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16 Team Single Elimination Bracket
A ready-to-run 16-team single elimination bracket — 15 matches over 4 rounds. It's live below: click teams to advance them, or print the blank version and fill it by hand.
| Total matches | 15 (N − 1, code-computed) |
|---|---|
| Rounds | 4 |
| Byes in round one | none — field is a clean power of two |
| First-round pairings | M1: seed 1 vs seed 16 · M2: seed 8 vs seed 9 · M3: seed 4 vs seed 13 · M4: seed 5 vs seed 12 · M5: seed 2 vs seed 15 · M6: seed 7 vs seed 10 · M7: seed 3 vs seed 14 · M8: seed 6 vs seed 11 |
| Champion plays | 4 matches to win it |
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Round 1
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Win 4 matches and you're champion. The pairings above come out of standard seeding — seed 1 anchored against the last seed — and the count checks: 16 teams, 15 matches, one loss each for 15 of them. Replace Team 1…Team 16 with your own names via the generator, or keep them and run it as a blind draw with the seeding switch.
16-team single elimination questions
How many matches does a 16-team single elimination bracket have?
15. Every match eliminates one team and 16 − 1 = 15 teams must lose before a champion stands alone — the bracket above enforces it structurally.
How many rounds and byes are in the 16-team version?
4 rounds and no byes — 16 is already a power of two, so every seed plays round 1: M1: seed 1 vs seed 16 · M2: seed 8 vs seed 9 · M3: seed 4 vs seed 13 · M4: seed 5 vs seed 12 · M5: seed 2 vs seed 15 · M6: seed 7 vs seed 10 · M7: seed 3 vs seed 14 · M8: seed 6 vs seed 11.
Who does seed 1 play in the 16-team bracket?
seed 1 vs seed 16 under standard seeding — top seeds meet the bottom seeds first and can only clash in the final.
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