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9-player single elimination bracket

A 9-player single elimination bracket has 8 matches over 4 rounds. One loss and a player is out. The same bracket works for 9 teams.

Players
9
Places in the bracket
16
Byes
7
Matches
8
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 M2 · Loser is out

  2. Quarter-finals

    M2
    Seed 1
    Winner of M1

    Winner to M6 · Loser is out

    M3
    Seed 4
    Seed 5

    Winner to M6 · Loser is out

    M4
    Seed 2
    Seed 7

    Winner to M7 · Loser is out

    M5
    Seed 3
    Seed 6

    Winner to M7 · Loser is out

  3. Semi-finals

    M6
    Winner of M2
    Winner of M3

    Winner to M8 · Loser is out

    M7
    Winner of M4
    Winner of M5

    Winner to M8 · Loser is out

  4. Final

    M8
    Winner of M6
    Winner of M7

    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

9 players fill a bracket of 16 places, so 7 places are byes. Byes go to the top seeds: seeds 1 to 7 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 9 players need 9 − 1 = 8 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 →