User blog comment:Asbestosstar/Robot wars 2016 Bracket Format/@comment-26375918-20161020204235/@comment-4499305-20161021072012

Probably the same as 2016: two first round battles with three robots each, followed by the head-to-heads for the qualifiers of those first round battles, then the grand final for the top two finishers in the head-to-heads.