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