<P> A double - elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches . It stands in contrast to a single - elimination tournament, in which only one defeat results in elimination . </P> <P> One method of arranging a double - elimination tournament is to break the competitors into two sets of brackets, the winners bracket and losers bracket (W and L brackets for short; also sometimes upper bracket and lower bracket, respectively) after the first round . The first - round winners proceed into the W bracket and the losers proceed into the L bracket . The W bracket is conducted in the same manner as a single - elimination tournament, except that the losers of each round "drop down" into the L bracket . Another method of double - elimination tournament management is the Draw and Process . </P> <P> As with single - elimination tournaments, most often the number of competitors is equal to a power of two (8, 16, 32, etc .) so that in each round there is an even number of competitors and never any byes . The maximum number of games in a double - elimination tournament is one less than twice the number of teams participating (e.g., 8 teams--15 games). The minimum number is two less than twice the number of teams (e.g., 8 teams--14 games). </P> <P> If the standard double - elimination bracket arrangement is being used, then each round of the L Bracket is conducted in two stages; a minor stage followed by a major stage . Both contain the same number of matches (assuming there are no byes) which is the same again as the number of matches in the corresponding round of the W Bracket . If the minor stage of an L Bracket round contains N matches, it will produce N winners . Meanwhile, the N matches in the corresponding round of the W Bracket will produce N losers . These 2N competitors will then pair off in the N matches of the corresponding major stage of the L Bracket . </P>

How many games are played in a 16 team double elimination tournament
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