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Add your teams in seed order. Download a free PDF or SVG with every winners match, losers match, and the reset final.

Choose 8 or 16 teams. These full-field templates do not support byes.

One name per line. Leave empty for numbered spaces you can fill by hand.

8 teams · 14–15 matches · 0 byes

Free downloads, no signup. Open the PDF to print; larger draws work best on larger paper. Seed numbers stay with the names you enter.

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Your double-elimination draw · Scroll across to follow each round. Download to print the full bracket.

8-Team Tournament14–15 matches. 0 byes. Each later match names the winner or loser that advances into it.8-Team TournamentWinners round 1Winners round 2Winners finalLosers round 1Losers round 2Losers round 3Losers finalGrand finalReset final · only if neededM11. Team 11. Team 18. Team 88. Team 8Loser → M8M24. Team 44. Team 45. Team 55. Team 5Loser → M8M32. Team 22. Team 27. Team 77. Team 7Loser → M9M43. Team 33. Team 36. Team 66. Team 6Loser → M9M5Winner of M1Winner of M1Winner of M2Winner of M2Loser → M11M6Winner of M3Winner of M3Winner of M4Winner of M4Loser → M10M7Winner of M5Winner of M5Winner of M6Winner of M6Loser → M13M8Loser of M1Loser of M1Loser of M2Loser of M2M9Loser of M3Loser of M3Loser of M4Loser of M4M10Winner of M8Winner of M8Loser of M6Loser of M6M11Winner of M9Winner of M9Loser of M5Loser of M5M12Winner of M10Winner of M10Winner of M11Winner of M11M13Winner of M12Winner of M12Loser of M7Loser of M7M14Winner of M7Winner of M7Winner of M13Winner of M13Top team wins: tournament overM15Winner of M14Winner of M14Loser of M14Loser of M14Play only if bottom team wins M14scorekeeper.co · Double elimination · reset only if both finalists have one loss

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Your event name, teams and seed order carry over. Live double elimination needs Studio. Your roster and format carry over. Choose a sport, then generate the live draw.

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A live bracket gives you a scoring view and a public link for players and spectators. Here is the actual product with a fictional four-team event. Team colors shown are a Pro configuration.

Actual Enter Match Result dialog with Foxes 21, Owls 18 and Submit Result button
On your scoring screen, enter both scores and select Submit Result. A draw needs a winner.
Actual public bracket: Foxes and Owls advance from their semifinals to face each other in the final
Share the public bracket link. Spectators see results and advancing teams without an account. These are screenshots; enter your own teams in the builder above.

What Is Double Elimination?

Double elimination is a tournament format where a team has to lose twice before they're out. Every team starts in the winners bracket. Lose once, and you drop into the losers bracket for a second chance. Lose twice, and the tournament is over for you. The winners bracket champion and the losers bracket champion then meet in a grand final to decide the tournament.

Winners Bracket, Losers Bracket, and the Grand Final

The winners bracket plays out like a normal single elimination bracket — win and advance, lose and drop down. The losers bracket collects everyone who's lost once, and mixes newly-dropped teams with survivors from earlier losers-bracket rounds. Whoever wins the losers bracket faces the winners bracket champion in the grand final. Because the losers finalist already has one loss and the winners finalist has zero, the winners finalist only needs to win once to take the title — but if the losers finalist wins that first grand final game, both teams are tied at one loss each, forcing a decisive bracket reset game.

Why Organizers Choose Double Elimination

A single bad call, one off game, or an early-round upset shouldn't be the entire story of a team's tournament. Double elimination gives every team a real second chance, which means the final results reflect a team's overall performance rather than a single unlucky match. It's the standard for competitive formats like Magic: The Gathering, fighting game tournaments, and many regional sports championships, where organizers want the bracket to reward consistency, not just survive-one-bad-round luck.

8-Team vs. 16-Team Double Elimination

An 8-team double elimination bracket runs 14 matches if the winners bracket champion takes the grand final in one game, or 15 matches if a bracket reset is needed. A 16-team double elimination bracket runs 30 matches without a reset, or 31 with one. Double elimination takes roughly twice as many matches as single elimination for the same team count, so budget extra time or extra concurrent playing areas when you schedule the event.

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