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title: "Tournament Bracket Maker, Single & Double | Local Mingle"
description: "Make a tournament bracket for 2 to 64 entrants: single or double elimination, standard seeding and byes, click to advance winners, print it."
url: https://localmingle.sbs/
---

# Tournament bracket maker

Type the entrants, pick single or double elimination, and the bracket draws itself with standard seeding and byes. Press a name to send them through to the next round.

## Running the bracket

List the entrants in seed order, strongest first, or press Shuffle for a random draw. Choose the format, then press a name to send it through; press it again to undo. If you change an earlier result, later results that depended on it are cleared. The bracket is saved in this browser, so you can close the page between rounds.

## Seeding and byes

The bracket has the next power of two of slots: 8 for 6 entrants, 16 for 11. Standard seeding pairs seed 1 with the lowest seed, 2 with the second lowest and so on, and places them so that 1 and 2 can only meet in the final, and the top four only from the semi-finals. Empty slots are byes and go to the top seeds, who start in round two.

## Single or double elimination

In single elimination one loss ends a run, and n entrants play n − 1 matches. In double elimination the first loss drops a player into the losers' bracket and a second loss ends it; the two bracket winners meet in the grand final. With the reset option, if the losers' side wins that final a second match decides the title, because only then has the other side lost twice.

## More for game day

Each tool has its own page and keeps working offline once loaded.

- [Round-robin schedule](https://localmingle.sbs/round-robin-schedule/): Everyone plays everyone: rounds, byes, home and away, courts and times.
- [Balanced team picker](https://localmingle.sbs/team-picker/): Random, snake draft or balanced by skill, keeping chosen pairs apart.
- [Swiss pairing and standings](https://localmingle.sbs/swiss-pairing/): Pair each round by score with no rematches; standings with Buchholz.
- [Big-screen scoreboard](https://localmingle.sbs/scoreboard/): Two to eight teams, keyboard shortcuts, game clock and full screen.

## Recommended

Two free tools from elsewhere that help when you organise an event online.

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## Questions

**How many matches will we play?**

Single elimination: one fewer than the number of entrants, plus one for a third-place playoff. Double elimination: 2n − 2, or 2n − 1 when the grand final reset is needed.

**Can I print it?**

Yes. Print gives a clean landscape copy of the bracket with the results so far, ready to pin up or fill in by hand.

**Can I use the keyboard?**

Yes. Tab to a name and press Enter or Space to mark the winner. The arrow keys move up and down a round and across to the next one.