The 2012 World Championship Series Global Finals will feature a double elimination group stage and a single elimination playoff bracket.

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Steven Murray, a Colorado Mesa University professor who has studied the history of sports, said the concept that inspired the bracket a single-elimination sporting competition with many rounds isn't a modern invention.

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