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single-elimination tournament

style of tournament where a loser of a match immediately leaves the tournament
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single-elimination tournament
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single-elimination tournament

Summary

single-elimination tournament is a tournament system[1]. It draws 1,534 Wikipedia views per month (tournament_system category, ranking #3 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • single-elimination tournament's instance of is recorded as tournament system[3].
  • single-elimination tournament is a type of tournament[4].
  • single-elimination tournament is the opposite of round-robin tournament[5].
  • single-elimination tournament's topic has template is recorded as Template:Round8[6].
  • single-elimination tournament's different from is recorded as playoffs[7].
  • single-elimination tournament's different from is recorded as trophy[8].
  • single-elimination tournament's different from is recorded as Cup[9].

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Definition and Type

single-elimination tournament's instance of is recorded as tournament system[3]. It is a type of tournament[4]. It is the opposite of round-robin tournament[5].

Why It Matters

single-elimination tournament draws 1,534 Wikipedia views per month (tournament_system category, ranking #3 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → tournament
    Instance of → tournament system
    Different from → playoffs, trophy, Cup
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22272, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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