Double Elimination
Also known as: entries, players, teams, KO
Double Elimination is a knockout with a second chance. After a first loss you continue in the loser bracket. Only a second loss puts you out. Use it when the field is small enough for the extra matches and an early upset should not end the day for a strong team.
Entry types: Single, Doubles, Team Name.
How it works
Section titled “How it works”- Everybody starts in the Base Round of the winner bracket. Seeding and byes work as in Elimination: 1 vs last, byes for the best seeds if the field is not a power of two.
- Winners move on in the Winner Rounds. Losers drop into the Loser Rounds. The loser bracket alternates between two kinds of rounds: one where the losers already in the bracket play each other, and one where the survivors meet the participants that have just dropped from the next winner round. Whoever loses in the winner bracket late meets the loser bracket late.
- A loss in the loser bracket means elimination.
- The last round of the loser bracket is shown as Third Place: its loser takes third place, its winner meets the winner of the winner bracket in the Final.
- The final is a single match. There is no second final if the winner-bracket winner loses.
- The table shows the Rank per participant and the Preliminary Stage Result.
Example with 8 participants
Section titled “Example with 8 participants”| Round | Matches | Who plays |
|---|---|---|
| Base Round | 4 | all 8 |
| 1. Loser Round | 2 | the 4 losers of the base round |
| 1. Winner Round | 2 | the 4 winners of the base round |
| 2. Loser Round | 2 | loser-round survivors vs losers of the 1. Winner Round |
| 3. Loser Round | 1 | the 2 survivors |
| 2. Winner Round | 1 | the winner-bracket final |
| Third Place | 1 | last loser-bracket survivor vs loser of the winner-bracket final |
| Final | 1 | winner bracket winner vs loser bracket winner |
That is 14 matches instead of 7 for a single elimination with 8 participants, and up to 6 matches for one participant instead of 3. Plan the time accordingly.
Options
Section titled “Options”Double Elimination has no separate match for third place option: third place is decided in the loser bracket. Match settings such as goals, sets and quick entry are set for the whole stage.
Create it after a qualifying stage
Section titled “Create it after a qualifying stage”Follow the steps under Elimination and pick Double Elimination as the Elimination Mode. Double Elimination is also available as the start mode of a discipline; the seeding is then the entry order.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”For a fast final round where every place is played in one match see Direct Playoffs.