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  2. Single-elimination tournament - Wikipedia

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    A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. On territory of the Russian Federation and countries adjacent to it, such tournaments are known as the Olympic system competitions.

  3. Playoff format - Wikipedia

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    In 1992, the Little League World Series went to a round-robin tournament in the first round, instead of single-elimination. In 2001, the tournament expanded to 16 teams and stayed with a round robin for the first round, but cross-bracketed single elimination for the second round before the two winners of those games advanced to the regional final.

  4. Bracket (tournament) - Wikipedia

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    Single Elimination Teams play "Pool Play" games in order to be "seeded" for the Brackets. Once in the brackets, teams play. Winners advance within the brackets to the right, whereas losers are eliminated in "Single Elimination" Double Elimination Teams play "Pool Play" games to gain their "seeding" going into the brackets.

  5. Bye (sports) - Wikipedia

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    If the byes are all single first-round byes into the second round of a tournament, the number of byes required is the difference between the number of teams and the next-highest power of two. For example, a 12-team tournament will require four byes (16−12) to ensure that instead of six teams in the second round, eight advance (as the four ...

  6. WNBA introduces new playoff format abolishing single ...

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    The WNBA Board of Governors voted to change its playoff format to eliminate single-elimination games and top-seeded byes beginning with the 2022 postseason, the league announced Thursday.

  7. Double-elimination tournament - Wikipedia

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    Another advantage of the double-elimination format is the fact that all competitors will play at least twice and three quarters will play three games or more. In a single-elimination tournament with no byes, half of the competitors will be eliminated after their first game. This can be disappointing to those who had to travel to the tournament ...

  8. Tournament - Wikipedia

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    A 16-player single elimination tournament: 12 games have been played, and the winner of Lisa vs Ernie will play the winner of Andrew vs Robert, in the final round. In a single-elimination tournament, only the top-ranked competitors in a fixture progress; in 2-competitor games, only the winner progresses. All other competitors are eliminated.

  9. Swiss-system tournament - Wikipedia

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    In a Swiss tournament, each round would have to be divided up into four waves of eight matches each. This would result in a total of twenty-four waves over the minimum six rounds. Conversely, for a single elimination tournament, the first round would require four waves, the next two, and all remaining rounds would consist of a single wave each.