20 Team Double Elimination Bracket Generator

How to Run 20 Team Double-Elimination Tournament

Creating a double-elimination bracket for 20 teams is quick and easy with our free tournament bracket maker.

The tool lets you track scores, automatically advances teams to their next matches or rounds, and seamlessly manages the grand final games for you.

Generate 20 Team Bracket

How Does 20 Team Double-Elimination Tournament Work?

A 20 team double-elimination tournament consists of three primary brackets:

Winner’s Bracket

In a 20-team tournament, the overall layout follows a single-elimination bracket for 20 teams, with multiple rounds and matchups used to determine which teams advance.

That said, a loss in the winners’ bracket doesn’t end a team’s run. Teams that are defeated there drop into the losers’ bracket, where they get another opportunity to stay in the competition and possibly fight their way back to the finals.

Loser’s Bracket

In a 20 team double-elimination tournament, the losers’ bracket offers teams a second opportunity after their first defeat. Any team that continues to win on this side can battle through the bracket and earn a spot in the finals.

Finals

In a 20 team tournament, the finals kick off with a matchup between the last remaining team from the losers bracket and the team that most recently dropped from the winners bracket. The team that loses this match finishes in 3rd place, while the winner advances to the Grand Final to face the undefeated winner of the winners’ bracket for the title.

If the winners’ bracket team is beaten in the Grand Final, its first loss of the tournament, a Grand Final Reset match is played to decide the champion.

Our tournament app handles this entire process automatically, keeping the bracket current and tracking results so you don’t have to manage anything manually.

Seeding

You can select seeded, blind draw, or manual pairing for the initial round:

• seeded: Best-ranked players will meet later in the tournament.
• blind draw: The players will get shuffled and paired randomly.
• manual seeding: Teams can be paired in the order entered, with the last ones assigned byes (if necessary).

Compared to other Tournament Formats

Double elimination tournament format for 20 teams is somewhere between the round robin and single elimination. It takes longer than single elimination, is quicker than round robin, and is fairer than single elimination.

Printable 20 Team Double Elimination Bracket

If you wish, you can also print your generated bracket:

Print 20 Team Bracket