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8-player single elimination bracket

An 8-player single elimination bracket has 7 matches over 3 rounds. One loss and a player is out. The same bracket works for 8 teams.

Players
8
Places in the bracket
8
Byes
0
Matches
7
Rounds
3
Most matches one player can play
3
The sheet prints on its own, without the rest of this page.

Bracket

  1. Quarter-finals

    M1
    Seed 1
    Seed 8

    Winner to M5 · Loser is out

    M2
    Seed 4
    Seed 5

    Winner to M5 · Loser is out

    M3
    Seed 2
    Seed 7

    Winner to M6 · Loser is out

    M4
    Seed 3
    Seed 6

    Winner to M6 · Loser is out

  2. Semi-finals

    M5
    Winner of M1
    Winner of M2

    Winner to M7 · Loser is out

    M6
    Winner of M3
    Winner of M4

    Winner to M7 · Loser is out

  3. Final

    M7
    Winner of M5
    Winner of M6

    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

8 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 8 players need 8 − 1 = 7 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 →