diff --git a/frontend/src/App.jsx b/frontend/src/App.jsx
index b2e1c81..5d41b2c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import Tree, { prewarmTreeCanvas } from '../Tree/Tree'
 import FallingLeaves from '../Tree/FallingLeaves'
 import ReplayCanvasPanel from './ReplayCanvas'
@@ -3771,9 +3771,14 @@ function TournamentsPage({ navigate }) {
             type="button"
           >
             <div className="min-w-0">
-              <p className="truncate text-lg font-semibold">
-                {tournament.name || `Tournament ${tournament.tournament_id}`}
-              </p>
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-1">
+                <p className="truncate text-lg font-semibold">
+                  {tournament.name || `Tournament ${tournament.tournament_id}`}
+                </p>
+                <span className="shrink-0 rounded bg-surface px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-fury-violet">
+                  {tournamentFormatMeta(tournament.format).label}
+                </span>
+              </div>
               <p className="text-xs text-text-soft">
                 TID {tournament.tournament_id} · {tournamentDateRange(tournament.date_start, tournament.date_end)}
               </p>
@@ -3794,37 +3799,74 @@ function TournamentsPage({ navigate }) {
   )
 }
 
-function TournamentMatchCard({ match, navigate }) {
+function TournamentMatchCard({ match, navigate, onHover }) {
   const winner = displayTeamName(match.winner_name).toLowerCase()
   const teamA = displayTeamName(match.team_a_name)
   const teamB = displayTeamName(match.team_b_name)
   const aWon = winner && teamA && winner === teamA.toLowerCase()
   const bWon = winner && teamB && winner === teamB.toLowerCase()
+  const decided = Boolean(winner)
   const battles = Array.isArray(match.battles) ? match.battles : []
+  const fire = onHover || (() => {})
+  const lastKey = useRef('')
 
-  const teamRow = (name, score, won, emptyLabel = 'TBD') => (
-    <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
-      {name ? (
-        <button
-          className={`min-w-0 truncate text-left font-semibold transition hover:underline ${won ? 'text-win' : 'text-text'}`}
-          onClick={(event) => {
-            event.stopPropagation()
-            navigate(teamPath(name))
-          }}
-          type="button"
-        >
-          {name}
-        </button>
-      ) : (
-        <span className="min-w-0 truncate font-semibold text-text-muted">{emptyLabel}</span>
-      )}
-      <span className={`shrink-0 tabular-nums ${won ? 'text-win' : 'text-text-soft'}`}>{formatNumber(score)}</span>
-    </div>
-  )
+  // Hover a team name → light just that team's run (green). Hover anywhere else on
+  // the card → light both teams' runs (winner green, loser red). A registered team
+  // that forfeited (technical walkover) shows gold rather than red.
+  const matchHighlight = () => {
+    const map = {}
+    if (teamA) map[teamA.toLowerCase()] = !decided || aWon ? 'win' : 'loss'
+    if (teamB) map[teamB.toLowerCase()] = !decided || bWon ? 'win' : 'loss'
+    return Object.keys(map).length ? map : null
+  }
+  const handleOver = (event) => {
+    const teamEl = event.target.closest('[data-team]')
+    const map = teamEl ? { [teamEl.dataset.team.toLowerCase()]: 'win' } : matchHighlight()
+    const key = map ? Object.entries(map).map(([k, v]) => `${k}:${v}`).sort().join('|') : ''
+    if (key === lastKey.current) return
+    lastKey.current = key
+    fire(map)
+  }
+  const handleLeave = () => {
+    lastKey.current = ''
+    fire(null)
+  }
+
+  const teamRow = (name, score, won, emptyLabel = 'TBD') => {
+    const lost = decided && name && !won
+    const noShow = lost && match.status === 'technical'
+    const nameColor = won ? 'text-win' : noShow ? 'text-fury-violet' : lost ? 'text-loss' : 'text-text'
+    const scoreColor = won ? 'text-win' : noShow ? 'text-fury-violet' : lost ? 'text-loss' : 'text-text-soft'
+    return (
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+        {name ? (
+          <button
+            className={`min-w-0 truncate text-left font-semibold transition hover:underline ${nameColor}`}
+            data-team={name}
+            onClick={(event) => {
+              event.stopPropagation()
+              if (bracketPan.dragged) return
+              navigate(teamPath(name))
+            }}
+            type="button"
+          >
+            {name}
+          </button>
+        ) : (
+          <span className="min-w-0 truncate font-semibold text-text-muted">{emptyLabel}</span>
+        )}
+        <span className={`shrink-0 tabular-nums ${scoreColor}`}>{formatNumber(score)}</span>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
   const emptyLabel = match.status === 'bye' ? 'BYE' : 'TBD'
 
