28 Team Single Elimination Bracket
27 games, 5 rounds, 4 byes. Type the names and print.
Round 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
13
2
3
14
21
4
15
5
6
16
22
25
7
17
8
9
18
23
10
19
11
12
20
24
26
27
Type a score, or tap a team to send it through.
- Teams
- 28
- Games
- 27
- Rounds
- 5
- Byes
- 4
How the 28-team bracket is laid out
28 teams leave 4 empty slots in the first round. Seeds 1 to 4 get the byes and start in round 2.
First-round games: 16 v 17, 8 v 25, 9 v 24, 13 v 20, 5 v 28, 12 v 21, 15 v 18, 7 v 26, 10 v 23, 14 v 19, 6 v 27, 11 v 22.
The champion plays 4 or 5 games. At 30 minutes a game the whole bracket takes about 13 h 30 min on one court.
Third place
Switch on the third-place game to add one more game between the two semifinal losers, for 28 in all.
If one loss feels too harsh
The 28-team double elimination bracket gives every team a second chance and takes 54 games.