Sport & fitness
Seeded knockout bracket
Lay out a single-elimination bracket with explicit first-round byes.
A clear answer. Here’s how.
Treats the 2–64 input names as seeds from strongest to weakest. Expands to the next power of two using reflected seed placement, assigning missing bottom seeds as first-round byes. Shows later-round winner placeholders and automatic bye advances. No results are entered or stored, and no sport’s official draw policy is claimed.
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Worked example
A fixed demonstration, separate from the values you enter above.
- Names / teams in seed or input order, one per line
Falcons Owls Foxes Badgers Otters Hares
Example result
| Round | Match ID | Entrant A | Entrant B | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1M1 | 1. Falcons | Bye | Automatic bye advance |
| 1 | R1M2 | 4. Badgers | 5. Otters | Winner advances |
| 1 | R1M3 | 2. Owls | Bye | Automatic bye advance |
| 1 | R1M4 | 3. Foxes | 6. Hares | Winner advances |
| 2 | R2M1 | 1. Falcons | Winner of R1M2 | Winner advances |
8 bracket slots; 2 first-round byes. Input order defines the seeds; later results are placeholders.