How triple elimination brackets work
Triple elimination gives every team three chances. A team is eliminated only after its third loss.
How the bracket is split
The bracket has three tabs.
Main Draw: teams that have not lost yet.
Consolation: teams with one loss.
Last Chance: teams with two losses.
Use the button to the right of the Last Chance tab to remove the tabs and show all three brackets in one scrollable view. Tap it again to return to the tabbed view.
How teams move
Win in the winners bracket and you stay in the Main Draw.
Lose in the winners bracket and you drop into Consolation.
Win in the consolation bracket and you keep advancing in Consolation.
Lose in the consolation bracket and you drop into Last Chance.
Win in the last chance bracket and you keep advancing in Last Chance.
Lose in the last chance bracket and you are eliminated.
How finals work
Losers from the winners bracket feed into Consolation at crossover rounds. Losers from Consolation feed into Last Chance at crossover rounds.
The Consolation and Last Chance brackets converge into a semifinal.
That winner faces the winners bracket champion in the Finals.
If a team still has fewer than three losses, the system can create extra finals matches automatically.
Scenario | Championship matches needed |
|---|---|
Main Draw champion (0 losses) vs challenger (2 losses), and the challenger loses | 1 match |
Challenger wins the first two matches, and the Main Draw champion wins the next | 3 matches |
Challenger wins all 3 matches | 3 matches |
A team does not need to beat the same opponent three times. A team is eliminated when it reaches three total losses across the bracket.
Triple elimination works with 4, 8, 16, or 32 team draws.
Match count is significantly higher than double elimination. For example, an 8-team triple elimination draw is about 20 matches, compared with about 15 for double elimination.
Players see Main Draw, Consolation, and Last Chance tabs in the app.
To build the bracket, see Generating a triple elimination bracket. For seeding and byes, see How seeding and byes work in bracket formats.