This Football Tournament A bracket is a tree diagram that depicts the sequence of games in a knockout tournament. Knockout tournament formats have different brackets; the single elimination tournament is the simplest and most common. The closest British term is a draw, which implies a chance element, whereas some brackets are entirely determined by seeding. The full bracket is determined before the first match in some tournaments. In such cases, fans may enjoy attempting to predict the winners of the first round and subsequent matchups.
