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In [[round robin]]-based [[schedule]] formats, it is typical in quizbowl discourse to use the word "bracket" for what is more properly described as a "pool".

The use of proper brackets, as in the kind that define [[single elimination]] formats, is highly discouraged unless no alternatives are possible. [[NAQT]] does use [[double elimination]] brackets for its larger national championships.

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	In [[round robin]]-based [[schedule]] formats, it is typical in quizbowl discourse to use the word "bracket" for what is more properly described as a "pool": a set of teams in which each team plays each other team, and from which records and statistics can be used for comparison.		In [[round robin]]-based [[schedule]] formats, it is typical in quizbowl discourse to use the word "bracket" for what is more properly described as a "pool": a set of teams in which each team plays each other team, and from which records and statistics can be used for comparison.

−	The use of proper brackets, as in the kind that define [[single elimination]] formats, is highly discouraged unless no alternatives are possible. [[NAQT]] does use [[double elimination]] brackets for its larger national championships, and single-elimination structures are occasionally used in [[tiebreaker]] cases and other relatively narrow situations even in tournaments following best practices.	+	The use of proper brackets, as in the kind that define [[single elimination]] formats, is highly discouraged unless no alternatives are possible. [[NAQT]] does use [[double elimination]] brackets for its larger national championships, and single-elimination structures are occasionally used in [[tiebreaker games\|tiebreaker]] cases and other relatively narrow situations even in tournaments following best practices.

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−	In [[round robin]]-based [[schedule]] formats, it is typical in quizbowl discourse to use the word "bracket" for what is more properly described as a "pool".	+	In [[round robin]]-based [[schedule]] formats, it is typical in quizbowl discourse to use the word "bracket" for what is more properly described as a "pool": a set of teams in which each team plays each other team, and from which records and statistics can be used for comparison.

−	The use of proper brackets, as in the kind that define [[single elimination]] formats, is highly discouraged unless no alternatives are possible. [[NAQT]] does use [[double elimination]] brackets for its larger national championships.	+	The use of proper brackets, as in the kind that define [[single elimination]] formats, is highly discouraged unless no alternatives are possible. [[NAQT]] does use [[double elimination]] brackets for its larger national championships, and single-elimination structures are occasionally used in [[tiebreaker]] cases and other relatively narrow situations even in tournaments following best practices.