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8 Team Double Elimination Bracket

See the real 8-slot structure for 8 teams: 3 Winners rounds, 4 Losers rounds, 14 competitive Matches before any conditional Reset Final, and no first-round byes.

At a glance

Teams: 8
Winners bracket size: 8 slots
Winners rounds: 3
Losers rounds: 4
Opening competitive matches: 4
First-round byes: 0
Bye seeds: None
Matches before reset: 14
Maximum with reset: 15

Formal tournament state and layout

8-Team Double Elimination Bracket

8 Team Double Elimination Bracket: 14 competitive Matches before a conditional Reset Final

Standard ordered-seed 8-team double elimination bracket. It shows formal Winners-to-Losers routes, automatic bye advances, GF1, and real later Match sources.

Winners Bracket

Losers Bracket

Grand Final

W Round 1

W Round 2

W Round 3

L Round 1

L Round 2

L Round 3

L Round 4

GF1

Match 1 · ReadySeed 1 · Team 1Seed 8 · Team 8

Match 2 · ReadySeed 4 · Team 4Seed 5 · Team 5

Match 3 · ReadySeed 2 · Team 2Seed 7 · Team 7

Match 4 · ReadySeed 3 · Team 3Seed 6 · Team 6

Match 5 · Awaiting sourcesWinner of Winners Round 1 · Match 1Winner of Winners Round 1 · Match 2

Match 6 · Awaiting sourcesWinner of Winners Round 1 · Match 3Winner of Winners Round 1 · Match 4

Match 7 · Awaiting sourcesWinner of Winners Round 2 · Match 5Winner of Winners Round 2 · Match 6

Match 8 · Awaiting sourcesLoser of Winners Round 1 · Match 1Loser of Winners Round 1 · Match 2

Match 9 · Awaiting sourcesLoser of Winners Round 1 · Match 3Loser of Winners Round 1 · Match 4

Match 10 · Awaiting sourcesWinner of Losers Round 1 · Match 8Loser of Winners Round 2 · Match 6

Match 11 · Awaiting sourcesWinner of Losers Round 1 · Match 9Loser of Winners Round 2 · Match 5

Match 12 · Awaiting sourcesWinner of Losers Round 2 · Match 10Winner of Losers Round 2 · Match 11

Match 13 · Awaiting sourcesWinner of Losers Round 3 · Match 12Loser of Winners Round 3 · Match 7

GF1 · Awaiting sourcesWinner of Winners Round 3 · Match 7Winner of Losers Round 4 · Match 13

Standard Seeded Opening Round and Byes

Ordered seeding uses the roster order as seeds 1 through 8. Every seed plays in the opening Winners round.

Match 1: Seed 1 vs Seed 8
Match 2: Seed 4 vs Seed 5
Match 3: Seed 2 vs Seed 7
Match 4: Seed 3 vs Seed 6

Winners-to-Losers Routing

A first competitive loss follows the formal route below into the Losers Bracket. These destinations come from the same layout and topology rendered above, not from a separate routing table.

Loser of Winners Round 1, Match 1 → Losers Round 1, Match 1, Slot A
Loser of Winners Round 1, Match 2 → Losers Round 1, Match 1, Slot B
Loser of Winners Round 1, Match 3 → Losers Round 1, Match 2, Slot A
Loser of Winners Round 1, Match 4 → Losers Round 1, Match 2, Slot B
Loser of Winners Round 2, Match 1 → Losers Round 2, Match 2, Slot B
Loser of Winners Round 2, Match 2 → Losers Round 2, Match 1, Slot B
Loser of Winners Round 3, Match 1 → Losers Round 4, Match 1, Slot B

Grand Final and Conditional Reset Final

GF1 is part of this standard bracket. The Reset Final is conditional and is inactive in the initial state shown here. It appears only if the Losers Bracket champion beats the undefeated Winners Bracket champion in GF1, leaving both finalists with one competitive loss.

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How This 8-Team Bracket Works

The 8 real teams occupy a 8-slot Winners Bracket. A Winners-side loss drops through a displayed route; a later Losers-side loss eliminates that team. The normal path has 14 competitive Matches, while a triggered Reset Final raises the maximum to 15.