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8 team single elimination bracket

A 8-team single elimination bracket has 7 games, and no byes: every team plays in round one.

Eight teams fills the frame: no byes, 7 games, three rounds. Quarterfinals, semifinals, final, and a third-place game if you want one.

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  • 7games
  • 0first-round byes
  • 3rounds
  • 1–3games per team

The bracket

8 teams, 7 games, every one numbered.

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsGames 1–4

  1. 11Team 1v.8Team 8
  2. 24Team 4v.5Team 5
  3. 32Team 2v.7Team 7
  4. 43Team 3v.6Team 6

SemifinalsGames 5–6

  1. 5Winner of Game 1v.Winner of Game 2
  2. 6Winner of Game 3v.Winner of Game 4

FinalGame 7

  1. 7Winner of Game 5v.Winner of Game 6

Byes

No byes: every team plays in round one.

8 is a power of two, so the frame is full: round one has 4 games and nobody sits out. Seeding still matters: seed 1 plays seed 8 first, seed 2 plays seed 7, and so on, so the top seeds can only meet late.

Game order

All 7 games in play order.

  1. Game 1QuarterfinalsTeam 1 vs Team 8Winner plays the Game 2 winner in Game 5.
  2. Game 2QuarterfinalsTeam 4 vs Team 5Winner plays the Game 1 winner in Game 5.
  3. Game 3QuarterfinalsTeam 2 vs Team 7Winner plays the Game 4 winner in Game 6.
  4. Game 4QuarterfinalsTeam 3 vs Team 6Winner plays the Game 3 winner in Game 6.
  5. Game 5SemifinalsWinner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2Winner plays the Game 6 winner for the title in Game 7.
  6. Game 6SemifinalsWinner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4Winner plays the Game 5 winner for the title in Game 7.
  7. Game 7FinalWinner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6

How long it takes

Roughly how long a 8-team single elimination day runs.

About 3 hours 20 minutes. 7 games in 4 rounds of play across 2 fields.

Arithmetic, not a schedule: it ignores breaks and assumes every field stays busy. In TourneyPage you type the actual times and courts, and they show on the page.

Printable

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8 team single elimination bracket drawn as lines, with every game numbered

The PDF is US Letter, landscape, with seed numbers on blank lines so you can write the teams in. Free, no sign-up, nothing on it but the bracket and this page's address.

Or skip the clipboard. The live version has the same bracket with the team names in, scores entered from a phone, standings that update, and the next games on top. Free to build and preview; $29 one-time to publish, for up to 32 teams per division.

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Questions

Questions about a 8-team single elimination bracket.

How many games are in a 8 team single elimination bracket?

7: every game eliminates one team, and 8 teams need 7 eliminations to leave a champion. A third-place game, if you add one, makes it 8.

Does a 8 team bracket have byes?

No. 8 is a power of two, so round one has 4 games and every team plays in it.

How many games does each team play?

At least 1: one loss and you're out. The champion plays 3.

How long does a 8 team single elimination tournament take?

About 3 hours 20 minutes with 7 games at 50 minutes each on 2 fields. Change the game length and the number of fields above to match your event. TourneyPage doesn't schedule the games for you; you type the times and courts you decide on, and they show on the page.

Should I add a third-place game?

If you want a full podium, or the two semifinal losers traveled a long way to play once. It adds one game between the semifinal losers, usually played right before the final, making 8 in all. TourneyPage has it as a switch, and the bracket shows it as its own game.

Single or double elimination for 8 teams?

Single elimination is 7 games; double elimination for 8 teams is 14, plus a reset final if it's needed. Go single when the day is short or the fields are few, and double when every team should be sure of two games. Pool play into a playoff is the third option: more games per team in a set number of rounds.

Can I print this bracket or run it live?

Both. The PDF is free, with no sign-up. "Make this bracket live" opens the TourneyPage builder with single elimination already chosen for your 8 teams; you add their names, preview the page free, and pay $29 once to publish a link everyone can open on their phone.

Other sizes

Single elimination brackets for 4 to 32 teams.

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