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32 team single elimination bracket

A single elimination bracket for 32 teams has 31 matches over 5 rounds, with no byes. Round one has 16 matches, and each round halves the field until the final.

2 to 64. Names below are kept.

Seeded: the first team listed is seed 1 and meets the lowest seed. Byes go to the top seeds.

One per line, best first when seeded.

Bracket for 32 teams

31 matches over 5 rounds, no byes.

Team 1
Team 32

R32-1

Team 16
Team 17

R32-2

Team 8
Team 25

R32-3

Team 9
Team 24

R32-4

Team 4
Team 29

R32-5

Team 13
Team 20

R32-6

Team 5
Team 28

R32-7

Team 12
Team 21

R32-8

Team 2
Team 31

R32-9

Team 15
Team 18

R32-10

Team 7
Team 26

R32-11

Team 10
Team 23

R32-12

Team 3
Team 30

R32-13

Team 14
Team 19

R32-14

Team 6
Team 27

R32-15

Team 11
Team 22

R32-16

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32 team single elimination bracket: the numbers

Teams
32
Rounds
5
Matches
31
Byes
0
Matches in round one
16

How the bracket is drawn

A single elimination bracket needs a power of two: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 places. When the number of teams falls short, the gaps become byes, and a team with a bye goes straight to round two.

Seeded draws use the standard layout. Seed 1 meets the lowest seed, seeds 1 and 2 are in opposite halves, and byes go to the top seeds. Choose a random draw to shuffle the teams first.

This is the same layout EasyBracket uses for a seeded knockout, where results move winners through the bracket on their own.

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