   return (
-    <div className="rounded-md border border-border bg-bg p-2.5 text-sm shadow-sm">
+    <div
+      className="rounded-md border border-border bg-bg p-2.5 text-sm shadow-sm"
+      onMouseLeave={handleLeave}
+      onMouseOver={handleOver}
+    >
       {teamRow(teamA, match.score_a, aWon, emptyLabel)}
       <div className="mt-1">{teamRow(teamB, match.score_b, bWon, emptyLabel)}</div>
       <div className="mt-2 flex items-center justify-between gap-2 text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-text-muted">
@@ -3838,7 +3880,11 @@ function TournamentMatchCard({ match, navigate }) {
               <button
                 className="rounded bg-surface px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-text-soft transition hover:text-text"
                 key={battle.session_hex}
-                onClick={() => navigate(gamePath(battle.session_hex))}
+                onClick={() => {
+                  if (bracketPan.dragged) return
+                  navigate(gamePath(battle.session_hex))
+                }}
+                title={`Game ${index + 1} — view replay`}
                 type="button"
               >
                 G{index + 1}
@@ -3847,6 +3893,7 @@ function TournamentMatchCard({ match, navigate }) {
               <span
                 className="rounded bg-surface px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-text-muted opacity-70"
                 key={battle.session_hex}
+                title={`Game ${index + 1} — no replay held`}
               >
                 G{index + 1}
               </span>
@@ -3858,12 +3905,80 @@ function TournamentMatchCard({ match, navigate }) {
   )
 }
 
-function TournamentBracketSide({ side, navigate }) {
+// Shared across the bracket: set true while a pan-drag is in progress so the
+// team/replay buttons inside the canvas don't fire a navigation on release.
+const bracketPan = { dragged: false }
+
+function teamsOf(match) {
+  return [match?.team_a_name, match?.team_b_name]
+    .map((n) => displayTeamName(n).toLowerCase())
+    .filter(Boolean)
+}
+
+// Drag-anywhere pan surface. A tap still clicks; only motion past a small
+// threshold pans (and suppresses the click). Move/up live on the window so a fast
+// drag keeps panning even when the cursor leaves the canvas.
+function BracketViewport({ children }) {
+  const ref = useRef(null)
+
+  const onPointerDown = (event) => {
+    const el = ref.current
+    if (!el || event.button !== 0) return
+    const start = { x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY, sl: el.scrollLeft, st: el.scrollTop, moved: false }
+    bracketPan.dragged = false
+
+    const onMove = (e) => {
+      const dx = e.clientX - start.x
+      const dy = e.clientY - start.y
+      if (!start.moved && Math.hypot(dx, dy) > 5) {
+        start.moved = true
+        bracketPan.dragged = true
+        el.classList.add('is-grabbing')
+      }
+      if (start.moved) {
+        el.scrollLeft = start.sl - dx
+        el.scrollTop = start.st - dy
+        e.preventDefault()
+      }
+    }
+    const onUp = () => {
+      el.classList.remove('is-grabbing')
+      window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onMove)
+      window.removeEventListener('pointerup', onUp)
+      // Keep `dragged` true through the click that fires right after pointerup so
+      // that click is suppressed, then clear it.
+      window.setTimeout(() => { bracketPan.dragged = false }, 0)
+    }
+    window.addEventListener('pointermove', onMove)
+    window.addEventListener('pointerup', onUp)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="bracket-viewport" onPointerDown={onPointerDown} ref={ref}>
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+// What colour, if any, a team should glow: the highlight map is { teamLower:
+// 'win' | 'loss' }. Winner-side runs glow green, loser runs red.
+function traceClass(teams, highlight) {
+  if (!highlight) return ''
+  let result = ''
+  for (const team of teams) {
+    const tone = highlight[team]
+    if (tone === 'win') return ' is-traced'
+    if (tone === 'loss') result = ' is-traced-loss'
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+function TournamentBracketSide({ side, navigate, highlight, onHover }) {
   const gridRef = useRef(null)
   const nodeRefs = useRef(new Map())
   // `tops` places each match; once placed we read back the DOM to draw connectors.
   const [layout, setLayout] = useState({ tops: new Map(), height: 0 })
-  const [connectors, setConnectors] = useState({ width: 0, height: 0, paths: [] })
+  const [connectors, setConnectors] = useState({ width: 0, height: 0, lines: [], byes: [] })
 
