A free printable 38 team single elimination bracket with score boxes and "winner of" hints, so anyone can run it.
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38 is not a power of two, so the bracket is drawn for 64 and 26 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
Seed 36
Played
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
Seed 37
Played
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
Seed 34
Played
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
Seed 35
Played
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
Seed 38
Played
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 38 team single elimination bracket?
37. 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 38 team bracket have?
6. The bracket fills out to 64 spots, so 26 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.