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31 Team Double Elimination Bracket

60 games, or 61 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

Losers round 8

1
23
2
3
24
43
4
5
25
6
7
26
44
53
8
9
27
10
11
28
45
12
13
29
14
15
30
46
54
58
60
61
31
16
32
39
47
17
33
18
34
40
48
51
55
19
35
20
36
41
49
21
37
22
38
42
50
52
56
57
59

Type a score, or tap a team to send it through.

Teams
31
Games
60–61
Winners rounds
5
Losers rounds
8

How the 31-team bracket is laid out

31 teams leave 1 empty slot in the first round. Seed 1 gets the bye and starts in round 2.

First-round games: 16 v 17, 8 v 25, 9 v 24, 4 v 29, 13 v 20, 5 v 28, 12 v 21, 2 v 31, 15 v 18, 7 v 26, 10 v 23, 3 v 30, 14 v 19, 6 v 27, 11 v 22.

The winners bracket has 5 rounds and the losers bracket 8. 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 60 games. If it loses, both have one loss and game 61 decides it. To finish after one grand final whatever happens, switch the second final off.

How long it takes

At 30 minutes a game, 60 games take about 30 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 31-team single elimination bracket takes 30 games.

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