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Summer camp tournament bracket

Cabin Olympics, capture-the-flag finals, color wars โ€” paste teams and print a clean bracket sheet.

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Use case

When to use this

Camp counsellors running a multi-day tournament between cabins or colour groups. Generate brackets for each event (kickball, soccer, volleyball) and post them on the dining-hall noticeboard.

How to use it

Step by step

  1. 1

    Paste cabin names

  2. 2

    Generate

  3. 3

    Print or pin

One bracket per event

Run a separate bracket for each sport so the dining-hall board doesn't get crowded. The team list is the same; only the bracket sheet differs.

Print at the camp office

Export PDF, print on whatever paper the camp has. The bracket adapts to A4 or US Letter.

Bracket sizing and byes

Single-elimination brackets only exist in power-of-two sizes: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64. When your team count falls between two of those, the bracket maker rounds up and inserts byes for the highest seeds. So 11 teams becomes a 16-slot bracket with five byes, all assigned to the top five seeds. That preserves the 'top seeds shouldn't meet until late' principle and gives lower seeds a real path through the play-in round. If you'd rather have everyone play round one, pad the field with practice slots or switch to a round-robin format on a separate page.

Printing for the wall

The bracket renders as plain SVG, which is why it stays sharp on any paper size โ€” A4, A3, US Letter, US Tabloid. For a wall-sized print, export as PDF and send it to a copy shop with 'fit to page' on A2 or A1; the lines and labels remain crisp because there's no rasterisation in the pipeline. For digital sharing, PNG export rasterises at 2ร— the on-screen resolution which is plenty for Slack, Discord, or email. Match colours to your event by tweaking team names with emojis (๐ŸŸฆ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ) โ€” they print fine and scan well from across a room.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can I track multiple events on one bracket?

No โ€” generate one per event. It's clearer for kids to read.

Can I edit team names after generating the bracket?

Yes. Click any team slot in the bracket and the name becomes editable. Edits stick across re-renders within the same session. If you reseed the bracket the edits are preserved as long as the team count doesn't change.

Does the bracket support double-elimination or losers' bracket?

Not yet. The current bracket maker is single-elimination only. For most amateur and one-day tournaments single-elim is the right format because it keeps the schedule predictable. Double-elim is on the roadmap; if it would help you, send a note via the contact page so we know to prioritise it.

How do I score matches?

Click a team in any matchup to mark them as the winner โ€” they advance automatically to the next round. Click again to undo. The bracket doesn't track scores numerically; it just tracks who advanced, which is the only state the bracket itself needs.

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Ready to run your event?

Free forever for basic use. No signup required. The free version really does do the job.

Want prettier prints? See the optional template pack