🏆 Tournament Bracket Generator
Enter the number of players and get a seeded single-elimination bracket — padded to the next power of two, with byes handed to the top seeds and the standard seeding fold.
🏆 Single-Elimination Bracket
First round
| Match | Top seed | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seed 1 | Bye (advances) |
| 2 | Seed 4 | Seed 5 |
| 3 | Seed 2 | Bye (advances) |
| 4 | Seed 3 | Seed 6 |
Seeds are placed with the standard fold so the top seeds meet only in later rounds. When the field is not a power of two, the extra slots become byes and go to the highest seeds.
What is a Tournament Bracket Generator?
It draws a fair knockout bracket for any field size. It rounds the draw up to the next power of two, places seeds with the standard fold so the best players are kept apart, and awards the resulting byes to the top seeds — exactly how a properly run tournament sets up its main draw.
Use it to seed a club championship, a school event, or a weekend open without wrestling with the grid by hand. It tells you the bracket size, the number of byes, the number of rounds to a champion, and every first-round pairing.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How does seeding decide the first-round matches?
The bracket uses the standard recursive fold: 1 plays the lowest seed, 2 is placed in the opposite half, and each seed is paired so the top seeds can only meet in the later rounds. That keeps the draw fair — the two strongest players will not clash until the final if they both keep winning.
What happens when the player count is not a power of two?
A single-elimination draw needs a size that is a power of two (4, 8, 16, 32…). The generator rounds up to the next one and fills the empty slots with byes. Those byes are given to the highest seeds, so the strongest players skip the first round — the usual reward for a high seed.
How many rounds and byes will there be?
The number of rounds is log2 of the bracket size — 8 players is 3 rounds, 16 is 4, and so on. The number of byes is the bracket size minus your player count, so 6 players in an 8-draw means 2 byes. The tool reports both for you.
Is this single or double elimination?
This generates a single-elimination (knockout) bracket, where one loss ends a player's run. It is the most common format for table tennis tournament main draws because it is fast and produces a clear champion in the fewest matches.