Top-2 seeds get a bye
Enter your six teams in seed order. The first two skip round one and meet the round-one winners in the semifinals.
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6-team bracket template
Six teams seed cleanly into an 8-team bracket with two byes — paste your six and we'll handle the byes.
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When to use this
Common for small office tournaments, weekend leagues, school finals day. Two top seeds get a first-round bye, then it's a normal three-round bracket.
Step by step
- 1
Paste 6 teams
- 2
Generate bracket
- 3
Print
Total matches
Five matches in total (two round-one, two semis, one final). Fits in a single afternoon comfortably.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can I move the byes?
Reorder the input — the top entries get the byes by default.
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