Six Team Double Elimination Bracket

Higher seeds receive crucial, well-deserved opening byes.

After Round 2 of the Winners Bracket, there are four teams in the Losers side (two from Round 1, two from Round 2). They play a mini-tournament: six team double elimination bracket

The six-team double elimination bracket is not beautiful in the way an 8-team bracket is beautiful. It is jagged, asymmetrical, and inherently unequal in the number of matches required of different teams. Yet it is a necessary and effective tool for tournament organizers who have an awkward number of competitors but refuse to sacrifice the core principle of double elimination: no one is out after one loss. Higher seeds receive crucial, well-deserved opening byes