Format
Custom bracket
Your list order is the bracket.
Pair the field yourself by the order you enter names. 1 plays 2, 3 plays 4, and winners meet in that same order. No standard seeding shuffle.
Match count
n − 1
It is still a knockout, so one match is played for every participant except the champion. Byes fill the tree when the field is not a power of two.
Example: 8 names in order → four quarter-finals exactly as listed.
Live demo
An 8-team custom bracket bracket
Generated in your browser by the same engine that powers every tournament on Bracket.
Live demo · 8 sample teams · 8 matches
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Third place
How it works
- 1
Enter participants in the exact order you want them placed.
- 2
Round one is adjacent pairs from that list.
- 3
Later rounds follow the winners, the same way a knockout tree does.
When to use it
- You already know the matchups.
- A published draw that should not be reseeded.
- Exhibition brackets and invite fields.
FAQ
Custom bracket questions
Other formats
Single elimination
Lose once and you are out.
Double elimination
Everyone gets a second chance.
Round robin
Everyone plays everyone.
Swiss system
Big fields, few rounds, no eliminations.
Groups + knockout
World-Cup style two-stage tournament.
Free for all
Placement-based events for many players at once.
Leaderboard
Several scoring events, one cumulative table.
Racing formats
Time trials, single races and Grand Prix series.
Gauntlet
Winner stays. The next seed challenges.