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4 Team Single Elimination Bracket
A ready-to-run 4-team single elimination bracket — 3 matches over 2 rounds. It's live below: click teams to advance them, or print the blank version and fill it by hand.
| Total matches | 3 |
|---|---|
| Rounds | 2 |
| Byes in round one | none — field is a clean power of two |
| First-round games | match 1: seed 1 vs seed 4 · match 2: seed 2 vs seed 3 |
| Champion plays | 2 matches (every seed) |
Fields hidden — the bracket prints clean. Click “Add scores & times” to log results.
Semifinals
Final
Champion
Champion path by seed: 2 matches (every seed). The pairings above come out of standard seeding — seed 1 anchored against the last seed — and the count checks: 4 teams, 3 matches, one loss each for 3 of them. Replace Team 1…Team 4 with your own names via the generator, or keep them and run it as a blind draw with the seeding switch. Prefer paper? Download the blank bracket as a PDF and print it as-is.
4-team single elimination questions
How many matches does a 4-team single elimination bracket have?
3. Every match eliminates one team and 4 − 1 = 3 teams must lose before a champion stands alone — the bracket above enforces it structurally.
How many rounds and byes are in the 4-team version?
2 rounds and no byes — 4 is already a power of two, so every seed plays the semifinals: M1: seed 1 vs seed 4 · M2: seed 2 vs seed 3.
Who does seed 1 play in the 4-team bracket?
Seed 1 plays seed 4 in match 1 (the first game of the bracket) under standard seeding — top seeds meet the bottom seeds first and can only clash in the final.
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