diff --git a/app/components/tournament/BracketActions.tsx b/app/components/tournament/BracketActions.tsx
index 60fb40b7e..d9e1ac3fd 100644
--- a/app/components/tournament/BracketActions.tsx
+++ b/app/components/tournament/BracketActions.tsx
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function BracketActions() {
   );
   invariant(matchWeAreWaitingFor, "matchWeAreWaitingFor is undefined");
 
-  if (matchWeAreWaitingFor.participants?.length !== 2) {
+  if (matchWeAreWaitingFor.participants?.filter(Boolean).length !== 2) {
     return (
       <ActionSectionWrapper>
         Waiting on match number {matchWeAreWaitingFor.number} (missing teams)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function BracketActions() {
       <b>{matchWeAreWaitingFor.participants[1]}</b>
       <i>
         {(matchWeAreWaitingFor.score ?? [0, 0]).join("-")} - Best of{" "}
-        {matchWeAreWaitingFor.round.matches.length}
+        {matchWeAreWaitingFor.round.stages.length}
       </i>
     </ActionSectionWrapper>
   );
diff --git a/app/models/TournamentBracket.ts b/app/models/TournamentBracket.ts
index 9f0d949b0..9350fb523 100644
--- a/app/models/TournamentBracket.ts
+++ b/app/models/TournamentBracket.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export function findById(bracketId: string) {
                 select: {
                   team: {
                     select: {
+                      id: true,
                       name: true,
                     },
                   },
diff --git a/app/models/TournamentMatch.ts b/app/models/TournamentMatch.ts
index 07cf5b60d..e59300ef1 100644
--- a/app/models/TournamentMatch.ts
+++ b/app/models/TournamentMatch.ts
@@ -58,3 +58,11 @@ export function createResult({
     },
   });
 }
+
+export function createParticipants(
+  data: ({ matchId: string; order: TeamOrder; teamId: string } | undefined)[]
+) {
+  return db.tournamentMatchParticipant.createMany({
+    data: data.flatMap((result) => result ?? []),
+  });
+}
diff --git a/app/routes/to/$organization.$tournament/bracket.$id.tsx b/app/routes/to/$organization.$tournament/bracket.$id.tsx
index 3fb9ff7bc..82925f4f1 100644
--- a/app/routes/to/$organization.$tournament/bracket.$id.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/to/$organization.$tournament/bracket.$id.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type ActionData = {
 };
 
 export const action: ActionFunction = async ({
+  params,
   request,
   context,
 }): Promise<ActionData> => {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export const action: ActionFunction = async ({
     request,
     schema: bracketActionSchema,
   });
-
+  invariant(typeof params.id === "string", "Expected params.id to be string");
   const user = requireUser(context);
 
   switch (data._action) {
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export const action: ActionFunction = async ({
         userId: user.id,
         winnerTeamId: data.winnerTeamId,
         position: data.position,
+        bracketId: params.id,
       });
       return { ok: "REPORT_SCORE" };
     }
diff --git a/app/services/tournament.ts b/app/services/tournament.ts
index 1ecd6879d..cedc9e938 100644
--- a/app/services/tournament.ts
+++ b/app/services/tournament.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Prisma, Stage, TournamentMatchGameResult } from ".prisma/client";
+import type { Prisma, Stage, TeamOrder } from ".prisma/client";
 import {
   TOURNAMENT_CHECK_IN_CLOSING_MINUTES_FROM_START,
   TOURNAMENT_TEAM_ROSTER_MAX_SIZE,
@@ -538,12 +538,14 @@ export async function reportScore({
   matchId,
   playerIds,
   position,
+  bracketId,
 }: {
   userId: string;
   winnerTeamId: string;
   matchId: string;
   playerIds: string[];
   position: number;
+  bracketId: string;
 }) {
   const match = await TournamentMatch.findById(matchId);
   if (!match) throw new Response("Invalid match id", { status: 400 });
@@ -574,17 +576,70 @@ export async function reportScore({
   const stage = match.round.stages.find((stage) => stage.position === position);
   invariant(stage, "stage is undefined");
 
