches, or 31 if the grand final resets.
How byes and seeding work
16 teams fill the 16-slot winners bracket exactly, so nobody gets a bye - every team starts in winners round 1. Seeding is balanced, with seed 1 placed against the lowest seed so the favorites can only collide late - see how bracket seeding works and how byes are assigned.