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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Double Elimination as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
A pool tournament format in which billiard players are not eliminated from play until they lose two matches. Once two matches are lost, that player is not longer eligible to continue in that double elimination tournament. This can be contrasted with a single elimination tournament where only one match must be lost before the player is out.
Do you prefer a double elimination billiard tournament, or a single elimination billiard tournament?
The double elimination definition was entered on 3/10/2006 and was updated on 1/8/2008 9:49:06 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to game rules. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: single elimination, split double elimination for more on the meaning of double elimination.
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