Planning & productivity
Knockout bracket worksheet
Build a single-elimination match path with first-round byes.
A clear answer. Here’s how.
Expands 2–64 entrants to the next power-of-two bracket size. Gives first-round byes to earlier supplied seeds, pairs remaining entrants in order and labels later matches by previous winners. This is a simple planning worksheet rather than an official sport-specific seeding convention; no random draw, consolation bracket or match results are inferred.
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Worked example
A fixed demonstration, separate from the values you enter above.
- Entrants in seeding order, one per line
Ada Sam Jo Lee Alex Pat
Example result
| Round | Match | Entrant A | Entrant B | Advances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ada | BYE | Ada |
| 1 | 2 | Sam | BYE | Sam |
| 1 | 3 | Jo | Lee | Winner R1 M3 |
| 1 | 4 | Alex | Pat | Winner R1 M4 |
| 2 | 1 | Ada | Sam | Winner R2 M1 |
Input order is seeding order; early seeds receive first-round byes. This is a simple bracket worksheet, without official tournament seeding conventions or consolation rounds.