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Many esports, such as Counter-Strike and StarCraft, use a double-elimination bracket in competitions to determine the top two teams in a four-team group. In this usage, the format is referred to as "GSL", after the Global StarCraft II League. Dota 2 competitions often use a GSL or round-robin group stage to seed teams into a double-elimination ...
Traditionally, the CFL has had nine teams and required bye weeks. Beginning 2018, each team has three bye weeks and 18 games over a 21-week regular season. [14] In most seasons, (from 2014 to 2017 and prior to 2007), each team has two bye weeks during the 20 week 18-game regular season. When the league had only 8 teams, the league usually had ...
Four-team or four-player groups using double elimination are called "GSL-style groups" in reference to the Global StarCraft II League in Korea, which historically has used such a group format. The FIRST Robotics Competition began using the double-elimination bracket starting with the 2023 season. [9]
Two teams will have the first round off in the playoffs: the No. 1 seeds in each conference. Those two are the only teams out of the field of 14 who will have a week off.
Two NFL teams will have byes in the first round of the NFL playoffs. Those are awarded to the No. 1 seeds in each conference, which will be the AFC's Kansas City Chiefs and NFC's Detroit Lions for ...
Seeds No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 will receive a bye into the double elimination bracket, while No. 4 and No. 5 will battle in a single elimination the first round. The remaining four teams following the single-elimination game will then compete in a double-elimination format, with the winner receiving an automatic berth to the 2025 postseason. [2]
The highest-ranked team has a bye in the first round. In this case, if all teams have an even chance of winning each match, the highest-ranked team has a 37.5% chance, ranks two and three have a 25% chance and the lowest-two-ranked teams have a 6.25% chance of winning the competition.
Conference realignment saw the Big 12 expand to 13 teams for 2024, the tournament expanded to a 10-team modified double-elimination format, with the first and second place teams receiving a first round bye.