The number of playoff teams has fluctuated from as few as two teams (from 1933 to 1966) to as many as 16 teams (in 1982). The ...

The Western Conference saw fewer upsets, though top-seeded LAFC ... is down to its final four teams. The structure, which was changed for 2024, started with a single-elimination wild card round ...

The 2025 Division I Men’s Hockey Championship provides for a field of 16 teams to compete in a single elimination tournament ... A total of four teams will be seeded with each of the seeded ...

Sixteen invited teams will play a 16-team Swiss System Format; all matches are best-of-three. The top 8 teams proceed to single-elimination bracket playoffs where they join the four seeded teams.

In the first-round of the College Football Playoff, teams seeded No. 5 through No. 12 will engage in elimination games ... complete College Football Playoff bracket and information on how to ...

In both tournaments, 12 teams contest a pool round, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. How does Olympic rugby pool play work? The 12 participating teams are divided into three pools of ...