The NCAA selects 64 teams to complete the NCAA softball tournament, with the full bracket being announced on Sunday before ...

the WCWS begins as a double-elimination style tournament with two four-team brackets. Each team begins with a 0-0 record in the first round, which comprises four games total. Those who lose these ...

The tournament started in 1947 and featured just eight teams, divided into two four-team single-elimination brackets. In 1948, the first round was changed to a double ... to fill out a bracket.

If one team loses ... along with the bracket of teams that will be playing in Omaha, Nebraska: The eight teams in the College World Series are split into two double-elimination brackets.

However, it is not a strict double-elimination tournament in that the championship game is a winner-take-all affair. A team coming out of the losers’ bracket needs to beat the unbeaten team only ...