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8 team single elimination bracket

A single elimination bracket for 8 teams has 7 matches over 3 rounds, with no byes. Round one has 4 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 8 teams

7 matches over 3 rounds, no byes.

Team 1
Team 8

QF1

Team 4
Team 5

QF2

Team 2
Team 7

QF3

Team 3
Team 6

QF4

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8 team single elimination bracket: the numbers

Teams
8
Rounds
3
Matches
7
Byes
0
Matches in round one
4

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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