Baseball Postseason Formats

Twenty-four teams qualify for the playoffs. The top two teams in each division (I-East, I-North, I-South, and I-West) qualify as well as the top 16 by record (regardless of division).

The 24 teams will participate in four six-team double-elimination regional tournaments. The four division winners are seeded 1-4. The tournaments will be structured as below:

No. 1, No. 8, No. 9, No. 16, No. 17, and No. 24

No. 2, No. 7, No. 10, No. 15, No. 18, and No. 23

No. 3, No. 6, No. 11, No. 14, No. 19, and No. 22

No. 4, No. 5, No. 12, No. 13, No. 20, and No. 21

The six participants in each regional tournament will be seeded 1-6 and each regional tournament will follow the below format

Game 1: No. 4 vs. No. 5

Game 2: No. 3 vs. No. 6

Game 3: No. 1 vs. winner of game 1

Game 4: No. 2 vs. winner of game 2

Game 5: loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 4 (loser is eliminated)

Game 6: loser of game 2 vs. loser of game 3 (loser is eliminated)

Game 7: winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4 (winner's bracket final)

Game 8: winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6 (loser is eliminated)

Game 9: loser of game 7 vs. winner of game 8 (Loser's bracket final; loser is eliminated)

Game 10: Winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 9 (if the winner of game 9 wins, then a rematch is held with the winner winning the regional tournament)

The four double-elimination tournament champions then participate in a double-elimination tournament themselves to decide the Division I champion. The tournament will follow the below format (the highest seeded team to win one of the regional tournaments will be considered team A, etc.)

Team A vs. Team D

Team B vs. Team C

Winner A-D vs. winner of B-C (winner's bracket final)

Loser A-D vs. loser of B-C (loser is eliminated)

Winner of above game vs. loser of winner's bracket final (loser is eliminated)

Winner of above game vs. winner of winner's bracket final (if the latter loses then a rematch is held with the winner winning the tournament) - End of third week of June

Division II

The top 12 teams, regardless of division, qualify for the playoffs

The 12 teams are divided into two 6 team groupings that will play in two double-elimination tournaments; The tournaments will be structured as below:
No. 1, No. 4, No. 5, No. 8, No. 9, and No. 12

No. 2, No. 3, No. 6, No. 7, No. 10, and No. 11

The six participants in each regional tournament will be seeded 1-6 and each regional tournament will follow the below format

Game 1: No. 4 vs. No. 5

Game 2: No. 3 vs. No. 6

Game 3: No. 1 vs. winner of game 1

Game 4: No. 2 vs. winner of game 2

Game 5: loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 4 (loser is eliminated)

Game 6: loser of game 2 vs. loser of game 3 (loser is eliminated)

Game 7: winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4 (winner's bracket final)

Game 8: winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6 (loser is eliminated)

Game 9: loser of game 7 vs. winner of game 8 (Loser's bracket final; loser is eliminated)

Game 10: Winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 9 (if the winner of game 9 wins, then a rematch is held with the winner winning the regional tournament)

The two winners of the double-elimination tournaments will face off for the championship in a best of three series at the end of the third week of June

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