Single-elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament is a format generally used in different sports to determine a champion. Single elimination means if they lose 1 game they are eliminated from the tournament. An example of this is the NFL playoffs.[1]

Example

Here is an example of the knockout round of the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament:

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
15 June – Seogwipo            
  Germany  1
21 June – Ulsan
  Paraguay  0  
  Germany  1
17 June – Jeonju
    United States  0  
  Mexico  0
25 June – Seoul
  United States  2  
  Germany  1
16 June – Suwon
    South Korea  0  
  Spain (p)  1 (3)
22 June – Gwangju
  Republic of Ireland  1 (2)  
  Spain  0 (3)
18 June – Daejeon
    South Korea (p)  0 (5)  
  South Korea Template:GoldenGoal  2
30 June – Yokohama
  Italy  1  
  Germany  0
15 June – Niigata
    Brazil  2
  Denmark  0
21 June – Shizuoka
  England  3  
  England  1
17 June – Kobe
    Brazil  2  
  Brazil  2
26 June – Saitama
  Belgium  0  
  Brazil  1
16 June – Ōita
    Turkey  0   Third place play-off
  Sweden  1
22 June – Osaka 29 June – Daegu
  Senegal Template:GoldenGoal  2  
  Senegal  0   South Korea  2
18 June – Miyagi
    Turkey Template:GoldenGoal  1     Turkey  3
  Japan  0
  Turkey  1  

References

  1. ↑ Ostly, Ayrton. "NFL playoff format explainer: Your guide to each round of the NFL postseason". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
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