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Match Play Handbook
  • Welcome
  • Configuring a tournament
    • Creating a tournament
    • Managing players
    • Player registration
    • Managing arenas
    • Managing playoffs
    • Common configuration options
    • Scoring systems
  • Running a tournament
    • Scorekeeping
    • Troubleshooting
  • Tournament formats
    • Direct play tournaments
      • Head-to-head match play
      • Group match play
      • Target match play
      • Basic & group knockouts
      • Max match play
      • Pace match play
      • Flip Frenzy
      • Round robin
    • Single player formats
      • Best game
      • Card-based best game
      • Pingolf
      • Pinbowling
    • Elimination brackets
      • Single elimination
      • Double elimination
      • Group elimination
      • Pingolf elimination
      • Ladder elimination
      • Amazing Race
  • Additional features
    • Calendar
    • Event listings
    • Tournament series
    • Challenge matches
    • Cloning tournaments
    • Custom links
    • Player & arena labels
    • Prize pools
  • Views
    • Big screen view
    • Broadcast view
  • Data crunching
    • Match Play Ratings
    • WPPR estimates
    • Data export
    • Match Play API
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  1. Tournament formats
  2. Elimination brackets

Ladder elimination

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Ladder elimination brackets are a playoff format that gives a large advantage to the top seeds. Players are placed on a "ladder" in order of seeding. The bottom four seeds play against each other and the loser is eliminated. A new match is created with the lowest seed on the ladder replacing the eliminated player. One player is eliminated after each match until a winner is found.

Once there are only four players remaining, one player continues to be eliminated after each game. Thus, there will be a game with three players and after that a final match with two players to find the winner.

This provides a substantial advantage to the top seeds. The top seeded player will not have to play until there are only four players remaining, and they are guaranteed a placement in the top four.

Ladder tournaments can take a long time to run and especially for the top seeds, the waiting time is significant. For that reason, Match Play also offers a fast ladder option. In a fast ladder, two players are eliminated after each match. Additionally, the tournament will end with the match for the final four; final matches with three and two players are not created.

Configuration options

See also: .

Ladder type

Choose between a regular ladder and the fast ladder (see above).

Common configuration options