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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            
 22x20px Germany  1
21 June – Ulsan
 22x20px Paraguay  0  
 22x20px Germany  1
17 June – Jeonju
   22x20px United States  0  
 22x20px Mexico  0
25 June – Seoul
 22x20px United States  2  
 22x20px Germany  1
16 June – Suwon
   22x20px Korea Republic  0  
  Spain (p)  1 (3)
22 June – Gwangju
  Ireland  1 (2)  
 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain  0 (3)
18 June – Daejeon
   22x20px Korea Republic (p)  0 (5)  
 22x20px Korea Republic Template:GoldenGoal  2
30 June – Yokohama
 22x20px Italy  1  
 22x20px Germany  0
15 June – Niigata
   22x20px Brazil  2
 22x20px Denmark  0
21 June – Shizuoka
 File:Flag of England.svg England  3  
 File:Flag of England.svg England  1
17 June – Kobe
   22x20px Brazil  2  
 22x20px Brazil  2
26 June – Saitama
 22x20px Belgium  0  
 22x20px Brazil  1
16 June – Ōita
   22x20px Turkey  0   Third place play-off
 22x20px Sweden  1
22 June – Osaka 29 June – Daegu
 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Template:GoldenGoal  2  
 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal  0  22x20px Korea Republic  2
18 June – Miyagi
   22x20px Turkey Template:GoldenGoal  1    22x20px Turkey  3
 22x20px Japan  0
 22x20px 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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