31 Team Single Elimination Bracket
30 games, 5 rounds, 1 bye. Type the names and print.
Round 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
16
2
3
17
24
4
5
18
6
7
19
25
28
8
9
20
10
11
21
26
12
13
22
14
15
23
27
29
30
Type a score, or tap a team to send it through.
- Teams
- 31
- Games
- 30
- Rounds
- 5
- Byes
- 1
How the 31-team bracket is laid out
31 teams leave 1 empty slot in the first round. Seed 1 gets the bye and starts in round 2.
First-round games: 16 v 17, 8 v 25, 9 v 24, 4 v 29, 13 v 20, 5 v 28, 12 v 21, 2 v 31, 15 v 18, 7 v 26, 10 v 23, 3 v 30, 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 15 hours on one court.
Third place
Switch on the third-place game to add one more game between the two semifinal losers, for 31 in all.
If one loss feels too harsh
The 31-team double elimination bracket gives every team a second chance and takes 60 games.