8 Team Consolation Bracket PDF Details

The 8 team consolation bracket helps you track an eight-team event from the opening round through final placement games. It organizes all matchups so coaches, players, and scorekeepers can see what happens after every win or loss. The diagram uses two main paths to lead teams to the Consolation Champions.

In the middle of the bracket, the form highlights how placement games work, including matches that decide ranking beyond first place:

Early-round games that feed into the winner’s bracket.
Consolation games for teams that lose initial matchups.
A dedicated game for 3rd place.
A separate matchup that determines 7th place.
Final games that crown both tournament champions and consolation champions.

Because all games have numbers, the bracket makes it easier to announce upcoming matchups and keep results consistent from court to court (or field to field). And even if a team loses early, the consolation side gives them a clear path to keep playing. It allows those teams to finish the tournament through organized and meaningful games.

Schools, leagues, and event planners often use 8 team consolation bracket to keep tournaments fair, efficient, and easy to explain. This form is handy when time limits or venue space force tight scheduling.

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Form Name 8 Team Consolation Bracket
Form Length 1 page
Fillable? Yes
Fillable fields 12
Avg. time to fill out 10 min
Other names 8 team single elimination bracket, tournament bracket fillable, bracket template 8 teams, 8 team tournament bracket, tournament consolation bracket

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8 Team Consolation Tournament

Game 1

Game 7

Game 5

Game 2

Game 11

Consolation

Champions

Consolation

Winner’s

Bracket

Bracket

Game 12

Champions

Game 3

Game 6

Game 8

 

Game 4

Game 9 – Loser of 5 vs Loser of 6

 

Game 10 – Loser of 7 vs Loser of 8

7th Place

3rd Place

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to Edit 8 Team Consolation Bracket Online for Free

You can easily fill out this bracket in our PDF editor or print it as needed. Just open the file, click into each game box, and type the team names and results as the games continue.

Add Teams to the First Round

To begin, fill in all eight team names into the first-round boxes labeled Game 1 through Game 4 at the center of the bracket.

Place teams according to your seeding or random draw, one matchup per game.

Advance Winners

Once each game finishes, write the winning team’s name in the next connected box on the winner’s bracket side. Follow the arrows that lead toward Game 7 and, eventually, the championship game.

Move Losing Teams

After that, record the losing teams from Games 1 through 4 in the consolation paths.

Those teams move on to Games 5 and 6, so write their names in the matching boxes on the left side of the form.

As the consolation games end, keep track of the winners and note the losses as shown in the diagram.

Fill In Placement Games

For placement games, use the bottom section of the form.

The losers of Games 5 - 6 meet in Game 9 to determine 7th place, while the losers of Games 7 - 8 face off in Game 10 to decide 3rd place.

Complete Final Games

Finally, complete Game 11 for the consolation championship and Game 12 for the overall championship. Write final results and titles.

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