21 Team Double Elimination Bracket
40 games, or 41 if the grand final is replayed. Type the names and print.
Winners bracket
Losers bracket
Round 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Grand final
Reset, if needed
Losers round 1
Losers round 2
Losers round 3
Losers round 4
Losers round 5
Losers round 6
Losers round 7
Type a score, or tap a team to send it through.
- Teams
- 21
- Games
- 40–41
- Winners rounds
- 5
- Losers rounds
- 7
How the 21-team bracket is laid out
21 teams leave 11 empty slots in the first round. Seeds 1 to 11 get the byes and start in round 2.
First-round games: 16 v 17, 13 v 20, 12 v 21, 15 v 18, 14 v 19, 8 v 9, 7 v 10, 6 v 11.
The winners bracket has 5 rounds and the losers bracket 7. Play the games in number order and no team is ever waiting on a result that has not happened yet.
The grand final
The winners-bracket champion has not lost; the losers-bracket champion has lost once. If the unbeaten team wins the grand final, the tournament ends after 40 games. If it loses, both have one loss and game 41 decides it. To finish after one grand final whatever happens, switch the second final off.
How long it takes
At 30 minutes a game, 40 games take about 20 hours on one court. The two brackets can be played side by side, so a second court cuts that roughly in half.
Short on time? The 21-team single elimination bracket takes 20 games.