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12-player single elimination bracket

A 12-player single elimination bracket has 11 matches over 4 rounds. One loss and a player is out. The same bracket works for 12 teams.

Players
12
Places in the bracket
16
Byes
4
Matches
11
Rounds
4
Most matches one player can play
4
The sheet prints on its own, without the rest of this page.

Bracket

  1. Round 1

    M1
    Seed 8
    Seed 9

    Winner to M5 · Loser is out

    M2
    Seed 5
    Seed 12

    Winner to M6 · Loser is out

    M3
    Seed 7
    Seed 10

    Winner to M7 · Loser is out

    M4
    Seed 6
    Seed 11

    Winner to M8 · Loser is out

  2. Quarter-finals

    M5
    Seed 1
    Winner of M1

    Winner to M9 · Loser is out

    M6
    Seed 4
    Winner of M2

    Winner to M9 · Loser is out

    M7
    Seed 2
    Winner of M3

    Winner to M10 · Loser is out

    M8
    Seed 3
    Winner of M4

    Winner to M10 · Loser is out

  3. Semi-finals

    M9
    Winner of M5
    Winner of M6

    Winner to M11 · Loser is out

    M10
    Winner of M7
    Winner of M8

    Winner to M11 · Loser is out

  4. Final

    M11
    Winner of M9
    Winner of M10

    Winner takes the title · Loser is out

How to read the sheet

Matches are numbered in a playing order. Each slot says who plays there: a seed, or the winner or loser of an earlier match. Under each match, the sheet says where its winner and its loser go next. Write the names beside the seeds and the scores in the boxes.

Byes

12 players fill a bracket of 16 places, so 4 places are byes. Byes go to the top seeds: seeds 1 to 4 start in round 2. A bye is not a match and not a loss.

How many matches

Every match puts one player out, and every player except the champion goes out, so 12 players need 12 − 1 = 11 matches.

Run this bracket live

The Bida Nào organizer console draws this same bracket, and any field from 2 to 128 players, with byes to the top seeds. Players score their matches from the table in the app, and the bracket updates itself. Running a tournament is free at any size. You can also add a match for third place.

Run it free in the organizer console →