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32-player single elimination bracket

A 32-player single elimination bracket has 31 matches over 5 rounds. One loss and a player is out. The same bracket works for 32 teams.

Players
32
Places in the bracket
32
Byes
0
Matches
31
Rounds
5
Most matches one player can play
5
The sheet prints on its own, without the rest of this page.

Bracket

  1. Round 1

    M1
    Seed 1
    Seed 32

    Winner to M17 · Loser is out

    M2
    Seed 16
    Seed 17

    Winner to M17 · Loser is out

    M3
    Seed 8
    Seed 25

    Winner to M18 · Loser is out

    M4
    Seed 9
    Seed 24

    Winner to M18 · Loser is out

    M5
    Seed 4
    Seed 29

    Winner to M19 · Loser is out

    M6
    Seed 13
    Seed 20

    Winner to M19 · Loser is out

    M7
    Seed 5
    Seed 28

    Winner to M20 · Loser is out

    M8
    Seed 12
    Seed 21

    Winner to M20 · Loser is out

    M9
    Seed 2
    Seed 31

    Winner to M21 · Loser is out

    M10
    Seed 15
    Seed 18

    Winner to M21 · Loser is out

    M11
    Seed 7
    Seed 26

    Winner to M22 · Loser is out

    M12
    Seed 10
    Seed 23

    Winner to M22 · Loser is out

    M13
    Seed 3
    Seed 30

    Winner to M23 · Loser is out

    M14
    Seed 14
    Seed 19

    Winner to M23 · Loser is out

    M15
    Seed 6
    Seed 27

    Winner to M24 · Loser is out

    M16
    Seed 11
    Seed 22

    Winner to M24 · Loser is out

  2. Round 2

    M17
    Winner of M1
    Winner of M2

    Winner to M25 · Loser is out

    M18
    Winner of M3
    Winner of M4

    Winner to M25 · Loser is out

    M19
    Winner of M5
    Winner of M6

    Winner to M26 · Loser is out

    M20
    Winner of M7
    Winner of M8

    Winner to M26 · Loser is out

    M21
    Winner of M9
    Winner of M10

    Winner to M27 · Loser is out

    M22
    Winner of M11
    Winner of M12

    Winner to M27 · Loser is out

    M23
    Winner of M13
    Winner of M14

    Winner to M28 · Loser is out

    M24
    Winner of M15
    Winner of M16

    Winner to M28 · Loser is out

  3. Quarter-finals

    M25
    Winner of M17
    Winner of M18

    Winner to M29 · Loser is out

    M26
    Winner of M19
    Winner of M20

    Winner to M29 · Loser is out

    M27
    Winner of M21
    Winner of M22

    Winner to M30 · Loser is out

    M28
    Winner of M23
    Winner of M24

    Winner to M30 · Loser is out

  4. Semi-finals

    M29
    Winner of M25
    Winner of M26

    Winner to M31 · Loser is out

    M30
    Winner of M27
    Winner of M28

    Winner to M31 · Loser is out

  5. Final

    M31
    Winner of M29
    Winner of M30

    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

32 players fill the bracket exactly, so there are no byes and every player plays in round 1.

How many matches

Every match puts one player out, and every player except the champion goes out, so 32 players need 32 − 1 = 31 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 →