   // Pass 1: measure card heights, then position every match centred on its feeders.
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
@@ -3882,6 +3997,9 @@ function TournamentBracketSide({ side, navigate }) {
   }, [side])
 
   // Pass 2: with matches positioned, read real edges and draw elbow connectors.
+  // Each connector carries the teams on either end so a hovered team's whole run
+  // can be lit. Matches with no incoming connector (all feeders were byes) get a
+  // bye stub so they don't read as appearing from nowhere.
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     const grid = gridRef.current
     if (!grid) return
@@ -3896,7 +4014,8 @@ function TournamentBracketSide({ side, navigate }) {
         mid: b.top - gridBox.top + b.height / 2,
       }
     }
-    const paths = []
+    const lines = []
+    const fed = new Set()
     for (let c = 0; c < side.columns.length - 1; c += 1) {
       for (const match of side.columns[c].matches) {
         const parent = feederParent(match, c, side.columns)
@@ -3904,26 +4023,54 @@ function TournamentBracketSide({ side, navigate }) {
         const from = boxOf(layoutKey(c, match))
         const to = boxOf(layoutKey(c + 1, parent))
         if (!from || !to) continue
+        fed.add(parent.match_id)
         const midX = (from.right + to.left) / 2
-        paths.push(`M ${from.right} ${from.mid} H ${midX} V ${to.mid} H ${to.left}`)
+        lines.push({
+          d: `M ${from.right} ${from.mid} H ${midX} V ${to.mid} H ${to.left}`,
+          teams: teamsOf(match).filter((t) => teamsOf(parent).includes(t)),
+        })
       }
     }
-    setConnectors({ width: grid.scrollWidth, height: grid.scrollHeight, paths })
+    const byes = []
+    for (let c = 1; c < side.columns.length; c += 1) {
+      for (const match of side.columns[c].matches) {
+        if (fed.has(match.match_id)) continue
+        const box = boxOf(layoutKey(c, match))
+        if (box) byes.push({ x: box.left, y: box.mid })
+      }
+    }
+    setConnectors({ width: grid.scrollWidth, height: grid.scrollHeight, lines, byes })
   }, [side, layout])
 
