Elimination tournament

Elimination tournament

commonly compete. In a playoffs series, teams play eachother to win a specific amount of games in order to advance to the next round.

Competitions

The following competitions often use elimination style tournaments:
*Poker tournaments
*Bridge tournaments
*Chess tournaments

ee also

*Tournament
*Swiss system style tournament
*Round-robin style tournament

References

External links

* [http://www.crowsdarts.com/brackets/tourn.html Single-elimination tournament brackets]
* [http://www.123exp-sports.com/t/01984323690/ 64-team double-elimination bracket]


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