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Bracket maker: free tournament bracket generator
This bracket maker builds a tournament bracket for any number of teams in seconds. Paste your teams, pick single elimination, double elimination or round robin, tap the winners as games finish, then print it, save a PNG or send a link.
- Free, no sign-up
- Any number of teams
- Print or download PNG
- Share a link
Free, no sign-up. Click a team in the bracket to advance it.
Your bracket
Tap a team to send it through. Tap again to undo.
How to make a tournament bracket
- Pick a format. Single elimination is the quickest, double elimination gives everyone a second chance, round robin has everyone play everyone.
- Enter the teams, one per line, strongest first if you want seeding. No ranking? Press Shuffle for a random draw.
- Press Make bracket. Byes are added automatically when the number of teams isn't 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64.
- Run the event. Tap each winner and the bracket fills itself in. Print it for the wall, download a PNG, or share the link with players.
Single elimination, double elimination or round robin?
For 8 teams, here is what each format asks of you:
| Format | Games (8 teams) | Games per team | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single elimination | 7 | 1 to 3 | One-day events, big fields, school tournaments |
| Double elimination | 14 or 15 | 2 to 7 | Esports, softball, volleyball, cornhole: one bad game doesn't end your day |
| Round robin | 28 | 7 | Leagues, pickleball nights, group stages before a knockout |
Seeding and byes
Teams are seeded in the order you type them. The bracket uses standard seeding, so in a 16-team bracket seed 1 plays seed 16, seed 8 plays seed 9, and the top two seeds can only meet in the final. When the field doesn't fill the bracket, the extra slots become byes and go to the top seeds, the same way the NCAA and most leagues do it.
In double elimination, a team that loses in the winners bracket drops into the losers bracket; a second loss ends its run. If the losers-bracket winner beats the winners-bracket champion in the grand final, both have one loss and a second final is played. How double elimination works explains it with an example.
Ready-made brackets by team count
Single elimination
- 4-team bracket
- 5-team bracket
- 6-team bracket
- 7-team bracket
- 8-team bracket
- 9-team bracket
- 10-team bracket
- 11-team bracket
- 12-team bracket
- 13-team bracket
- 14-team bracket
- 16-team bracket
- 20-team bracket
- 24-team bracket
- 32-team bracket
- 64-team bracket
Double elimination
- 4-team bracket
- 5-team bracket
- 6-team bracket
- 7-team bracket
- 8-team bracket
- 10-team bracket
- 12-team bracket
- 16-team bracket
- 24-team bracket
- 32-team bracket
Round robin
- 3-team round robin
- 4-team round robin
- 5-team round robin
- 6-team round robin
- 7-team round robin
- 8-team round robin
- 9-team round robin
- 10-team round robin
- 12-team round robin
- 16-team round robin
Frequently asked questions
Is this bracket maker free?
Yes. Every format, every team count, printing, PNG downloads and share links are free, with no account and no limit on how many brackets you make.
How many teams can a bracket have?
From 2 up to 128 teams for single elimination, 64 for double elimination and 40 for a round robin. When the count is not a power of two (say 12), the top seeds get first-round byes automatically.
How do byes work?
A bracket needs 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 slots. With 12 teams the bracket has 16 slots, so 4 teams get a bye: seeds 1 to 4 skip the first round and start in round two. The bye matches show faded in the bracket.
How do I advance a team?
Tap or click the team that won. It moves into its next match and the loser drops out (or into the losers bracket in double elimination). Tap the winner again to undo; later results that depended on it are cleared.
Can I print the bracket or save it as a PDF?
Yes. Press Print / PDF: the page prints only the tournament name and the bracket, scaled to a landscape page. Choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialog for a PDF. PNG downloads an image for group chats.
Is my bracket saved? How do I share it?
Nothing is stored on our servers. Share link packs the whole bracket, names and results, into the link itself, so anyone who opens it sees the same bracket. Bookmark the link to keep your own copy.
How many games are in an 8-team tournament?
Single elimination: 7 games. Double elimination: 14 or 15 (the last one only if the losers-bracket winner takes the first final). Round robin: 28 games over 7 rounds.
Which format should I pick?
Short on time: single elimination. Want everyone to play at least twice and a fairer result: double elimination. A league night or pool play where everyone plays everyone: round robin. See the comparison table above.