How byes work
If you have 11 teams, the bracket rounds up to 16. The top 5 seeds get a bye and skip round one; seeds 6–11 play in round one. The bracket places byes so they spread evenly across both halves.
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Tournament bracket with byes
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When to use this
Real tournaments rarely have exactly 8, 16 or 32 teams. The bye system rounds up to the next power of two by giving top seeds a free first round — the standard convention.
Step by step
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Paste any number of teams
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Generate
Byes appear automatically.
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Print
What counts as the top seed?
Whichever order you paste names in. First name = seed 1. The tool doesn't try to guess.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can I move byes manually?
Reorder the input. Top entries get byes; later entries play in round one.
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