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15 team double elimination bracket

A 15-team double elimination bracket has 28 games, or 29 if the team that comes through the losers bracket wins the grand final, with 1 first-round bye for seed 1.

Fifteen teams: one bye for the top seed and 28 games. Seven first-round games make a busy first wave, and the losers bracket starts right behind it.

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  • 28 +1games, plus a reset final if needed
  • 1first-round bye
  • 4 + 6winners + losers rounds
  • 2–9games per team

The bracket

15 teams, 28 games, every one numbered.

Bracket

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Winners bracket

Losers bracket

Championship

Winners bracket

First RoundGames 1–7

  1. 18Team 8v.9Team 9
  2. 24Team 4v.13Team 13
  3. 35Team 5v.12Team 12
  4. 42Team 2v.15Team 15
  5. 57Team 7v.10Team 10
  6. 63Team 3v.14Team 14
  7. 76Team 6v.11Team 11

Bye1 Team 1

QuarterfinalsGames 8–11

  1. 81Team 1v.Winner of Game 1
  2. 9Winner of Game 2v.Winner of Game 3
  3. 10Winner of Game 4v.Winner of Game 5
  4. 11Winner of Game 6v.Winner of Game 7

SemifinalsGames 12–13

  1. 12Winner of Game 8v.Winner of Game 9
  2. 13Winner of Game 10v.Winner of Game 11

FinalGame 14

  1. 14Winner of Game 12v.Winner of Game 13

Losers bracket

Round 1Games 15–17

  1. 15Loser of Game 2v.Loser of Game 3
  2. 16Loser of Game 4v.Loser of Game 5
  3. 17Loser of Game 6v.Loser of Game 7

Round 2Games 18–21

  1. 18Loser of Game 1v.Loser of Game 11
  2. 19Winner of Game 15v.Loser of Game 10
  3. 20Winner of Game 16v.Loser of Game 9
  4. 21Winner of Game 17v.Loser of Game 8

Round 3Games 22–23

  1. 22Winner of Game 18v.Winner of Game 19
  2. 23Winner of Game 20v.Winner of Game 21

Round 4Games 24–25

  1. 24Winner of Game 22v.Loser of Game 12
  2. 25Winner of Game 23v.Loser of Game 13

Round 5Game 26

  1. 26Winner of Game 24v.Winner of Game 25

FinalGame 27

  1. 27Winner of Game 26v.Loser of Game 14

Championship

Grand FinalGame 28

  1. 28Winner of Game 14v.Winner of Game 27

Reset FinalGame 29

  1. 29Winners bracket championv.Losers bracket championPlayed only if the losers-bracket champion wins Game 28.

Byes

Where the bye goes.

The bracket is drawn on a 16-team frame, which leaves 1 empty slot in round one. They go to the top of the draw: seed 1 skips round one and starts in round two (Games 8–11). Round one is 7 games between the lower seeds.

A bye isn't a win on the record. TourneyPage advances the bye teams automatically, so the page never shows a game that doesn't exist. The losers bracket inherits the gaps: a team that drops in from round one may advance without playing until the next losers round, because the opponent it was due to meet never lost a round-one game.

Game order

All 28 games in play order, and the reset final.

