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9 team double elimination bracket
9 team double elimination bracket: winners and losers bracket with 16 matches (17 if the grand final resets) and 7 first-round byes. See the full layout, then customize it free.
Bracket layout
How the 9-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 9 teams that adds up to 16 matches, or 17 if the grand final resets.
How byes and seeding work
The winners bracket rounds up to 16 slots, so the top 7 seeds get first-round byes. Byes ripple into the losers bracket too - early elimination rounds with an open slot auto-advance, which is why the losers bracket below shows some slots already waiting. 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.