Knockout brackets
Single elimination with automatic byes, a random or seeded draw, and an optional third-place match.
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What are you playing?
Score one match now, draw a bracket to print or share, or set up a whole tournament with a timed schedule. Free, and no account needed.
Tournament maker · Free
Free tournament maker, bracket generator and live scores
Make a tournament in minutes. Choose your sport, add your teams or players, and the bracket generator builds a fair draw and a timed schedule for every match. Then play matches with live scores that players and fans can follow on their phones. It's free, and there's nothing to sign up for or download.
- Sports
- 7
- each with its own scoring
- Teams or players
- 128
- from 2 up to 128 in one event
- Courts at once
- 24
- pitches, rings or boards
- To use
- Free
- no sign-up, nothing to download
Order of play
How it works
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Step 1
Pick a sport and format
Football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, tennis, boxing or chess, as a knockout bracket, a round-robin league or groups followed by a knockout.
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Step 2
Add entrants and playing areas
Type or paste up to 128 team or player names, then say how many courts, pitches, rings or boards you have and when play starts.
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Step 3
Generate the bracket and schedule
The tournament maker draws the matches, gives byes to the top seeds and times every game across your playing areas.
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Step 4
Play with live scores
Send the scorer link to your helpers and the public link to everyone else. Scores, tables and the next rounds update as results come in.
Choose the competition
A bracket maker for knockouts, leagues and groups
Whatever you're running, the bracket generator does the planning for you.
League table
Everyone plays everyone, once or home and away, with a live table and the right tiebreakers for your sport.
Group stage and knockout
Top finishers go through, and group winners are kept apart in the first knockout round.
Live from the touchline
Play matches with live scores
Each sport gets its own scoring screen: goals and a match clock for football, runs, wickets and overs for cricket, points and sets for volleyball and badminton, games and sets for tennis, rounds for boxing and results for chess.
- Scorers don't need an account
- Mistakes can be undone
- Scores entered without signal are sent when the phone reconnects
- Players, parents and fans see the bracket, schedule and standings update on their own
Match day
A tournament management app for match day
Timed schedule
Across up to 24 courts, pitches or boards, on one day or several, with breaks and rest between matches.
Running late?
Push back a match and everything after it in one go, or move a single match to another time or court.
Results that carry forward
Winners move into the next round and group qualifiers fill the knockout bracket automatically.
Easy sharing
Share by link, WhatsApp or QR code, or print the schedule.
Questions before kick-off
Frequently asked questions
Is the tournament maker free?
Yes. Creating tournaments, generating brackets and keeping live scores are all free.
Do I need an account?
No. As soon as your tournament is created you get a private admin link and a scorer link. Guest admin links last 30 days, so save the tournament to a free account to keep it for good and see all your tournaments in one place.
Which sports and formats can I use?
Football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, tennis, boxing and chess, as knockout brackets, round-robin leagues or groups followed by a knockout, for 2 to 128 teams or players.
How do spectators follow the live scores?
Share the tournament's public link or QR code. The bracket, schedule and standings update automatically on any phone, tablet or computer, with no app to install.
Kick-off
Ready for match day?
Set up your tournament in a couple of minutes. It's free, and there's nothing to download.
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