-  // TODO transaction advance bracket conditionally
-  return TournamentMatch.createResult({
-    matchId,
-    playerIds,
-    roundStageId: stage.id,
-    reporterId: userId,
-    winner: winnerTeam.order,
-  });
+  // advance tournament after reporting score if match is over
+  if (
+    matchIsOver(
+      match.round.stages.length,
+      matchResultsToTuple(
+        match.results
+          .map((r) => ({ winner: r.winner }))
+          .concat([{ winner: winnerTeam.order }])
+      )
+    )
+  ) {
+    const loserTeam = match.participants.find((p) => p.teamId !== winnerTeamId);
+    invariant(loserTeam, "loserTeamId is undefined");
+
+    const bracket = await TournamentBracket.findById(bracketId);
+    if (!bracket) throw new Response("Invalid bracket id", { status: 400 });
+
+    return db.$transaction([
+      TournamentMatch.createResult({
+        matchId,
+        playerIds,
+        roundStageId: stage.id,
+        reporterId: userId,
+        winner: winnerTeam.order,
+      }),
+      // todo: bracket reset
+      TournamentMatch.createParticipants([
+        match.winnerDestinationMatchId
+          ? {
+              matchId: match.winnerDestinationMatchId,
+              order: resolveNewOrder({
+                bracket,
+                oldMatch: match,
+                newMatchId: match.winnerDestinationMatchId,
+              }),
+              teamId: winnerTeam.teamId,
+            }
+          : undefined,
+        match.loserDestinationMatchId
+          ? {
+              matchId: match.loserDestinationMatchId,
+              order: resolveNewOrder({
+                bracket,
+                oldMatch: match,
+                newMatchId: match.loserDestinationMatchId,
+              }),
+              teamId: loserTeam?.teamId,
+            }
+          : undefined,
+      ]),
+    ]);
+    // otherwise if set is not over simply create result and return
+  } else {
+    return TournamentMatch.createResult({
+      matchId,
+      playerIds,
+      roundStageId: stage.id,
+      reporterId: userId,
+      winner: winnerTeam.order,
+    });
+  }
 }
 
-function matchResultsToTuple(results: TournamentMatchGameResult[]) {
+function matchResultsToTuple(results: { winner: TeamOrder }[]) {
   return results.reduce(
     (acc: [number, number], result) => {
       if (result.winner === "UPPER") acc[0]++;
@@ -594,3 +649,44 @@ function matchResultsToTuple(results: TournamentMatchGameResult[]) {
     [0, 0]
   );
 }
+
+function resolveNewOrder({
+  bracket,
+  oldMatch,
+  newMatchId,
+}: {
+  bracket: NonNullable<TournamentBracket.FindById>;
+  oldMatch: NonNullable<TournamentMatch.FindById>;
+  newMatchId: string;
+}): TeamOrder {
+  const allMatches = bracket.rounds.flat().flatMap((round) => {
+    return round.matches;
+  });
+
+  const newMatch = allMatches.find((m) => m.id === newMatchId);
+  invariant(newMatch, "newMatch is undefined");
+
+  const matchesThatLeadToNewMatch = allMatches
+    .filter((m) =>
+      [m.loserDestinationMatchId, m.winnerDestinationMatchId].includes(
+        newMatchId
+      )
+    )
+    .sort((a, b) => a.position - b.position);
+  invariant(
+    matchesThatLeadToNewMatch.length === 2,
+    `matchesThatLeadToNewMatch length was unexpected: ${matchesThatLeadToNewMatch.length}`
+  );
+  console.log(JSON.stringify({ matchesThatLeadToNewMatch, oldMatch }, null, 2));
+  invariant(
+    matchesThatLeadToNewMatch.find((m) => m.id === oldMatch.id),
+    "oldMatch not among matchesThatLeadToNewMatch"
+  );
+
+  // if match number is smaller it should mean the match is above
+  // the other match. thanks to sorting above 0 index should have
+  // the smaller match number. Winner's bracket match should
+  // always have the smaller number compared to loser's bracket match
+  if (matchesThatLeadToNewMatch[0].id === oldMatch.id) return "UPPER";
+  return "LOWER";
+}
diff --git a/app/styles/tournament-bracket.css b/app/styles/tournament-bracket.css
index 9a483e328..9a35ee084 100644
--- a/app/styles/tournament-bracket.css
+++ b/app/styles/tournament-bracket.css
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   margin: 0 auto;
   column-gap: var(--s-6);
   grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
-  row-gap: var(--s-2-5);
+  row-gap: var(--s-1-5);
 }
 
 .tournament-bracket__infos__label {