Have you run a 5-team bracket before? Let me know how you handled the bye in the comments
Correction for standard flow: In the pure 5-team bracket, after Match C, the loser drops down to face Team 5.
Organizing a tournament for an odd number of teams—specifically five—presents unique challenges. While a standard 8-team bracket is symmetrical and a 4-team bracket is straightforward, a 5-team field requires a specific format to ensure fairness while maintaining the core promise of double elimination: a team is not out of the tournament until they have lost two games.
A 5-team double-elimination bracket isn't pretty, but it is . It solves the "odd number" problem better than a round-robin (which can end in ties) and gives you a definitive 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
In a 5-team setup, the first round usually consists of only one game. Usually the #4 seed vs. the #5 seed.