Tournament Brackets by Size

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A single elimination bracket is the fastest way from a full field to one champion. Lose once and you are out, so any field needs exactly one game fewer than it has teams. What changes with the team count is the shape of the sheet. Eight, 16, 32 and 64 teams fill every line. Any other count leaves empty lines, and those become byes for the top seeds, which moves the first round, the quarterfinal pairings and the number of court slots the day needs.

Each bracket here is drawn for one field size, from 6 teams to 64, with the byes placed, every game numbered and each seed's path to the final listed. Type in your teams, or print the sheet blank and fill it in courtside. For a count that is not listed, open the nearest size and change the Teams box, which takes any number from 3 to 128: the 16 team page set to 15, for example, gives Seed 1 the only bye.

If one loss is too harsh, the double elimination brackets keep every team in until its second defeat, and the round robin schedules have everyone play everyone.

6 Team Tournament Bracket Single Elimination

Six teams, two byes and five games, with Seeds 1 and 2 starting in the semifinals.

For example Bye · Seed 4 · Seed 5
8 Team Tournament Bracket

Eight teams, three rounds, seven games, and a seeding that keeps the top two apart until the final.

For example Seed 1 · Seed 8 · Seed 4
10 Team Tournament Bracket

Six byes and only two opening games: in a league playoff, finishing sixth instead of seventh saves a whole game.

For example Bye · Seed 8 · Seed 9
12 Team Tournament Bracket

A 12 team single elimination bracket: four byes, four opening games, and every quarterfinal sets a rested seed against a team that has just won.

For example Bye · Seed 8 · Seed 9
14 Team Tournament Bracket

Fourteen teams, thirteen games, and byes for Seeds 1 and 2 at opposite ends of the sheet.

For example Bye · Seed 8 · Seed 9
16 Team Tournament Bracket

Sixteen teams, four rounds, fifteen games, and a first round where every pair of seeds adds up to 17.

For example Seed 1 · Seed 16 · Seed 8
18 Team Tournament Bracket

Two opening games, fourteen byes, then a full round of 16: seventeen games to a champion.

For example Bye · Seed 16 · Seed 17
22 Team Tournament Bracket

Six opening games, ten byes, and a round of 16 where Seeds 7 to 10 have to play each other.

For example Bye · Seed 16 · Seed 17
30 Team Tournament Bracket

Fourteen opening games, a full round of 16 and only two byes, for Seeds 1 and 2.

For example Bye · Seed 16 · Seed 17
32 Team Tournament Bracket

Thirty-two teams, single elimination: five rounds, 31 games, and a top eight that cannot meet before the quarterfinals.

For example Seed 1 · Seed 32 · Seed 16
64 Team Tournament Bracket

Sixty-four teams in four quarters of 16, six rounds, 63 games and not one bye.

For example Seed 1 · Seed 64 · Seed 32

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