+  const active = Boolean(highlight)
+
   return (
     <div>
-      <h3 className="mb-3 text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-fury-cyan">{side.label}</h3>
-      <div className="overflow-x-auto pb-2">
-        <div className="tournament-bracket-grid" ref={gridRef}>
+      <h3 className="mb-3 text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-fury-violet">{side.label}</h3>
+      <BracketViewport>
+        <div className={`tournament-bracket-grid${active ? ' has-trace' : ''}`} ref={gridRef}>
           <svg
             aria-hidden="true"
             className="tournament-bracket-lines"
-            width={connectors.width}
             height={connectors.height}
+            width={connectors.width}
           >
-            {connectors.paths.map((d, index) => (
-              <path d={d} key={index} />
+            {connectors.lines.map((line, index) => {
+              const lit = traceClass(line.teams, highlight)
+              return (
+                <g key={index}>
+                  <path className={`bracket-line-base${lit}`} d={line.d} />
+                  <path className={`bracket-line-flow${lit}`} d={line.d} />
+                </g>
+              )
+            })}
+            {connectors.byes.map((bye, index) => (
+              <g key={`bye-${index}`}>
+                <path className="bracket-bye-stub" d={`M ${bye.x} ${bye.y} h -18`} />
+                <text className="bracket-bye-tag" textAnchor="end" x={bye.x - 24} y={bye.y + 3}>
+                  bye
+                </text>
+              </g>
             ))}
           </svg>
           {side.columns.map((column, columnIndex) => (
@@ -3934,9 +4081,10 @@ function TournamentBracketSide({ side, navigate }) {
               <div className="tournament-round-track" style={{ height: layout.height || undefined }}>
                 {column.matches.map((match) => {
                   const key = layoutKey(columnIndex, match)
+                  const traced = traceClass(teamsOf(match), highlight)
                   return (
                     <div
-                      className="tournament-match-node"
+                      className={`tournament-match-node${traced}`}
                       key={`${match.type_bracket}-${match.match_id}`}
                       ref={(el) => {
                         if (el) nodeRefs.current.set(key, el)
@@ -3944,7 +4092,7 @@ function TournamentBracketSide({ side, navigate }) {
                       }}
                       style={{ top: layout.tops.get(key) ?? 0 }}
                     >
-                      <TournamentMatchCard match={match} navigate={navigate} />
+                      <TournamentMatchCard match={match} navigate={navigate} onHover={onHover} />
                     </div>
                   )
                 })}
@@ -3952,7 +4100,7 @@ function TournamentBracketSide({ side, navigate }) {
             </div>
           ))}
         </div>
-      </div>
+      </BracketViewport>
     </div>
   )
 }
@@ -4055,6 +4203,11 @@ function TournamentDetailPage({ tournamentId, navigate }) {
   const listSides = sides.filter((side) => side.kind === 'list')
   const standings = data?.standings || []
   const hasStandings = standings.length > 0
+  // Lit-up teams shared across both brackets, so a run lights in the winner
+  // bracket and wherever it dropped into the loser bracket at once. Shape:
+  // { teamLower: 'win' | 'loss' } or null.
+  const [highlight, setHighlight] = useState(null)
+  const onHover = useCallback((map) => setHighlight(map), [])
 
   return (
     <section className="space-y-6 pt-24 sm:pt-28">
@@ -4115,7 +4268,13 @@ function TournamentDetailPage({ tournamentId, navigate }) {
                 <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold">Playoffs</h2>
               ) : null}
               {bracketSides.map((side) => (
-                <TournamentBracketSide key={side.key} side={side} navigate={navigate} />
+                <TournamentBracketSide
+                  highlight={highlight}
+                  key={side.key}
+                  navigate={navigate}
+                  onHover={onHover}
+                  side={side}
+                />
               ))}
             </div>
           ) : null}
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.css b/frontend/src/styles.css
index 24d7c35..00d4897 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -831,11 +831,39 @@ h3 {
   font-size: 0.62rem;
 }
 
+/* The bracket reads as a campaign map you drag around. The viewport breaks the
+   page's max-width so there's room to manoeuvre; the surface carries a faint
+   tactical grid that pans with the bracket (it lives on the scrolling content). */
+.bracket-viewport {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 100vw;
+  margin-left: calc(50% - 50vw);
+  max-height: 78vh;
+  overflow: auto;
+  overscroll-behavior: contain;
+  cursor: grab;
+  border-block: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+  background-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-bg) 86%, #000);
+}
+
+.bracket-viewport.is-grabbing {
+  cursor: grabbing;
+}
+
 .tournament-bracket-grid {
   position: relative;
   display: flex;
   gap: 2.6rem;
   min-width: max-content;
+  padding: 3rem clamp(1.5rem, 5vw, 5rem);
+  --grid-line: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-border) 38%, transparent);
+  --grid-dot: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-fury-violet) 16%, transparent);
+  background-image:
+    linear-gradient(var(--grid-line) 1px, transparent 1px),
+    linear-gradient(90deg, var(--grid-line) 1px, transparent 1px),
+    radial-gradient(var(--grid-dot) 1.5px, transparent 1.6px);
+  background-size: 116px 116px, 116px 116px, 116px 116px;
+  background-position: 0 0, 0 0, 58px 58px;
 }
 