  1. Game 1Winners First RoundTeam 8 vs Team 9Winner plays Team 1 in Game 8. Loser drops to Game 18.
  2. Game 2Winners First RoundTeam 4 vs Team 13Winner plays the Game 3 winner in Game 9. Loser drops to Game 15.
  3. Game 3Winners First RoundTeam 5 vs Team 12Winner plays the Game 2 winner in Game 9. Loser drops to Game 15.
  4. Game 4Winners First RoundTeam 2 vs Team 15Winner plays the Game 5 winner in Game 10. Loser drops to Game 16.
  5. Game 5Winners First RoundTeam 7 vs Team 10Winner plays the Game 4 winner in Game 10. Loser drops to Game 16.
  6. Game 6Winners First RoundTeam 3 vs Team 14Winner plays the Game 7 winner in Game 11. Loser drops to Game 17.
  7. Game 7Winners First RoundTeam 6 vs Team 11Winner plays the Game 6 winner in Game 11. Loser drops to Game 17.
  8. Game 8Winners QuarterfinalsTeam 1 vs Winner of Game 1Winner plays the Game 9 winner in Game 12. Loser drops to Game 21.
  9. Game 9Winners QuarterfinalsWinner of Game 2 vs Winner of Game 3Winner plays the Game 8 winner in Game 12. Loser drops to Game 20.
  10. Game 10Winners QuarterfinalsWinner of Game 4 vs Winner of Game 5Winner plays the Game 11 winner in Game 13. Loser drops to Game 19.
  11. Game 11Winners QuarterfinalsWinner of Game 6 vs Winner of Game 7Winner plays the Game 10 winner in Game 13. Loser drops to Game 18.
  12. Game 12Winners SemifinalsWinner of Game 8 vs Winner of Game 9Winner plays the Game 13 winner in Game 14. Loser drops to Game 24.
  13. Game 13Winners SemifinalsWinner of Game 10 vs Winner of Game 11Winner plays the Game 12 winner in Game 14. Loser drops to Game 25.
  14. Game 14Winners FinalWinner of Game 12 vs Winner of Game 13Winner plays the Game 27 winner for the title in Game 28. Loser drops to Game 27.
  15. Game 15Losers Round 1Loser of Game 2 vs Loser of Game 3Winner plays the Game 10 loser in Game 19.
  16. Game 16Losers Round 1Loser of Game 4 vs Loser of Game 5Winner plays the Game 9 loser in Game 20.
  17. Game 17Losers Round 1Loser of Game 6 vs Loser of Game 7Winner plays the Game 8 loser in Game 21.
  18. Game 18Losers Round 2Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 11Winner plays the Game 19 winner in Game 22.
  19. Game 19Losers Round 2Winner of Game 15 vs Loser of Game 10Winner plays the Game 18 winner in Game 22.
  20. Game 20Losers Round 2Winner of Game 16 vs Loser of Game 9Winner plays the Game 21 winner in Game 23.
  21. Game 21Losers Round 2Winner of Game 17 vs Loser of Game 8Winner plays the Game 20 winner in Game 23.
  22. Game 22Losers Round 3Winner of Game 18 vs Winner of Game 19Winner plays the Game 12 loser in Game 24.
  23. Game 23Losers Round 3Winner of Game 20 vs Winner of Game 21Winner plays the Game 13 loser in Game 25.
  24. Game 24Losers Round 4Winner of Game 22 vs Loser of Game 12Winner plays the Game 25 winner in Game 26.
  25. Game 25Losers Round 4Winner of Game 23 vs Loser of Game 13Winner plays the Game 24 winner in Game 26.
  26. Game 26Losers Round 5Winner of Game 24 vs Winner of Game 25Winner plays the Game 14 loser in Game 27.
  27. Game 27Losers FinalWinner of Game 26 vs Loser of Game 14Winner plays the Game 14 winner for the title in Game 28.
  28. Game 28Grand FinalWinner of Game 14 vs Winner of Game 27
  29. Game 29Reset FinalWinners bracket champion vs Losers bracket championPlayed only if the losers-bracket champion wins Game 28.

How long it takes

Roughly how long a 15-team double elimination day runs.

About 11 hours 40 minutes. 28 games in 14 rounds of play across 2 fields.

Arithmetic, not a schedule: it ignores breaks and assumes every field stays busy. In TourneyPage you type the actual times and courts, and they show on the page.

Printable

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15 team double elimination bracket drawn as lines, with every game numbered

The PDF is US Letter, landscape, with seed numbers on blank lines so you can write the teams in, one page each for the winners bracket, the losers bracket, and the final. Free, no sign-up, nothing on it but the bracket and this page's address.

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Questions

Questions about a 15-team double elimination bracket.

How many games are in a 15 team double elimination bracket?

28, or 29 with the reset final. Every team except the champion loses twice, so 15 teams produce 28 games. The reset final happens only if the team from the losers bracket beats the winners-bracket champion in the grand final, which puts them at one loss each. TourneyPage lets you turn the reset off.

How do the byes work with 15 teams?

The bracket is drawn on a 16-team frame, so 1 first-round slot stays empty. Seed 1 skips round one and starts in round two. A bye isn't a win on the record; the team just plays one game fewer on the way to the title.

How many games does each team play?

At least 2: two losses and you're out, so even the first team eliminated plays twice. The longest road is 9 games, for a team that loses early in the winners bracket, wins every losers-bracket game, takes the grand final, and then the reset.

How long does a 15 team double elimination tournament take?

About 11 hours 40 minutes with 28 games at 50 minutes each on 2 fields. Change the game length and the number of fields above to match your event. TourneyPage doesn't schedule the games for you; you type the times and courts you decide on, and they show on the page.

Can I print this bracket or run it live?

Both. The PDF is free, with no sign-up. "Make this bracket live" opens the TourneyPage builder with double elimination already chosen for your 15 teams; you add their names, preview the page free, and pay $29 once to publish a link everyone can open on their phone.

Other sizes

Double elimination brackets for 4 to 32 teams.

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How double elimination works · Games, rounds, and byes for every format and size · Sports that usually run it: Cornhole, 3v3 basketball

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