Build your Playoff Bracket Generator by entering the number of teams, choosing your bracket format (Single or Double Elimination), and adding team names. Get a fully structured bracket draw showing matchups round by round, plus a round count and total games breakdown — perfect for tournaments of 4 to 64 teams.
Total Games
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Number of Rounds
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Bracket Size (with Byes)
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Bye Slots
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Games in Round 1
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This generator supports brackets from 2 up to 64 teams. If your team count is not a power of 2 (e.g. 4, 8, 16, 32), the tool automatically adds 'bye' slots so the bracket structure remains valid. Byes mean certain teams advance to the next round without playing.
In Single Elimination, a team is immediately out after one loss. In Double Elimination, teams move to a losers' bracket after their first defeat and must lose twice to be eliminated. Double elimination gives every team a second chance but roughly doubles the total number of games.
A consolation match — often called the third-place playoff — is an optional extra game between the two semifinal losers. It determines which team finishes in third place. You can enable it by selecting 'Third Place Match' in the bracket settings.
Two-legged ties mean each matchup is played twice — once at each team's venue. The winner is determined by aggregate score across both legs. This format is common in UEFA competitions and domestic cup tournaments. You can also opt for a two-legged final only.
For Single Elimination, the total games equal the bracket size minus 1 (every game eliminates exactly one team). For Double Elimination, it is approximately 2× (bracket size − 1), accounting for the losers' bracket and a potential grand final rematch. Two-legged options double the game count for all or just the final round.
The generator rounds up to the next power of 2 and fills the gap with 'bye' entries. Teams assigned a bye in Round 1 automatically advance to Round 2 without playing. Seeding determines which teams receive byes — typically the top-seeded teams.
Yes — paste or type one team name per line in the Team Names field. The generator will seed the bracket in the order you enter them. If you leave the field blank, teams are labelled Team 1, Team 2, and so on by default.
The number of rounds equals the base-2 logarithm of the bracket size. For example, 8 teams → 3 rounds; 16 teams → 4 rounds; 32 teams → 5 rounds. Double elimination adds a losers' bracket path roughly doubling the maximum rounds a team can play.