 /* Connector layer: absolutely sized to the full bracket, drawn behind the cards.
@@ -850,18 +878,55 @@ h3 {
   pointer-events: none;
 }
 
+/* Each connector is two stacked strokes: a steady base rail plus a brighter
+   dashed tracer that flows toward the winner (left → right, the path's own
+   direction). */
 .tournament-bracket-lines path {
   fill: none;
-  stroke: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-border) 60%, var(--color-fury-violet));
+  stroke-linecap: round;
+}
+
+.bracket-line-base {
+  stroke: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-border) 55%, var(--color-fury-violet));
   stroke-width: 1.5px;
 }
 
+.bracket-line-flow {
+  stroke: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-fury-violet) 92%, white);
+  stroke-width: 1.5px;
+  stroke-dasharray: 7 17;
+  opacity: 0.7;
+  animation: bracketFlow 1.4s linear infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes bracketFlow {
+  to {
+    stroke-dashoffset: -24;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Bye stub: a short rail + tag on the incoming side of a match whose feeders
+   were all byes, so a top-seed match doesn't read as "appearing from nowhere". */
+.bracket-bye-stub {
+  stroke: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-text-muted) 60%, transparent);
+  stroke-width: 1.5px;
+  stroke-dasharray: 3 4;
+}
+
+.bracket-bye-tag {
+  fill: var(--color-text-muted);
+  font-size: 9px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
 .tournament-round-column {
   position: relative;
   z-index: 1;
   display: flex;
-  width: 190px;
-  min-width: 190px;
+  width: 200px;
+  min-width: 200px;
   flex-direction: column;
 }
 
@@ -878,6 +943,74 @@ h3 {
   z-index: 1;
   left: 0;
   right: 0;
+  transition: opacity 0.18s ease;
+}
+
+/* Hover a team → its whole run lights up; everything else recedes. */
+.tournament-bracket-grid.has-trace .tournament-match-node:not(.is-traced):not(.is-traced-loss) {
+  opacity: 0.32;
+}
+
+.tournament-match-node.is-traced > * {
+  position: relative;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px var(--color-win), 0 0 18px -2px color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-win) 70%, transparent);
+  animation: bracketBreathe 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes bracketBreathe {
+  0%, 100% {
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-win) 70%, transparent), 0 0 14px -4px color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-win) 55%, transparent);
+  }
+  50% {
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--color-win), 0 0 26px 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-win) 75%, transparent);
+  }
+}
+
+.bracket-line-base.is-traced {
+  stroke: var(--color-win);
+  stroke-width: 2px;
+}
+
+.bracket-line-flow.is-traced {
+  stroke: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-win) 75%, white);
+  opacity: 0.95;
+}
+
+/* Loser run: same treatment in the loss colour. */
+.tournament-match-node.is-traced-loss > * {
+  position: relative;
+  animation: bracketBreatheLoss 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes bracketBreatheLoss {
+  0%, 100% {
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 1.5px color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-loss) 70%, transparent), 0 0 14px -4px color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-loss) 55%, transparent);
+  }
+  50% {
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--color-loss), 0 0 26px 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-loss) 75%, transparent);
+  }
+}
+
+.bracket-line-base.is-traced-loss {
+  stroke: var(--color-loss);
+  stroke-width: 2px;
+}
+
+.bracket-line-flow.is-traced-loss {
+  stroke: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-loss) 75%, white);
+  opacity: 0.95;
+}
+
+.tournament-bracket-grid.has-trace .tournament-bracket-lines path:not(.is-traced):not(.is-traced-loss) {
+  opacity: 0.18;
+}
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .bracket-line-flow,
+  .tournament-match-node.is-traced > *,
+  .tournament-match-node.is-traced-loss > * {
+    animation: none;
+  }
 }
 
 @keyframes scrollPulse {