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33 Team Single Elimination Bracket
A free printable 33 team single elimination bracket with score boxes and "winner of" hints, so anyone can run it.
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- 32 games over 6 rounds. Lose once and you are out.
- 31 byes: the top 31 seeds skip the first round, so the bracket evens out to 64.
- Seeds are placed so the top two can only meet in the final.
Round 1 seeding and byes
33 is not a power of two, so the bracket is drawn for 64 and 31 spots are BYEs. 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 32 | Seed 33 | Played |
| Game 3 | Seed 16 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 4 | Seed 17 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 5 | Seed 8 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 6 | Seed 25 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 7 | Seed 9 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 8 | Seed 24 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 9 | Seed 4 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 10 | Seed 29 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 11 | Seed 13 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 12 | Seed 20 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 13 | Seed 5 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 14 | Seed 28 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 15 | Seed 12 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 16 | Seed 21 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 17 | Seed 2 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 18 | Seed 31 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 19 | Seed 15 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 20 | Seed 18 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 21 | Seed 7 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 22 | Seed 26 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 23 | Seed 10 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 24 | Seed 23 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 25 | Seed 3 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 26 | Seed 30 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 27 | Seed 14 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 28 | Seed 19 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 29 | Seed 6 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 30 | Seed 27 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 31 | Seed 11 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
| Game 32 | Seed 22 | BYE | Advances to round 2 |
Questions
How many games are in a 33 team single elimination bracket?
32. 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 33 team bracket have?
6. The bracket fills out to 64 spots, so 31 top seeds get byes 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.