Knockout bracket

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What a knockout bracket is

“A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s).”
From Wikipedia — Single-elimination tournament — CC BY-SA 4.0

Types of tournament bracket

When to use a knockout bracket

  • Sports

    Set up a knockout competition where each loser is out, like a tennis draw.

  • School

    Run a class quiz or a sports day event as a knockout, filling in each winner.

  • Comparing

    Track each player's path to the final and who they beat on the way.

How to make a knockout bracket

  1. 1The champion
  2. 2The final
  3. 3Every round
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Do the losers play again?
Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists.From Wikipedia — Single-elimination tournament — CC BY-SA 4.0
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