31 Team Single Elimination Bracket

A free printable 31 team single elimination bracket with score boxes and "winner of" hints, so anyone can run it.

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30 games over 5 rounds. Lose once and you are out.
1 bye: the top seed skips the first round, so the bracket evens out to 32.
Seeds are placed so the top two can only meet in the final.

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Round 1 seeding and byes

31 is not a power of two, so the bracket is drawn for 32 and 1 spot is a BYE. A bye is an automatic win: the team skips round 1 and waits in round 2.

	Team A	Team B	Result
Game 1	Seed 1	BYE	Advances to round 2
Game 2	Seed 16	Seed 17	Played
Game 3	Seed 8	Seed 25	Played
Game 4	Seed 9	Seed 24	Played
Game 5	Seed 4	Seed 29	Played
Game 6	Seed 13	Seed 20	Played
Game 7	Seed 5	Seed 28	Played
Game 8	Seed 12	Seed 21	Played
Game 9	Seed 2	Seed 31	Played
Game 10	Seed 15	Seed 18	Played
Game 11	Seed 7	Seed 26	Played
Game 12	Seed 10	Seed 23	Played
Game 13	Seed 3	Seed 30	Played
Game 14	Seed 14	Seed 19	Played
Game 15	Seed 6	Seed 27	Played
Game 16	Seed 11	Seed 22	Played

Questions

How many games are in a 31 team single elimination bracket?

30. Every game knocks out one team and all but the champion get knocked out, so it is always the number of teams minus 1.

How many rounds does a 31 team bracket have?

5. The bracket fills out to 32 spots, so 1 top seed gets a bye into round 2.

How do byes work?

When the number of teams is not a power of two, the best seeds skip the first round. A bye counts as a win, so those teams start in round 2.

31 Team Single Elimination Bracket

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Round 1 seeding and byes

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