Knockout bracket

Bracket of 64

Who plays whom in every round and who goes through without playing. Print it as it is.

64bracket size
6rounds
63matches

Put the names in

How it works outrandom draw

Bracket size64

Go straight through to the second round0

Matches in total63

Rounds to the final6

Third-place playoffnot played

There are always one fewer matches than entries: each match eliminates exactly one.

The bracket

Every tie carries its number, and later rounds say which tie each slot comes from.

Round 1

Tie 1

Tie 2

Tie 3

Tie 4

Tie 5

Tie 6

Tie 7

Tie 8

Tie 9

Tie 10

Tie 11

Tie 12

Tie 13

Tie 14

Tie 15

Tie 16

Tie 17

Tie 18

Tie 19

Tie 20

Tie 21

Tie 22

Tie 23

Tie 24

Tie 25

Tie 26

Tie 27

Tie 28

Tie 29

Tie 30

Tie 31

Tie 32

Round 2

winner of tie 1

winner of tie 2

Tie 33

winner of tie 3

winner of tie 4

Tie 34

winner of tie 5

winner of tie 6

Tie 35

winner of tie 7

winner of tie 8

Tie 36

winner of tie 9

winner of tie 10

Tie 37

winner of tie 11

winner of tie 12

Tie 38

winner of tie 13

winner of tie 14

Tie 39

winner of tie 15

winner of tie 16

Tie 40

winner of tie 17

winner of tie 18

Tie 41

winner of tie 19

winner of tie 20

Tie 42

winner of tie 21

winner of tie 22

Tie 43

winner of tie 23

winner of tie 24

Tie 44

winner of tie 25

winner of tie 26

Tie 45

winner of tie 27

winner of tie 28

Tie 46

winner of tie 29

winner of tie 30

Tie 47

winner of tie 31

winner of tie 32

Tie 48

Round of 16

winner of tie 33

winner of tie 34

Tie 49

winner of tie 35

winner of tie 36

Tie 50

winner of tie 37

winner of tie 38

Tie 51

winner of tie 39

winner of tie 40

Tie 52

winner of tie 41

winner of tie 42

Tie 53

winner of tie 43

winner of tie 44

Tie 54

winner of tie 45

winner of tie 46

Tie 55

winner of tie 47

winner of tie 48

Tie 56

Quarterfinals

winner of tie 49

winner of tie 50

Tie 57

winner of tie 51

winner of tie 52

Tie 58

winner of tie 53

winner of tie 54

Tie 59

winner of tie 55

winner of tie 56

Tie 60

Semifinals

winner of tie 57

winner of tie 58

Tie 61

winner of tie 59

winner of tie 60

Tie 62

Final

winner of tie 61

winner of tie 62

Tie 63

Round 1

32 matches

Tie 125v34

Tie 233v7

Tie 31v4

Tie 448v40

Tie 513v41

Tie 644v26

Tie 716v51

Tie 860v22

Tie 957v55

Tie 102v61

Tie 1136v56

Tie 1230v23

Tie 1320v18

Tie 1463v37

Tie 1543v47

Tie 1629v9

Tie 1754v64

Tie 1862v14

Tie 1919v17

Tie 2035v38

Tie 213v32

Tie 2211v12

Tie 2310v6

Tie 2459v31

Tie 2528v46

Tie 2624v21

Tie 275v39

Tie 2842v27

Tie 2949v50

Tie 3058v53

Tie 3145v8

Tie 3215v52

Round 2

16 matches

Tie 33winner of tie 1vwinner of tie 2

Tie 34winner of tie 3vwinner of tie 4

Tie 35winner of tie 5vwinner of tie 6

Tie 36winner of tie 7vwinner of tie 8

Tie 37winner of tie 9vwinner of tie 10

Tie 38winner of tie 11vwinner of tie 12

Tie 39winner of tie 13vwinner of tie 14

Tie 40winner of tie 15vwinner of tie 16

Tie 41winner of tie 17vwinner of tie 18

Tie 42winner of tie 19vwinner of tie 20

Tie 43winner of tie 21vwinner of tie 22

Tie 44winner of tie 23vwinner of tie 24

Tie 45winner of tie 25vwinner of tie 26

Tie 46winner of tie 27vwinner of tie 28

Tie 47winner of tie 29vwinner of tie 30

Tie 48winner of tie 31vwinner of tie 32

Round of 16

8 matches

Tie 49winner of tie 33vwinner of tie 34

Tie 50winner of tie 35vwinner of tie 36

Tie 51winner of tie 37vwinner of tie 38

Tie 52winner of tie 39vwinner of tie 40

Tie 53winner of tie 41vwinner of tie 42

Tie 54winner of tie 43vwinner of tie 44

Tie 55winner of tie 45vwinner of tie 46

Tie 56winner of tie 47vwinner of tie 48

Quarterfinals

4 matches

Tie 57winner of tie 49vwinner of tie 50

Tie 58winner of tie 51vwinner of tie 52

Tie 59winner of tie 53vwinner of tie 54

Tie 60winner of tie 55vwinner of tie 56

Semifinals

2 matches

Tie 61winner of tie 57vwinner of tie 58

Tie 62winner of tie 59vwinner of tie 60

Final

1 match

Tie 63winner of tie 61vwinner of tie 62

How a bracket is laid out

The best cannot meet too early

Bracket (the power of two that fits)64

Byes (64 − 64)0

Matches for one champion (64 − 1)63

1 and 2 can only meet in the final. That layout is calculated, not eyeballed.

Read the explanation

A bracket is not filled in from top to bottom: it is built so that the best cannot meet too early. 1 and 2 can only meet in the final; 1 and 4 not before the semifinals, and so on down. That layout is calculated, not eyeballed.

And the byes fall out of it on their own: the spare slots take the last seeding positions, and the last positions are drawn against precisely the first ones. With 64 in a bracket of 64, the gaps land where they should without anyone placing them by hand.

A bracket's figures do not depend on the draw. A bracket of 64 runs over 6 rounds with no byes at all: 64 is a power of two, so the bracket comes out full and everyone plays from the first round. And it takes 63 matches in total, not one more: every match knocks out exactly one entrant, and 63 have to go for a single champion to be left. That holds for any number, byes or no byes.

Who goes through without playing

Nobody skips the first round

64 is a power of two: the bracket comes out full and everyone plays from the start.

Settings

Seeding, third place, draw and names

The same link always gives the same bracket, so it can be printed and handed round without anyone getting something different. Changing the draw number gives another set of pairings.

Other sizes

More of you, or fewer?

Other formats: the americano, with pairs that change every round, and the round-robin league, where losing does not put you out.

Running it on Peldia, and the winner moves up on their own

The winner moves up to the right tie on their own, results go in from a phone and every entrant sees when they play without asking.

And it does not end with the final: every entrant keeps their record and their level, and the next tournament starts with all of it already there. If you run a club or an academy, you see who is improving, who has stalled and who has not turned up in weeks.

Creating your own needs an account, and those screens are in English too.

Create this tournament on Peldia See the example club first